The February 2 special election will select former City Councilman Rory Lancman s successor
Six of the candidates are of South Asian descent, a community asking for representation in the City Council
Council District 24 includes the Queens neighborhoods of Kew Garden Hills, Fresh Meadows, Briarwood, and Jamaica
Former councilman Jim Gennaro is trying to win his old seat back
In the first ever ranked-choice voting election in New York, eight candidates are running to fill the City Council seat vacated by former councilman Rory Lancman, who recently took a job with the Cuomo administration.
Six of those running are South Asian, a community that, as candidate Deepti Sharma notes, has never had one of its members in the Council.
Moumita Ahmed, one of the eight candidates running in the Feb. 2 non-partisan special election for the New York City Council seat vacated by former Councilman Rory Lancman, who took a job in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration, said during a debate on Tuesday that she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Last week, she came under fire over an alleged antisemitic tweet.
“I support the two-state solution and I support people’s right to boycott,” Ahmed said during a virtual candidate forum hosted by the Citizens Union, Queens Daily Eagle and the Gotham Gazette. “In my district, there are differences of opinions when it comes to that, so I want to make sure that I protect people’s First Amendment right to boycott.”
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