NYC Council's Firewall Starts in District 5--with a Bombshell Named Alina

NEW YORK, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alina Bonsell, running for New York City Council in District 5, has been called a bombshell. And sure, people assume that means something about her looks—but in this case, it's about impact. Her last name may get mispronounced (or mistaken for a Freudian slip), but her mission is crystal clear: she's here to shatter the old political mold.

Born in Ukraine and raised in New York, Alina brings the perspective of someone who fled government overreach and understands what happens when power goes unchecked. With over 15 years in healthcare and pharmaceuticals—at companies like Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, and Novartis—plus experience as a startup founder and small real estate investor, she brings the urgency and accountability of the private sector to a public sector that's stalled out.

But it's not her résumé that threatens the status quo. It's her platform—and her unwillingness to back down.

While the current council member has spent four years churning out press releases and posing for photo ops, the reality on the ground tells a different story. The Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island are still dealing with rising crime, small businesses suffocating under red tape, e-bikes flying down sidewalks like missiles, and a complete breakdown in accountability from city agencies. Voters were promised results. What they got was spin.

Alina's plan? Fix it. For real.

Public Safety:
Pro-police. Supports repealing parts of the "10 Steps to Justice" Act. Wants pepper spray legalized for self-defense and to hold repeat offenders accountable.

Small Business Survival:
Bring back the Small Business Jobs Survival Act. Offer tax incentives to landlords who keep rents affordable. Keep our neighborhoods alive and local.

Family Court Reform:
Alina doesn't lead with it, but it fuels her fire. After living through the dysfunction of NYC's family courts, she's pushing for oversight, transparency, and protection of parental rights.

Mental Health and Homelessness:
Alina backs a three-tiered approach that starts with enforcement of our existing mental hygiene laws and moves through community-based care to reopening long-term facilities for those with serious mental illness. The legal framework is already in place—what's missing is leadership with the backbone to execute. This plan is about real compassion backed by concrete action.

Accountability Across City Agencies:
No more bloated budgets with zero results. She demands real audits and measurable outcomes from the DOE, ACS, Housing, and beyond.

She's also one of the few with the guts to say what others tiptoe around: Zohran Mamdani is running for mayor, and if nobody steps up to stop him, he'll win. While he pushes policies that would dismantle public safety and destabilize the city, most of the Council stays silent—including Julie Menin. As a Jewish New Yorker whose family fled socialism, Alina sees exactly where this is headed. "It's not a conspiracy," she says. "It's a strategy. If we don't flip seats now, we hand them the city on a silver platter."

Yes, she's a Republican. No, she's not here to kiss the ring or follow anyone's script. Alina Bonsell is a political moderate laser-focused on results—not labels, not tribal loyalty, and definitely not performative politics. "If that offends someone," she says, "they're part of the problem I came to fix."

Her no-nonsense stance is attracting attention—from high-level real estate investors and entrepreneurs to everyday New Yorkers who are sick of being overtaxed, ignored, and lied to by the same political machine that created the mess.

In a race that could determine the future of one of NYC's most powerful districts, Alina Bonsell isn't just another name on the ballot.

She's the bombshell they never expected—and the firewall they never saw coming.

More about Alina Bonsell | www.alinabonsell.com

Contact: Lydia Jacobs
Political Contributor, The-City-Top
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