Two more candidates join crowded field in Bay Ridge race
There are enough candidates in the race for the Bay Ridge City Council seat to field a baseball team. Two more candidates have filed enough petition signatures with the New York City Board of Elections to qualify for the ballot, bringing the total of candidates up to nine.
Democrat Vincent Chirico, a lawyer from Dyker Heights, and Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter, a former design consultant for a tile company, are both running in the 43rd Council District. The district covers Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights and includes parts of Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
Chirico, a member of Community Board 11 in Bensonhurst and vice president of the Dyker Heights Athletic Association, is running against four other Democrats this November: Justin Brannan, Kevin Peter Carroll, Rev. Khader El-Yateem and Nancy Tong.