1.   Almost all the hard-fought races for borough president and City Council involved minority candidates, and they stimulated a healthy amount of voter interest.

2.   Already, the public advocate and comptroller have bristled at suggestions that they cut their office budgets, as has the new Queens borough president.

3.   Among the supporters of Tyson was Percy Sutton, former Harlem borough president and chairman of Inner City Broadcasting.

4.   An hour before the march began, Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic candidate for Senate, received the endorsement of Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president.

5.   And all suggested that there was a need for the office of the borough president to be a stronger advocate on behalf of education and affordable housing.

6.   And elected officials, including Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Speaker Peter Vallone, borough presidents and City Council members have taken notice.

7.   And he also may have been helped by the primary for Manhattan borough president.

8.   And one by one, nearly every elected official lined up, with support for Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, becoming virtually a matter of duty.

9.   And she requested that the borough president visit the educational facility to discuss the measures that his office might take to combat the epidemic.

10.   Another administrator said he would have called but was overwhelmed preparing for a visit by the Brooklyn borough president to dedicate a playground.