2025 ELECTION: Here’s who’s running for 10 City Council seats representing Manhattan

2025 election Q&A: Syracuse Common Council 5th District candidate Jimmy Monto

Jimmy Monto, the incumbent representing the Syracuse Common Council’s 5th District, is running unopposed for reelection. Monto first joined the council in August 2022, when councilors voted to appoint him to fill the 5th District seat vacated by Joe Driscoll, who accepted a position in Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration. Monto then won his race for that seat in Nov. 2022, and won reelection in 2023.  He chairs the council’s Public Transportation C…

2025 ELECTION: Here’s who’s running for 10 City Council seats representing Manhattan

While there’s a huge focus on the New York City mayoral race, residents in Manhattan are also voting for their City Council representatives — though there's not nearly as much drama attached to these contests. Democrats dominate the Manhattan City Council districts, and most of the competitive races already happened within the party during the June primary. Still, a number of lawmakers are facing challenges from Republican, Conservative and inde…