Overview
- Unofficial returns show Bottcher taking about 91.8% against Republican Charlotte Friedman in the 47th State Senate District, which spans Manhattan’s West Side from Manhattan Valley to Greenwich Village.
- Bottcher was sworn in on Wednesday hours after his victory and said he will focus on housing, transit, public safety and mental health in Albany.
- His departure creates a vacancy in City Council District 3, and the mayor must issue a proclamation within three days of the formal vacancy to set the special election date.
- Bottcher’s chief of staff, Carl Wilson, and former state aide Lindsey Boylan have already announced campaigns for the District 3 seat.
- Democrat Keith Powers won the 74th Assembly District with about 82.25% over Joseph Foley, retaining the seat that covers parts of the East Village, Lower East Side, Gramercy, Kips Bay and Midtown.