![]() On Tuesday, April 24, 2018, there will be a special election to fill the seat of New York State senator for District 37 vacated by George Latimer on January 1, 2018, when he became Westchester County executive after winning the race in November of 2017. The contenders are Rye Councilwoman Julie Killian, Republican, and current New York State Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, Democrat. District 37 of the New York State Senate comprises the cities of New Rochelle, Rye, White Plains, and Yonkers, the towns of Bedford, Eastchester, Harrison, Mamaroneck, North Castle, and Rye, the villages of Bronxville, Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Port Chester, Rye Brook, and Tuckahoe, and the unincorporated places of Armonk, Bedford, Bedford Hills, Eastchester, and Katonah. Polling locations for Chester Heights Residents: District 31, WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL, 2 SIWANOY BLVD All polling sites will be open from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. If you have any questions about voter registration or your polling location, please call the Westchester County Board of Elections at 914-995-5700 or click here for the board of elections website.
Noteworthy events by ballotpedia.org, a nonpartisan online political encyclopedia Mayer removed from Independence Party line Mayer was removed from the Independence Party line by Justice Henry Zwack on March 20 after he found that she had received the party's nomination in February without there being a quorum present. Ethics complaint against Mayer Republicans filed a complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics alleging that Mayer misused government property. The complaint concerned a Facebook video that showed Mayer inside her Assembly office commending students who participated in walkouts from schools to protest gun violence. She used the phrase “when elected to the Senate,” which the complaint said showed that the video was intended to be campaign material. Mayer's handling of sexual misconduct claims In April 2018, state Senate staffers Julia Lilkendey and Shana Wittenwyler accused Mayer of not acting to help them after they told her that they were being sexually harassed in 2011. Mayer was serving as chief counsel for the Senate Democrats at the time they made their complaints.[24] Mayer said that she followed proper protocol after receiving the complaints and that Secretary of the Senate Angelo Aponte did not take action on them.[3] After the allegations were reported by the New York Daily News, Killian called for Mayer to resign from the state Assembly.[3] She made this announcement in front of Mayer's campaign headquarters and, according to Lohud, fighting, physical and verbal, broke out among Mayer and Killian supporters.[25] "Neutrality is a key consideration. Since our priority is to be an unbiased, nonpartisan source of political information, we are committed to presenting balanced stories without giving undue weight to any single side of an issue. The availability of valid data from different perspectives can sometimes limit how much of the story we are able to tell; nevertheless, we always try to find a variety of even-handed and trustworthy sources."
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