24 The QUENS Courier • OCTOBER 27, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com ‘16 ELECTION GUIDE s Eight candidates for seven state Supreme Court seats on November ballot Hillary’s winning the campaign cash race in Queens BY SUZANE MONTEVERDI smonteverdi@qns.com/@smont76 Is your neighborhood with her or with him? RentHop, a New York-based data-driven real estate startup, conducted a study of candidate support within ZIP codes across the five boroughs. Using data provided by the Federal Election Commission in its most recent disclosure report dated Sep. 21, RentHop gauged support for presidential candidates based on each candidate’s number of unique donors within each neighborhood. According to the study, Queens appears to have the closest contest between candidates in all five boroughs: 2,063 unique donors supported Hillary Clinton and 929 supported Donald Trump. Clinton has 100 percent of donor shares in Rosedale (ZIP code 11422) and over 75 percent in Jackson Heights (11372) and Kew Gardens (11415). Trump has 100 percent of donor shares in Breezy Point (11697) and over 75 percent in Middle Village (11379) and Howard Beach (11414). There are more than a few areas where where neither Clinton nor Trump have more than 55 percent of the donors and voters appear to be split. Donor share numbers in Glendale and Ridgewood (11385) and Woodhaven (11421) show Clinton with a slight advantage over Trump, while Trump appears to have a slight advantage over Clinton in the areas of Fresh Meadows (11366), Bellerose (11426), Glen Oaks (11004), Floral Park (11001), Whitestone (11357) and Bayside (11361). As for unique donations from Queens residents to third party candidates, 10 unique donors supported Jill Stein while five supported Gary Johnson. Map courtesy of RentHop BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Along with the presidential race and a host of legislative contests in the Nov. 8 general election, voters in Queens will also make their choices as to who will represent them on the state Supreme Court. Seven Supreme Court Justice seats for the 11th Judicial District covering Queens will be on the ballot, and there are eight candidates to choose from. Voters can choose seven of the candidates. The State Supreme Court in Queens handles not only civil matters but also felony criminal cases. Supreme Court Justices preside over lawsuits in which plaintiffs seek damages in excess of $25,000 as well as divorce proceedings, legal injunctions, criminal arraignments and both civil and criminal trials. Four Supreme Court candidates secured the nominations of the Democratic, Republican and Conservative parties: Marguerite A. Grays of Cambria Heights; Joseph Esposito of Astoria; William A. Viscovich of Whitestone and Joseph A. Zayas of Little Neck. Another candidate, Margaret A. McGowan of Whitestone, secured the Democratic and Republican party lines, while Joseph F. Kasper of South Ozone Park is running on the Republican and Conservative lines. Two other judicial candidates secured only the Democratic party line: Cheree A. Buggs of Queens Village and Ernest F. Hart of Little Neck. The general election takes place on Nov. 8 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. To find a polling place or for more voting information, call 212-VOTENYC or visit www.vote. nyc.ny.us.
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