Update: Will Monserrate Have a Vote on Willets Point?
There’s some speculation over at The Real Deal as to whether or not Councilman/soon-to-be State Senator Hiram Monserrate will actually be in the City Council when it takes its vote on the plan to develop WIllets Point. Monserrate is running unopposed for the State Senate seat previously held by John Sabini in Queens. The seat is currently vacant.
On September 9, Monserrate will become the official Democratic nominee, and he has no serious opposition in the general election on November 4. Whether or not he’ll be able to vote on the plan in the City Council depends upon a trial originating in a Brooklyn State Senate race as to when the vacant seat will be filled. If it is ruled that the vacant seats are to be filled immediately, Monserrate will likely be a State Senator whose district no longer includes Willets Point before the vote hits the Council floor.
Upon taking his new position, his City Council seat will become vacant, and a special election most likely wouldn’t be held in time for the Council Member representing Willets Point to have a say in the City Council’s vote.
Monserrate insists he will continue to oppose the plan no matter what seat he holds at the time.
This is all speculation at this point, and if I had to guess, I’d see Monserrate getting sworn in in January with everyone else who has been elected. But we can all hope that he is immediately sworn into his new position…
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