City Council candidate Ari Hoffnung of the Bronx is enjoying the fact that his last name mean "hope" in German, and that Barack Obama’s recent trip to Germany has generated a lot of headlines featuring the words "Obama" and "Hoffnung." And of course, there’s also the German translation of Obama’s book, the Audacity of Hope, which Hoffnung ...

Within hours of the congestion pricing vote, a Bronx-based opponent of the plan, Ari Hoffnung, sent out an email announcing that he will run for City Council, again. Hoffnung, who heads the Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council, challenged Councilman Oliver Koppell in 2005 and was defeated. This year, Koppell is term-limited. Koppell voted for congestion pricing yesterday, citing the ...