Non-Hispanic officials are seldom considered for the borough presidency, they complain.

However, he said, he determined that the borough presidency would offer more of a challenge.

Markowitz was elected to the borough presidency in 2001, as the Democratic candidate.

He is expected to again seek the borough presidency in 1989 or sooner if there is a vacancy.

Many plan to run for one of the four borough presidencies.

Stein defeated Dinkins in the 1981 primary for the borough presidency.

This year, though, the city's new term limits law has encouraged five Democrats to vie for the borough presidency.

Mr. Manzano is hardly alone in his passion for the borough presidency.

After his term, he made an unsuccessful bid for the borough presidency of Brooklyn.

"I would hope to use the office, really, as a laboratory for change," she said of the borough presidency.