Convicted felon fi les paperwork to
run for NW Queens City Council seat
Hiram Monserrate has filed paperwork to run for City Council in District 21.
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | JAN. 22-JAN. 28, 2021 9
BY JACOB KAYE
Despite a felony conviction, misdemeanor
conviction and several losing
bids to get back into public office, Hiram
Monserrate is once again running to
represent northwest Queens in the City
Council.
Monserrate, who served 21 months in
federal prison after being found guilty of
corruption charges stemming from his
time in the City Council
from 2002 to 2008,
has filed paperwork
with the New York City
Campaign Finance
Board to run to represent
District 21 in the city’s legislative
body.
In addition to the corruption charges,
Monserrate was found guilty of misdemeanor
assault in 2009, after he assaulted
his then-girlfriend while serving
as a New York state senator. Following
the conviction, Monserrate’s colleagues
voted to expel him from the Senate.
A spokesperson for Councilman
Francisco Moya, who currently represents
District 21 – which encompasses
Corona, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst
and LeFrak City – said that Moya was
confident Monserrate’s bid at the seat
would be rejected by the voters.
“Over the past 10 months, as Central
Queens was the epicenter of this pandemic,
Council member Francisco Moya has
been focused on delivering for his neighbors
and for working families across the
city – from massive mutual aid programs
to taking on wealthy tech companies on
behalf of delivery workers,” said Matt
Rey, a spokesperson
for Moya’s campaign.
“The community has
rejected Hiram Monserrate
four times and
will do so again, not
only because of how badly he has betrayed
everyone’s trust, but because we
need real leadership to recover from this
pandemic.”
A spokesperson for Monserrate
said the campaign is yet to kick off and
wouldn’t comment further on the convicted
felon’s run.
Monserrate recently ran to unseat
incumbent Jeffrion Aubry in Assembly
District 35 during the June 2020 Democratic
primary. Though he picked up
2,759 votes in the race, Aubry won the
race with a little over 65 percent of the
vote.
This wouldn’t be the first time
Monserrate has challenged Moya in a
primary.
In 2017, Moya, in what was his first
bid for the City Council seat, beat out
Monserrate by around 700 votes. The
pair also faced off in 2010, when Moya
defeated Monserrate in the primary race
to represent the 39th State Assembly
District.
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hereby given that a special election will be held in the
Borough of Queens, County of Queens, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021,
between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the purpose of electing a
candidate for the 31st Councilmanic District. Only registered voters in this
district are eligible to vote.
For any information on whether you are eligible to vote or where your poll site
is located, please call (212) V-0-T-E-N-Y-C. TDD for the hearing-impaired is
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OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Pursuant to provisions of Section 25(b)(1) of the Charter of the City of New
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
O
o
York,York notice notice is is here
hereby given that a special election will be held in the
Borough of Queens, County of Queens, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021,
between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the purpose of electing a
candidate for the 24th Councilmanic District. Only registered voters in this
district are eligible to vote.
For any information on whether you are eligible to vote or where your poll
site is located, please call (212) V-0-T-E-N-Y-C. TDD for the hearingimpaired
is (212) 487-5496.
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