Tenant and real estate groups are starting to make clear what races they are watching.
Tenant PAC has rolled out its first slate of endorsements, backing incumbents in the City Council, including Alexa Avilés, Shahana Hanif and Chris Marte. The group is also supporting Assembly member Harvey Epstein’s bid for Council member Carlina Rivera’s Council seat.
Other groups are watching some of these races closely. A political action committee backed by the Real Estate Board of New York is targeting Avilés by supporting her opponent Ling Ye. The group is expected to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on other City Council races as well. It hasn’t specified which races, but members of the Democratic Socialists of America are usually a good bet…