Rangel is not going anywhere for now. But if he does depart, the timing of his departure may have a lot to do with who gets the seat—and even who runs.

Last year, Rep. Carolyn Maloney was hoping to be in a primary against a younger, well-financed female opponent this fall. But instead of running against Kirsten Gillibrand for the Senate as she had planned, Maloney is defending her own congressional seat against Reshma Saujani, a 34-year-old Democratic fundraiser and hedge fund lawyer.

“I still have confidence in him as a human being,” Kruger said. “But if his actions become too bizarre, there are other Constitutional avenues the Legislature can explore.”

Members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, an influential women’s political empowerment group, are split over the primary race between Rep. Carolyn Maloney and her insurgent challenger R

Carlos Gonzalez, the son of indicted former State Sen. Efrain Gonzalez, said he has filed papers to form an exploratory committee for a possible run for a state legislative office. While Gonzalez said

As the new Finance Committee chair, Domenic Recchia will set the tone for the Council’s budget hearings, make changes along the way and oversee the distribution of discretionary funds to his fellow Council members.

To the real estate community, the new Land Use chair is known for his ability to listen during sometimes tense development negotiations.

The Bronx Assemblyman has a negative balance in his campaign account, prosecutors investigating him on allegations he committed election fraud and a newly galvanized county Democratic organization gunning for his seat. His situation is in many ways similar to that of Maria Baez, who lost her City Council seat after a bruising primary with a party-backed candidate last year. Both Castro and Baez are close allies of José Rivera, who was usurped as county leader by his Assembly colleague Carl Heastie in 2008. Both Castro and Baez have recently come under scrutiny for alleged unethical behavior.

On Jan. 5, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew stood before a small crowd of reporters to announce that his union would be suing the city Department of Education (DOE) for allegedly misusing state funds that were intended for class size reduction. “It is an example of gross mismanagement,” Mulgrew said. “And that is the easiest and nicest way to put it.”