VOTTIING GUIIDE
Seawright
race highlights
local Assembly
contests
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Of the 12 Manhattan
Assembly seats up
for grabs on Election
Day, the most interesting
contest centers on a seat held
by an incumbent who missed
qualifying for the Democratic
nomination and is now running
on a third-party ballot line.
Incumbent Assemblywoman
Rebecca Seawright, of the 76th
District, is seeking another term
in offi ce on the Rise and Unite
ballot line. In May, she was
knocked off the June 23 primary
ballot due to a fi ling snafu.
As a result, the Democratic
Party isn’t technically fi elding
a candidate in the general election
against Seawright, with
her third-party ballot line, or
the other challenger in the race,
Republican/Liberal candidate
Louis Puliafi to, a union steward
and doorman from the Upper
East Side.
The 76th Assembly District
covers much of the Upper
East Side and Roosevelt
Island.
Just four other Manhattan
Assembly races on
the ballot are competitive.
Democratic Assemblywoman
Deborah Glick
Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright addresses a rally in October
is facing a challenge from
Republican Tamara Lashchyk,
a career coach from SoHo, for
the 66th District seat covering
much of the West Village,
Greenwich Village, SoHo,
Tribeca and Lower Manhattan.
In northern Manhattan,
Democratic Assemblyman
Robert Rodriguez seeks another
term in offi ce representing
the 68th District against
Republican challenger Daby
Benjamine Carreras, a capital
investment manager. The 68th
District covers much of East
Harlem and the Upper East
Side, and includes Randall’s
and Wards Islands.
Democratic Assemblywoman
Inez Dickens is seeking
re-election to the 70th District
seat covering Harlem and West
2019.
Harlem. Her opponent in the
general election is Craig Schley,
who’s running on his own ballot
line, Schley for 70 Assy.
Finally, Democratic/Working
Families Assemblyman Dan
Quart is vying for another term
in Albany as the 73rd District’s
voice. He’s facing Republican
candidate Judy Graham, an
entrepreneur from Midtown.
The district covers much of the
Upper East Side and Midtown.
The other incumbent Assembly
Members representing
Manhattan are running
unopposed:
• Assemblywoman Yuh-Line
Niou of the 65th District (Chinatown,
Lower Manhattan and
the Lower East Side)
• Assemblywoman Linda
Rosenthal of the 67th District
FILE PHOTO
(Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown, Upper
West Side)
• Assemblyman Danny
O’Donnell of the 69th District
(Harlem and the Upper West
Side)
• Assemblyman Al Taylor
of the 71st District (Inwood,
Hudson Heights, Washington
Heights and Sugar Hill)
• Assemblywoman Carmen
De La Rosa of the 72nd District
(Inwood, Hudson Heights,
Washington Heights)
• Assemblyman Harvey
Epstein of the 74th District
(Midtown East, Gramercy
Park, Kips Bay, East Village,
Lower East Side)
• Assemblyman Richard
Gottfried of the 75th District
(Chelsea, Midtown, Hell’s
Kitchen, Upper West Side).
Not much competition in state Senate contests
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Incumbent state senators representing
Manhattan are expected to win reelection
on Nov. 3.
One candidate for re-election, Democratic/
Working Families state Senator
Brad Hoylman, doesn’t have an opponent
at all. He’ll serve another term in the 27th
Senatorial District, which 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.
Democratic state Senator Brian Kavanagh
does have a challenger for his 26th
District seat in Republican/Conservative
nominee Lester Chang, a logistical consultant
from SoHo. The 26th District covers
much of Lower Manhattan (including the
areas of SoHo, NoHo, East Village, Little
Italy, Chinatown, Battery Park City, Tribeca
and the Financial District) and hops over
the East River to include parts of northern
Brooklyn.
In the 28th District, Democratic/Working
Families state Senator Liz Krueger seeks
another term in offi ce against Republican/
Independence candidate Michael Zumbluskas,
a resource management analyst for the
city’s Department of Transportation. The
28th District includes the Flatiron District,
Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Midtown and the
Upper East Side.
Further north, Democratic state Senator
Jose Serrano is seeking re-election to the
29th District seat covering parts of the Upper
East and West Sides, Roosevelt Island,
East Harlem, Randall’s and Wards Islands,
and the South Bronx. Challenging him for
the seat is Republican nominee Jose Colon
of the Bronx.
Democratic state Senator Brian Benjamin
may have his sights set on the 2021
City Comptroller’s race, but fi rst, he’s running
for re-election to the 30th District seat
representing much of Upper Manhattan,
Harlem, East Harlem, and the Upper East
and West Sides. He’ll face Republican
challenger Oz Sultan, a district leader from
Harlem.
Staying in northern Manhattan, Democratic/
Working Families state Senator
Robert Jackson will seek another term
in Albany representing the 31st District
against Republican candidate Melinda
Crump, a public relations specialist from
the Upper West Side. The district covers
Inwood, Upper Manhattan, Washington
Heights and the Hudson River waterfront
down to the Lincoln Tunnel.
Manhattan
Congressional
delegation faces
challengers
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
In addition to the presidential election
between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
a handful of Congressional seats are
also at stake in this election.
All four Members of Congress representing
Manhattan have opponents, but are
expected to easily win re-election in this
heavily Democratic borough.
Democratic/Working Families Congresswoman
Nydia Velázquez is seeking
her 15th term on Capitol Hill and another
two years representing much of Chinatown
and the Lower East Side, along with
parts of Brooklyn and Queens, in the 7th
Congressional District. She’ll be facing
Republican/Conservative challenger Brian
Kelly of Brooklyn and Libertarian nominee
Gilbert Midonnet, also of Brooklyn.
Likewise, Democratic/Working Families
Congressman Jerry Nadler is also seeking
a return trip to Congress for the 10th District,
which covers much of the West Side
south of 122nd Street as well as Chelsea,
Greenwich Village, SoHo, Tribeca and
Lower Manhattan. His opponents are
Republican/Conservative nominee Cathy
Bernstein, a fi nancial consultant from the
Upper West Side, and Libertarian nominee
Michael Madrid, a systems manager from
Midtown.
After winning a hard-fought primary,
Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney is expected to easily secure reelection
to the 12th District seat, which
includes parts of western Brooklyn and
Queens and covers much of the East Side
south of 98th Street and extends into Midtown,
the East Village and the Lower East
Side. Her opponents in the general election
are Republican/Conservative candidate
Carlos Santiago-Cano, a small business
owner from Astoria, Queens, and Libertarian
Steven Kolln, a software engineer from
the Upper East Side.
Finally, Democratic/Working Families
Congressman Adriano Espaillat seeks
another term in offi ce as representative
of the 13th Congressional District, which
includes Harlem, Upper Manhattan and
parts of western Bronx. He’s facing challenges
from Republican nominee Lovelynn
Gwynn, an entrepreneur from Harlem,
and Conservative candidate Christopher
Morris-Perry of Harlem.
12 October 22, 2020 Schneps Media