CROWLEY CONCEDES TO RICHARDS IN DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY RACE FOR QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT
BY JACOB KAYE
Queens appears to have a Democratic
nominee for borough president.
In an early afternoon message on
social media on Tuesday, July 21, former
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley
conceded the Democratic primary
for borough president to Councilman
Donovan Richards.
“I recently called Council Member
Richards to congratulate him
and to give him my full support as he
becomes the Democratic nominee for
Queens borough president,” Crowley
said on Twitter.
Speaking to her supporters, she
added, “I wanted you to hear it from
me first: while the Board of Elections
has not officially called the race, and
some districts are still getting tallied,
the numbers to win are just not with
us.”
The city’s Board of Elections is
currently in the process of counting
absentee ballots cast in the June 23
primary. The BOE counts ballots by
Assembly Districts and won’t have a
full count of votes for the Queens borough
president race until each district
has been counted.
The BOE has not confirmed the
results of the Democratic primary for
Queens borough president.
Although he refrained from claiming
victory outright, Richards said he
was “proud to call Crowley a friend,”
in response to Crowley’s tweet.
“I admire her commitment to
Queens and look forward to working
with her to unite our borough moving
into November,” Richards said.
The southeast Queens legislator
held about a 10,000 vote lead after last
month’s in person voting. In addition
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to Richards and Crowley, Councilman
Costa Constantinides, retired
NYPD Sergeant Anthony Miranda
and businessman Dao Yin also ran for
the nomination.
“I want to thank all of my supporters
who made their voices heard
at the ballot box or by voting absentee.
I’m proud of the issues that we
spoke about and the work that we did
throughout this campaign,” Richards
said in a statement. “I’ve spent my
life fighting for racial equity, and I’ll
continue that fight in my remaining
months in the City Council and in the
future at Borough Hall.”
Richards added that he hopes
to serve as a unifying voice for the
“World’s Borough.”
“Over the last few months I’ve
spoken with thousands of Queens voters
about the issues facing our communities.
In a borough as diverse as
ours, each neighborhood often has
their own priorities, but we remain
one Queens,” he said. “I’ve also gotten
to know the others who ran in this
race, and the issues that they spoke
about so passionately with Queens
residents. All of them want the best
for our borough, and I hope to be able
to continue to work with them so that
we can build a Queens that works for
everyone.”
Crowley also spoke of unifying
the borough and endorsed Richards
in his race against Chairwoman of
the Queens County Republican Party
Joann Ariola for Queens borough
president in November.
“During these most challenging
times, we need unity to bring out great
borough together,” Crowley said in a
statement. “Queens deserves its fair
share. To accomplish this we must
unite and emerge stronger than ever.”
Elizabeth Crowley and Donovan Richards File photos
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