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Pamela Hamilton-Johnson

Pamela Hamilton-Johnson

  • Imminent City Council Special Election in the Bronx is a Two-Candidate Race

    City Council Andy King special

    Former Council Member Andy King (photo: William Alatriste/City Council)


    The ouster of Andy King from the New York City Council in October over repeated ethics violations triggered a special election that moved up the timeline for the race to replace King, who was term-limited but then expelled by his colleagues, from the standard 2021 election dates to this month. The race will effectively be the first of the 2021 city election cycle, when all of city government will be on the ballot, and could provide interesting initial bread crumbs about where the

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