Former Manhattan Borough Presidents Gale Brewer and Ruth Messinger are throwing their weight behind state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s bid to change into the following beep.
“Brad understands the importance of quality of life, and that’s reflected in his legislative record,” mentioned Brewer, who’s at the moment a Council member representing the Higher West Facet and served as borough president between 2014 and 2021. “I know he will continue to champion these fights as borough president.”
Messinger, who was Manhattan beep between 1990 and 1997, chimed in: “He’s delivered for New York, and he’ll deliver for Manhattan.”
Hoylman-Sigal, whose district covers a lot of Manhattan’s West Facet, is squaring off in June’s Democratic borough president major towards term-limited Councilman Keith Powers, who first entered the race in August and has racked up dozens of endorsements from native Council members and district leaders.
Powers, who represents a district that spans Manhattan’s East Facet, has raised greater than $271,000 from almost 1,000 particular person donors thus far, enabling him to unlock greater than $300,000 in public matching funds final month.
Hoylman-Sigal, who didn’t announce his marketing campaign till early December, has raised about $126,065 from lower than 400 particular person donors thus far, metropolis data present. He has not change into eligible for matching funds but.
Powers and Hoylman-Sigal jumped into the race after incumbent Manhattan BP Mark Levine introduced final summer time he’s operating for metropolis comptroller in June’s native elections.
Additionally Monday, Hoylman-Sigal rolled out endorsements from 5 state and metropolis legislative colleagues, together with Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and Councilman Erik Bottcher.
The native primaries are scheduled for June 24.
