El-Yateem will file 2,850 petition signatures to get on ballot
Rev. Khader El-Yateem apparently isn’t taking any chances. A City Council candidate hoping to get his or her name on the ballot for the Sept. 12 primary is required by election law to submit at least 450 signatures from voters in the district who are registered in the candidate’s political party to the New York City Board of Elections.
El-Yateem said he plans to submit 2,850, more than six times the amount he would need to qualify for the ballot for the Democratic Primary in the 43rd Council District (CD).
The 43rd CD, currently represented by term-limited Democrat Vincent Gentile, includes parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst.