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Why are Democratic parties staying out of the mayoral race? lev radin/Shutterstock These typical early endorsers may not be able to decide on one candidate this year. SHARE: Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn personally endorsed Eric Adams for mayor back in March, but for a while, the county party appeared to be avoiding making any formal endorsement in the mayoral race. On Staten Island, Democratic Party boss Michael Cusick endorsed Andrew Yang last month, and in Queens, party boss Rep. Gregory Meeks endorsed Ray McGuire in April – but their parties have both stayed...

Hilltown election news Three Hilltown communities held their annual town elections on Saturday. In Goshen, 62 of the town’s 803 registered voters showed up to the polls, a 7.7% turnout. The only contested race was for Chesterfield-Goshen School Committee, where incumbent Barton Gage beat challenger Carla Raymond by a vote of 33 to 21. Voters wrote in candidates for open positions on the ballot. Corey Carvalho was elected to the Planning Board for a five-year term as a write-in candidate, while Sabrina McGill was elected as a write-in candidate for library trustee, and Mary Packard was elect...

Brad Hoylman brings fight to Mark Levine’s turf in Manhattan BP race © James Keivom New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D) Two Uptown stalwarts are supporting New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman as he’s opening a Harlem office for his Manhattan borough president run, an effort to make inroads into a rival’s turf. Former Gov. David Patterson, who’s been based in Harlem, and Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who long represented Harlem in the state Assembly, endorsed Hoylman for Manhattan BP on Thursday. “I’m backing Brad Hoylman because of his track record of consiste...

Paula Reed Ward Tribune-Review A memorial to Pittsburgh firefighters Marc Kolenda, Patricia Conroy and Capt. Thomas Brooks sits at the base of a flagpole outside of Engine 17 in Homewood, shown here in December 2015.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A federal appellate court said Tuesday that prosecutors can retry a man whose conviction in the 1995 deaths of three firefighters in the East Hills was overturned. In a 19-page opinion, the three judge-panel from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found th...

Effort underway to give WWI's Harlem Hellfighters the recognition they deserve WABC Congressman Tom Suozzi was joined by Harlem leaders Thursday to announce he is introducing legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Replay Video UP NEXT Congressman Tom Suozzi was joined by Harlem leaders Thursday to announce he is introducing legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 369th Infantry Regiment, better known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters Congression...