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The Staten Island Borough Board is composed of the borough president, New York City Council members whose districts are part of the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in the Staten Island. [14] [15] The current borough board (as of June 2020) is composed of the 7 members listed in the table below:
New York politics have recently been dominated by downstate areas such as Westchester County, New York City and Long Island, where a majority of the state's population resides. Before the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to the Senate in 2009, the most recent US Senator from upstate was Charles Goodell , appointed to fill out the remainder of ...
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8, 2016, to elect 27 U.S. representatives from the state of New York.The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday's election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of ...
Suffolk County (/ ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF-ək) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.It is bordered to its west by Nassau County, to its east by Gardiners Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its north by Long Island Sound, and to its south by the Atlantic Ocean.
The 2nd district was based along the South Shore of Long Island and includes southwestern Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County. The incumbent Republican Peter T. King , who had represented the district since 2013 and had previously represented the 3rd district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election.
Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, and Staten Island is Richmond County. All five boroughs of New York came into existence with the creation of modern New York City in 1898, when New York County ...
2016 New York State Assembly election, District 6 [5] [6] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Philip Ramos (incumbent) 2,012 : 73.0 : Democratic: Giovanni Mata 746 27.0 Write-in: 0 0.0 Total votes 2,758 : 100 : General election Democratic: Philip Ramos: 24,201 Working Families: Philip Ramos: 1,573 Independence: Philip Ramos ...