We asked Upper East Side Council Member Dan Garodnick and Assembly Member Dan Quart to give us their 2013 predictions. What’s going to be the biggest news story to come out of your district in 2013? Garodnick: Dan Garodnick will kiss every baby in Council District 4 in support of his reelection bid. Quart: As 
Is it too early to speculate about the 2014 race for Manhattan Rep. Charlie Rangel’s seat? Not for ex-Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, who has been telling associates that he’s very likely to run for the seat if Rangel does not. In a phone interview, Powell confirmed his interest, saying he “probably would” run for 
Congressional candidate George Martinez, an Occupy Wall Street hip hop artist who came in fourth in last week’s congressional primary won by Rep. Nydia Velazquez, writes in “The Occupied Wall Street Journal” that another Occupy candidate is now seeking elected office in Brooklyn. In a post yesterday, Martinez writes that Jelani Mashariki, co-founder of the 
