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Last week, Representative Carolyn Maloney, whose district covers the East Side of Manhattan and parts of Queens dropped her bid to challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary.  Borough President Scott Stringer also abandoned his exploratory efforts into running for the Senate seat.   No matter what your thoughts are on Maloney, Stringer or Gillibrand individually, this all begs the question: when did New York get a government-by-appointment? Clyde Haberman’s July 13th column for the New York Times points out: There are six statewide elective offices. Four of them are now filled by politicians who were not the people’s choices. They fell into their positions by virtue of someone else’s malefaction or ambition. The governor, as noted, is unelected. … More >>