2013 New York City Borough President elections Perri earned 7.9%, Escoffery-Bey garnered 1.6% and Lundgren received 1.1%. Incumbent Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (D) cannot run again because of term limits. Markowitz has served three terms (12 years) as Brooklyn Borough President. Besides the Democratic and Republican parties, the Conservative, Green, Independence and Working Families parties are qualified New York parties. These parties have automatic ballot access. Adams won the election with 90.8% of the vote. Weir garnered 9.2%. Incumbent Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer (D) is not seeking reelection but is instead running for New York City Comptroller in the 2013 election. Any candidate not among
Boroughs of New York City legislative function within a borough. Executive functions in New York City are the responsibility of the Mayor of New York City, while legislative functions reside with the New York City Council. The borough presidents primarily act as spokesmen, advocates, and ceremonial leaders for their boroughs, have budgets from which they can allocate relatively modest sums of money to community organizations and projects, and appoint the members of the 59 largely advisory community boards in the city's various neighborhoods. The Brooklyn and Queens borough presidents also appoint trustees to the local public library systems in those boroughs. Being coextensive with an