22 The QUEE NS Courier • APRIL 14, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com CAMPAIGN 2016 HILLARY CLINTON VISITS A JACKSON HEIGHTS INDIAN RESTAURANT TO TALK DIVERSITY AND DISCRIMINATION By Angela Matua amatua@qns.com @AngelaMatua Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stopped at Jackson Heights’ oldest Indian restaurant, the Jackson Diner, to speak with Queens officials and community leaders about diversity and discrimination. About half of Jackson Heights’ residents are foreign Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Ted Cruz Hillary Rodham Clinton Governor John Kasich Donald Trump PRIMARY POINTERS - Polls open on Tuesday, April 19, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. - Only voters who are registered with the Democratic or Republican parties may vote in their party’s nomination. Democrats cannot vote in the Republican primary; Republicans cannot vote in the Democratic primary; registered independent or third-party voters cannot vote in either primary. - Democrats will choose between former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. There are 217 delegates at stake, and will be awarded proportionally based on the outcome of the vote. Voters in each congressional district will vote for slates of delegates pledged for either Clinton or Sanders. - There are also 74 non-elected Democratic Superdelegates made up of party leaders who support the candidate of their choice. The results of the Here’s what you need to know about the April 19 New York presidential primary primary have no bearing on the number or status of superdelegates in New York State. - Republicans will choose between their party’s three remaining active candidates: billionaire celebrity Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich. Neurosurgeon and author Ben Carson, who suspended his campaign weeks ago, remains on the ballot. - There are 95 total Republican delegates at stake in New York, and the primary winner will receive most of the delegates. Republican voters will vote for the candidate, not the delegates supporting the candidate. The runners-up will receive some delegates provided they receive at least 15 percent of the vote. The Democratic nominee needs 2,383 total delegates to win the nomination outright. As of April 13, according to The New York Times, Clinton has 1,774 delegates, while Sanders has 1,117 delegates. This includes the superdelegate total (Clinton has 469, Sanders has 31). Superdelegates can switch candidates if the candidate they support loses the lead among pledged, elected delegates. The Republican nominee needs 1,237 total delegates to win the nomination outright. As of April 13, according to The New York Times, Trump has 742 delegates; Cruz has 529 delegates; and Kasich has 143 delegates. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign in March, has 171 delegates. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VOTING, CALL 1-212-VOTE-NYC OR VISIT www.vote.nyc.ny.us. born, with many hailing from South America and countries such as India, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal and Bangladesh. Clinton met with Congressman Joseph Crowley, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, state Senator Jose Peralta and other officials and discussed the rhetoric used by Republican front-runners in the race. “Folks here know what it’s like to be discriminated against,” Crowley told Clinton. Clinton said that Republican front-runner and billionaire celebrity Donald Trump’s words are “hurting our country” and “potentially undermining the safety of our people.” She also took questions from restaurant patrons and community leaders at the diner, which opened in 1980. She told the group that Trump’s “rhetoric, his divisiveness, his incitement … is absolutely unacceptable and needs to be called out.” Former President Bill Clinton will visit Flushing’s Mudan Banquet Hall on Tuesday with Congresswoman Grace Meng to stump for the former secretary of state. Clinton will debate Bernie Sanders on April 14 in Brooklyn. She added that she is looking forward to the debate, which should be “lively” and that “under the bright spotlights and scrutiny here in New York, Senator Sanders has had trouble answering questions” on how he’d deal with banks and how he’d approach foreign policy. Clinton said she has the best policies to keep “Wall Street from wrecking Main Street.” Photos courtesy of Jackson Diner Hillary Clinton visited Jackson Diner in Jackson Heights on Monday to discuss diversity and discrimination.
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