Will the Queens special election be a 2013 replay?
When supporters of ranked-choice voting make their case for why the new voting system is good for Black and Latino New Yorkers, they’ll often point to a specific race: the February 2013 special election in City Council District 31 in Queens. There, a white, Orthodox Jewish candidate named Pesach Osina came within 79 votes – less than 1 percentage point – of winning a Southeast Queens district that – as of the 2010 census – was 68% Black, 16% Hispanic and just 11% white. Besides Osina, the other seven candidates on the ballot, including the winner Donovan Richards, were Black. The numbers showed that the Black vote was split among several candidates, while the parts of the district with a large Orthodox Jewish population voted overwhelmingly for Osina.
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See Who s Raising The Most Money In The 2021 Elections In NYC So Far
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Out of the more than 30 mayoral candidates who have launched formal fundraising committees, only two Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and city Comptroller Scott Stringer raised enough money to be eligible for public matching funds on Tuesday from the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
Stringer received $3.3 million in matching funds and Adams received $4.4 million. The payments provide an early glimpse into how well and how early candidates are organizing for their respective races. To qualify for the funds, Mayoral candidates had to raise at least $250,000 from at least 1,000 contributors.