David Menegon, president of the Lenox Hill Democratic Club, has registered a City Council campaign committee and looks like he’s set to run for Councilwoman Jessica Lappin’s Upper East Side seat in 2013. Ms. Lappin is expected to run for Manhattan Borough President, leaving a vacant seat behind her.

Mr. Menegon’s interest in the seat was already established, but he pointedly told reporters that he was only mulling a run and hadn’t registered a committee yet. Read More