The 43rd District covers Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and some parts of Bensonhurst. Seminara is president of the Alliance of Bay Ridge Block Associations and a Community Board Ten member. Scissura is a member of the Stars and Stripes Democratic Club in Bensonhurst. Orlando is an officer in the American Heritage Political Organization in Bay Ridge. Gangemi is the daughter of John Gangemi Sr. and has the law firm, Gangemi and Gangemi, with her father and her brother Frank.
All candidates are lawyers.
I'll be putting up a poll for this soon. There are a lots of complaints about the new express buses which appeared a few weeks ago along Shore Road. The new buses don't carry as many people as the old ones and there have been cutbacks in the number of buses scheduled. The complaints are that the buses have a narrower door and are hard to get on because of steep stairs. They also have a narrow center aisle and only one door in the front.