The Manhattan Times

Adriano Espaillat, left, the Democratic nominee for
the 31st State Senate district, had breakfast Sep. 23 with his three
opponents in the race: Anna Lewis, Misotis Munoz and Mark Levine. They
discussed issues raised during the campaign and endorsed him in the race
against Green Party candidate Ann Roos in the General
Election. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson

Nine days after voters picked Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat to represent them in the State Senate seat being vacated by Eric Schneiderman he met with his three former opponents to discuss issues raised during the campaign and tap their expertise in how to solve the district’s most intractable problems.

Guillermo Linares at his victory party at Arka
Lounge on Broadway and W. 193rd Street.

by Juliana Schatz

The mood was jubilant and appreciative at Arka Lounge Tue., Sep. 14 when Guillermo Linares and his supporters gathered to celebrate his win in the five-way race for the 72nd Assembly seat.

Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat studies election results on the way to his Primary Day victory for state Senate. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson.

As summer ends and Northern Manhattanites and Bronxites return to the mundane post-summer realities of work and school, they are finding their communities awash in campaign spirit.

The Sat., Sep. 4 issue of The New York Times published its endorsement of Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat in the race to replace Eric Schneiderman in the 31st State Senate District, calling him "an outspoken voice for the most crucial reform of all — an independent redistricting commission to create fairer elections in the state."

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Espaillat picks up nods from teachers union and Citizen Action

Last week Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat picked up two more endorsements in his campaign to succeed state Senator Eric Schneiderman.

When current state Senator Eric Schneiderman decided to run for attorney general, it provided the first vacancy in the 31st Senate District, which stretches from the Upper West Side through Washington Heights and Inwood to Riverdale in the Bronx, since 1998. The four Democratic candidates running to succeed Schneiderman are Adriano Espaillat, Mark Levine, Anna Lewis and Miosotis Muñoz.

In the waning days before the Sep. 14 Democratic primary, the Manhattan Times caught up with the front runners Espaillat and Levine while they campaigned.

In the Sep. 8 issue the Manhattan Times will publish bios of all the candidates in the local races.

On Aug. 13, candidates running for state office reported the campaign contributions they had received since July, the second of three official accounting reports before the Sep. 14 Democratic Primary. (See correction at end of article)

What was a six-person field of candidates for state Senate has been whittled to four as Francesca Castellanos, a perennial candidate for elected office, and Rafael Figuereo did not survive the petitioning process to get their names on the Sep. 14 Democratic primary ballot.