Who’s running? Here’s your guide
to the June 23 Manhattan primary ballot
Polling places will be open for the June 23 primary, but all voters who head to them will need
to wear masks.
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Numerous Manhattan
incumbent lawmakers
are facing challengers in
the Democratic party’s primary
for statewide and Congressional
races in the June 23 primary.
Early voting polls are now
open in the contest, and amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, voters are
also being encouraged to utilize
absentee ballots. Regular polling
places will be open on June 23
from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for those
who wish to cast their ballots in
person; all voters will be required
to wear masks or face coverings
when voting at polling places.
Regardless of how they vote,
each voter will get two ballots:
one for the legislative races, and
the other for the Democratic
presidential primary, though
with Joe Biden being the presumptive
nominee, that race is
nearly a moot point. Regardless,
voters should fi ll out and submit
both ballots, according to all
instructions.
To fi nd your local polling place
or for questions about your absentee
ballot, visit vote.nyc. Note:
Only registered Democrats are
able to participate in the Democratic
primary.
Meanwhile, all four Members
of Congress representing Manhattan,
along with two state Senators
and three Assembly members, are
facing challengers in the Democratic
primary on June 23. Click
the names of each candidate to
learn more about their policies
from the city’s Campaign Finance
Bureau.
Congress
Congresswoman Nydia
Velázquez of the 7th District,
which represents much of Chinatown
and the Lower East Side
along with parts of Brooklyn and
Queens, will look to hold her seat
against Paperboy Love Prince,
a web designer/rapper from
Brooklyn. Velázquez has served
in Congress since 1993.
In the neighboring 10th District,
Congressman Jerry Nadler
is facing two challengers: Lindsey
Boylan, former deputy secretary
of economic development for New
York state; and Jonathan Herzog,
a teaching fellow at Harvard Law
School. The 10th District, which
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extends into Brooklyn, covers
much of the West Side south of
122nd Street as well as Chelsea,
Greenwich Village, SoHo,
Tribeca and Lower Manhattan.
Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney of the 12th District has
three primary competitors: Lauren
Ashcraft, previously a data
analyst with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development;
Peter Harrison, an adjunct professor
at Baruch College; and Suraj
Patel, an attorney and professor.
The 12th District includes parts
of western Queens covers much
of the East Side south of 98th
Street and extends into Midtown,
the East Village and the Lower
East Side.
Finally, Congressman Adriano
Espillat of the 13th District is
looking to secure another term in
Washington representing Harlem,
Upper Manhattan and parts of
western Bronx. He’s facing two
opponents in the primary: author
James Felton Keith II and food
and beverage manager Ramon
Rodriguez.
State Senate
One of the two Manhattan
state Senate races on the primary
ballot includes the 27th District
seat held by Brad Hoylman. He’s
squaring off against educator
Elizabeth Glass. The 27th District
covers a large chunk of Midtown
Manhattan as well as the East
Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Tribeca,
Hell’s Kitchen and parts of the
Upper West Side.
The other race concerns the
31st District covering Inwood,
Upper Manhattan, Washington
Heights and the Hudson River
waterfront down to the Lincoln
Tunnel. Incumbent state Senator
Robert Jackson is being challenged
by Tirso Santiago Pina.
The CFB voter guide has little
information on either candidate.
Assembly
Assemblywoman Yuh-Line
Niou is seeking another term in
offi ce as representative of the
65th District covering Chinatown,
Lower Manhattan and the
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice
President Joe Biden wearing a protective face mask looks on
during a visit to the Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware,
U.S. June 1, 2020.
Lower East Side. She’s being challenged
by Grace Lee, co-founder
of Children First, an advocacy
group battling a toxic cleanup site.
In the 68th District, incumbent
Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez
is squaring off against small business
owner and county committee
member Tamika Mapp. The 68th
District includes Harlem, East
Harlem and parts of the Upper
East Side.
Assemblyman Al Taylor is
facing a challenge for his 71st
District seat from Guillermo
Perez. The district covers the
Upper Manhattan neighborhoods
of Inwood, Hudson Heights,
Washington Heights and Sugar
Hill. Neither candidate provided
information to the CFB.
Finally, the 73rd District
primary features incumbent Assemblyman
Dan Quart against
former journalist and ethics
scholar Cameron Koffman. The
district covers much of the Upper
East Side and Midtown.
There won’t be a primary for
the 76th Assembly District seat
held by Rebecca Seawright, who
was disqualifi ed from the ballot
PHOTOS BY REUTERS/JIM BOURG
last month for failing to meet
fi ling deadlines. It’s unclear as
to who will represent the Democratic
Party for the seat in the
November general election.
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