Using the New York Times coverage of the last New York City Council elections

  Using the New York Times coverage of the last New York City Council elections, identify your City Council Representative (if you live outside of New York City, pick a NYC zip code to use for this assignment. Once you've done so, write a short essay of 500-600 words that includes: A summary of your city councilor's media exposure, including their main areas of interest when possible. You can use the biographies on council.nyc.gov as a starting point for your research. Consider: The Council Representative's name How long they have been in office Their recent major policy initiative Whether or not there was a successful outcome for their initiative and why An overview of your district's voting record, including the last council elections and the last presidential primaries and general election. A thesis and supporting argument answering the question, "does the city councilor really represent the interests of their constituents?"