By Jason Horowitz 10/03/05 12:00am

Gang That Couldn’t Campaign Straight: Eve Markewich Flop

With a who’s who in New York politics endorsing her and what’s left of the city’s Democratic machine behind her, Eve Rachel Markewich’s campaign for the obscure but powerful position of Manhattan Surrogate seemed to be rolling inexorably toward victory.

To further fortify her already advancing campaign, Ms. Markewich decided—fatefully, as it turns out—to Read More

By Ben Smith 5/16/05 12:00am

Perma-Judges: Surrogates Run For 14-Year Term

You may have thought that the big race for Democrats this year is that messy scrap for the party’s Mayoral nomination.

Within Manhattan’s organized Democratic Party, however, the focus is elsewhere: on an obscure judgeship with a 14-year term and jurisdiction over hundreds of millions of dollars in estates and dozens of potentially lucrative legal Read More