And Then There Was One: G.O.P. Defends Its Last Seat in Queens
The party struggles to hold on in an increasingly diverse borough, even as it fights its own internal battles.
Joann Ariola, chairwoman of the Queens Republican Party, hopes to help the G.O.P. hold on to its only remaining city council seat in the borough.Credit.Jackie Molloy for The New York Times
May 7, 2021
In heavily Democratic Queens, Councilman Eric Ulrich is a political oddity: He’s the only Republican elected to public office in the borough, and one of the only ones remaining in New York City outside of Staten Island.