Politics on the Hudson

Dems back Lesnick for Council President; Robertson withdraws

Posted by: Len Maniace - Posted in Uncategorized on May 01, 2009

Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick last night picked up convention backing of the Democratic Party in his bid to win a second term in office. Former Councilman Dennis Robertson withdrew from that contest and threw his support to Lesnick.

The convention also chose three City Council candidates: Wilson Terrero in the 2nd District over Virginia Perez and Carlos Orellana; Ted Winnicki in the 6th District over Steve Illarnardo; and Mario DeGeorgio, who faced no opponent in the 4th District.

The Republicans are not expected to narrow their field of candidates until a convention on Mary 27. Councilman Liam McLaughlin, R-4th District, is battling Jim Castro-Blanco for the GOP nomination for City Council President; Dennis Shepherd, Gerri Esposito and Ronald Volino are competing in the 4th District; and Anthony Merante and John Larkin are competing in the 6th District.

 

 

 

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One Response to “Dems back Lesnick for Council President; Robertson withdraws”

1. Yonkers Resident1 June 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 am

   When the political gossip hits the floor running you begin to wonder why there is no competition for some candidates running for elected seats that deal with the taxpayers money, could it be that they are buying the seats from a political party? Mario DeGeorgio is over confident, he says got it in the bag, and it has raised a few eyebrows in the media about him, is he a candidate who knows how to launder money and turn it into gold for his own gain, year after year? Hum, should the taxpayers of Yonkers be concerned about this political money machine Mario DeGeorgio? There’s a lot of questions that need to be answered here, a lot.