Ken Mitchell edged out Debi Rose by just 34 votes in the Staten Island City Council special election yesterday, according to the unofficial results from the Board of Elections. The B.O.E. counted 4,130 votes for Mitchell and 4,096 for Rose.
Mitchell is the former chief of staff to former councilman and now-Representative Mike McMahon. Rose ...

After campaigning at a senior center with mayoral candidate and Comptroller Bill Thompson this morning, City Council candidate Julissa Ferreras explained why she's so upset at the tactics of her opponents: robocalls. "There's an automated call of a woman's voice saying I'm pulling out of the race," Ferreras told me after the event at a senior ...

Here's a campaign mailer from City Council candidate Julissa Ferreras, which accuses an unnamed male opponent of throwing mud at her. It also works as a subtle reminder that she's the only woman in the race. It's a perfectly legitimate point for her campaign to be trying to make. But in terms of mud, it should be ...

The leading candidate in the February 24 special election for the vacant City Council seat in Jackson Height, Julissa Ferreras, did not get matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board, which distributed more then $130,000 to the other three candidates.
Ferreras' most formidable rival, Francisco Moya, a Democratic district leader and former aide to David Paterson, got $53,620 ...