NYC: City Council District 2 candidate rakes in the matching funds
The Democratic primary may lie more than a year ahead, but the race to succeed term-limited New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera is well underway.
Roughly three months after launching her campaign for the Council District 2 seat, Manhattan Community Board 3 chair Andrea Gordillo has raised over $109,000 in public funds, reaching the matching funds threshold notably early in the process.
"This early support shows that voters are ready for young women’s leadership and that my deep roots and record of service have strong viability in the council,” Gordillo said in a statement. In addition to chairing the local community board, Gordillo is also the development director for The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Education Center and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ representative to the Public Theater’s board of trustees.
Other strong contenders have also entered the fray for Council District 2, which encompasses the Lower East Side and the East Village, as well as Flatiron, Gramercy Park, Rose Hill, Kips Bay and Murray Hill, signaling the coming June 2025 Democratic primary will likely be among the city’s most interesting.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/05/city-council-district-2-candidate-rakes-matching-funds/396808/
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