Dem Clubs Tap Bottcher for NYS Senate Special Election on Feb. 3

o nobody’s great surprise, City Council member Eric Bottcher secured the Democratic line in the special election on Feb, 3 for the New York State Senate.

If and when Bottcher wins, it means his city council will require yet another special election in the west side which covers the West Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen.

That city council district 3 has already attracted four candidates: Carl Wilson, chief of staff for Eric Bottcher; Layla Law-Gisiko, a former community board committee leader involved in the Penn Station redevelopment discussions and opposing the demolition of the Chelsea NYCHA housing public-private development plans; Leslie Boghosian Murphy, current chair person of Community Board 4 and a former candidate for city council; Lindsey Boylan, who worked in city and state government who was the first woman to accuse former Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.

Regarding the Senate seat, it is a throwback to the Tammany Hall politics of yesteryear. The party’s nominee was chosen by the west side democratic clubs on Sunday, Jan 11 where 130 voting members, voting by voice vote essentially picked the representative for the 47th NYS Senate district 47.


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