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The Race ...
Queens President
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General Election Results
Helen Marshall
Primary Results
No Primary
The Incumbent:
Helen Marshall
General Election Challenger(s):
Philip Sica
Primary Election Challenger(s):
Feature Articles ...
July 18, 2005
Four years ago then City Councilwoman Helen Marshall faced a tough primary battle in her bid to become borough president. To gain the post, Marshall first had to defeat two prominent Queens Democrats - Carol Gresser and Sheldon Leffler.
Marshall won, and things have gotten easier for her since. She won the general election in November 2001 with 68 percent of the vote, becoming the borough's first African-American president. And this year she has no opposition in the primary.
Marshall does have a general election opponent. She will face Philip Sica, who plans to run on the Republican and Conservative party lines. Sica formerly worked for the city Department of Finance and was a minister of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. But if Marshall is feeling pressure, she may find comfort in a statement by Queens Republican Party chair Serphin Maltese. "We don't really have any strong quarrel with the current borough president," Maltese told Newsday "but we should field a candidate, and we have confidence in Phil."
John Clifton, a social worker and chair of the Libertarian Party of New York, is also a candidate. He ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 2001.
Marshall has raised about $164,000. Sica although participating in the campaign finance system, lists no contributions. Clifton is not participating.
The race has attracted little attention. A rundown of local political races in the Queens Tribune in May said only, "It appears to be a free ride for Queens Beep Helen Marshall."
And the campaign has not provoked much discussion about the issues facing Queens, including the plans for a new Mets Stadium in Willets Point and the fate of Hunters Point, which was to have been the site for the Olympic Village -- if New York had won its bid for the 2012 Olympics. Other development issues, from possible overdevelopment in areas such as Bayside and new plans for downtown Flushing, also concern many residents. An influx of immigrants has changed the face of the borough in the past few decades, leading to shortages of housing and crowding of schools in some areas. But whatever views Queens residents may have on these and other issues facing their borough, they may have to find a venue other than the ballot box to make their voices heard.
The Incumbent:
Helen Marshall | Dem | WFP |
Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001. She served five terms as a New York State Assemblywoman and ten years as a City Councilmember for District 21. She has also served as a Community Board member, as a Democratic District Leader. Marshall also worked as an early childhood teacher, as the first director of the Langston Hughes Library, and as director of the Elmcor Testing Assessment and Placement Program.
Challenger(s):
Philip Sica | Rep | Con |
Philip Sica worked for the city Department of
Finance until 1980 and was a minister of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He ran unsuccessfully for the City Council seat from District 23 in 2001.
Campaign Trail ...
Below are the latest Campaign Trail items for the Queens President race. For the full Campaign Trail archive, go here
Marshall Formally Announces Re-election Bid
August 25, 2005
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall formally announced her plans to run for re-election yesterday but showed up late to the press conference and cut short her list of what she had accomplished in her first term. If Marshall seemed confident, it’s not surprising. Her Republican challenger Philip Sica has not reported raising any money yet and has indicated he has no real dispute with Marshall’s performance in office.
(Newsday)
Republican to Challenge Marshall
July 13, 2005
Philip Sica, a former employee of the city finance department, will challenge incumbent borough president Helen Marshall on the Republican and Conseravtive party lines in November. Sica concedes he was not the party's first choice to challenge Marshall in the long-shot race. (Newsday)
Court Upholds Conviction of Former City Councilman
January 7, 2005
An appeals court has upheld the conviction of former City Councilman Sheldon Leffler (D-Hollis) on felony charges of trying to defraud the city's Campaign Finance Board during his 2001 run for Queens borough president. Leffler got a contributor, landlord Rita Stark, to take back a $10,000 contribution and write out 40 checks for $250 each under different names.That allowed him to seek the maximum public reimbursement for supposedly individual campaign contributions. After the scheme was uncovered by Campaign Finance Board auditors, the case was turned over to the Manhattan district attorney's office. Stark apparently wore a wire, and she later testified against Leffler. (Newsday)
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