Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: NYC Council Member Mark Levine

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

NYC Council Member Mark Levine

New York City Council Member, 7th District

Representing Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights,

Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley & the Upper West Side

Last Fall and Winter I needed help badly from Levine's Office.

They did no t return my emails or phone calls except for one , which was just to snippily refer me to someon e lse.

Levine--this is interesting here, he has a very slick e-newsletter but he is to me the kind of Establishment NYC Politician who is responsible for so many of our problems.

I am going to go out of my way to vote against him in the next election...

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