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City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Cuomo’s Abrupt Cancellation of Special Election

Candidates accuse Democratic Party of 'blatant anti-democratic power grab' amid COVID-19 pandemic

City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Cuomo’s Abrupt Cancellation  of Special Election

City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Cuomo’s Abrupt Cancellation of Special Election

Candidates accuse Democratic Party of 'blatant anti-democratic power grab' amid COVID-19 pandemic

City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Cuomo’s Abrupt Cancellation  of Special Election

The special election for Rafael Espinal’s seat on the New York City Council will not be happening after all, according to an order Governor Cuomo quietly put out at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night. According to the order, the Democratic primary for that seat will still go on, but its winner won’t take office until November and only one candidate is currently allowed to run.

At least five candidates had vied for the seat representing the 37th District– which includes some 150,000 people living in parts of Bushwick, Crown Heights, Cypress Hills and East New…

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