By Azi Paybarah 11/08/07 8:49pm

Fined: Bilal, Luciano, Dickens

The city’s Campaign Finance Board announced fines today for three local City Council camapigns.

Charles Bilal, an unsuccessful City Council candidate in Queens, was fined $14,650, including $10,000 for “fraud and/or misrepresentation.” He was also fined for having “$35,000 in non-campaign related expenditures.”

Felipe Luciano, an unsuccessful City Council candidate in Manhattan, Read More

By Staff 9/16/05 5:17pm

A Win for Labor

They’ve finished counting ballots in that East Harlem City Council race, and the winner is Melissa Mark-Viverito.

The former 1199 staffer prevailed over Felipe Luciano by 84 votes.

Mark-Viverito’s win, along with Darlene Mealy’s win in central Brooklyn, is a mark of how powerful the “progressive” wing of the labor movement, Read More