Vanessa Aronson, who came in second in a competitive New York City Council primary on the Upper East Side in June, on Tuesday filed to run for Assembly District 73, state campaign finance records show.

The seat is currently held by Assembly Member Alex Bores, who is one of several people eying a bid for Congress, now that longtime Rep. Jerry Nadler has announced he will not seek reelection next year.

Aronson told City & State that she filed now to “be prepared” for a run should the Democratic primary become an open one. “I will not run against Alex Bores,” she said, adding she’d bow out of the race if Bores decides not to run for Congress and instead seeks reelection to the Assembly. (Bores cannot run for both offices at the same time.)

Aronson said she had spoken with Bores about her

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