On a recent afternoon in Flushing, Queens, Assembly Member Ron Kim filtered through Main Street’s crowded sidewalks with his 6-year-old daughter in tow,
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Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party.
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Adams and McGuire fight for support in Queens By Courtney Gross Queens
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Several dozen of his supporters in Jamaica chanted, “Yes we can!” A familiar rallying cry, but for a different candidate.
He’s trying a new label, too: not just Brooklyn borough president, but King of Queens.
“The outer boroughs have been ignored,” Eric Adams said. We have a Manhattan-centered mindset. We throw all the life rafts to help the central business district and we tell those in the outer boroughs to fend for themselves.
Adams rolled out six endorsements from elected officials in southeast Queens on Friday, an area that is a Democratic stronghold with a long tradition of political power centered in the Black community. Those backing him included state Senator James Sanders, Assemblymembers Alicia Hyndman and Clyde Vanel, and City Council members Adrienne Adams, Selvena Brooks-Powers
In his home borough, the governor was lauded by local elected officials, including Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) at the opening of a pop-up vaccination site in Rochdale Village in southeast Queens.