Primaries will be held on June 24 with early voting June 14-22, and the general election will be November 4 with early voting October 25-November 2.
The upcoming local elections will determine our next Mayor, Manhattan Borough President, and members of the City Council, among other offices — all of whom can have wide-ranging impacts on the future of our city and our neighborhoods, especially as it relates to preservation, development, and land-use issues.
You can have a say in what happens: VOTE.
To help you in this important decision, Village Preservation and fellow organizations have organized a series of forums to discuss these concerns with candidates for these offices and give the public the chance to ask question of our potential elected leaders.
Please note: As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, Village Preservation is not allowed to make any endorsements of candidates.
Mayor
On March 24, we joined with nine other preservation-minded sponsoring organizations and 26 co-sponsors to discuss preservation issues with Mayoral candidates Michael Blake, Corrine Fisher, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, Scott Stringer, and Jim Walden. Watch the video below.
Manhattan Borough President
On April 16, Village Preservation and five other preservation organizations hosted a preservation with BP candidates Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Keith Powers. (All candidates were invited to participate.) Watch the video below.
City Council
Three City Council districts cover Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.
Don’t know which district you’re in? Enter your address below to find your district:
District 1
On April 30, Village Preservation, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, and the East Village Community Coalition sponsored a forum with candidates for the First City Council District, currently represented by Councilmember Christopher Marte (district map here). This diverse district includes most of Manhattan south of Houston Street. All candidates have been invited; Jess Coleman, Christopher Marte, Helen Qiu, and Eric Yu took part in the discussi9on — watch the video below.
District 2
On April 23, Village Preservation, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, and the East Village Community Coalition sponsored a forum with candidates for the Second City Council District, currently represented by term-limited Councilmember Carlina Rivera (district map here). The district includes all of Greenwich Village east of Sixth Avenue and north of Houston Street, all of the East Village, NoHo, Kips Bay, Rose Hill, Union Square, Gramercy Park, and Stuyvesant Square. Sarah Batchu, Harvey Epstein, Andrea Gordillo, Allie Ryan, and Anthony Weiner took part in the discussion — watch the video below.
District 3
On May 7, Village Preservation sponsored a forum with candidates for the Third City Council District, currently represented by Councilmember Erik Bottcher (district map here). This district includes all of Greenwich Village west of Sixth Avenue south to Canal Street, and north to 55th Street. Erik Bottcher, Louis Flores, and Dominick Romero took part in the discussion — watch the video below.
