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QUEENS WEEKLY, JULY 14, 2019
Protest
resisting Trump’s border
policies.
“It’s families that are
being impacted and also
families that are speaking
up,” said Nancherla.
The group let Maloney’s
office know ahead of time
to expect them hoping
that they would have an
opportunity to speak with
her or a representative
before the House
Committee on Oversight
and Reform, of which
Maloney is a member, held
a hearing on misconduct at
border detention facilities
scheduled for July 10.
The group had three
demands: that Maloney be
committed to closing all
border detention centers,
that she demand an end
to child separation at
the border and that she
plan a trip to witness the
conditions of a migrant
detention center.
Ed Babor, the Queens
representative for
Maloney, greeted the
parents in the lobby
of her office.
“She’s definitely in
your corner,” Babor said,
but declined to comment
on Maloney’s behalf about
her response to the group’s
demands.
Babor did add, however,
that Maloney had a trip
to a detention center in
South Texas planned for
this weekend.
Maloney responded
to the protest later on
Tuesday, confirming that
was planning to trip to the
a detention facility during
the weekend.
“I am so proud to be
part of a community that
shows up and stands up
for those who need their
voices lifted up and are too
often silenced. Thank you
to all those who rallied at
my Queens office today
to condemn the gross
atrocities at our Southern
border. I’m grateful to
have the support of my
constituents and I value
their commitment to
speaking out against
injustice and the negligent,
inhumane treatment of
migrants at detention
centers,” she wrote.
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Recount
judge adjourned the case
until after the recount,
determining that a decision
shouldn’t be made until
there is an authoritative
count.
The recount is expected
to take into account
absentee ballots, affidavits
that have been verified,
ballots that were read
properly by the scanner and
those that were improperly
filled out but make the
voter’s intention clear.
With ballots being
similar to Scantron sheets,
if a voter does completely
fill in the bubble and
instead checks or puts an
X next to their choice, their
vote was not taken into
account on June 25.
Cabán’s team filed a
lawsuit against the BOE
preemptive to the count
of absentee ballots on
July 3 claiming up to
2,500 affidavits had been
unlawfully nixed.
The lawsuit aims to
redeem 114 of the affidavits,
and Cabán’s camp believes
they will gain anywhere
between 300 and 400 votes
from the manual recount.
The votes have been
split between seven
candidates, with Cabán
finishing the primary
with 39 percent of the vote
to Katz’s 38 percent. Many
voters submitted ballots
for Councilman Rory
Lancman despite him
dropping out of the race
and backing Katz four days
before the primary.
With only about 11
percent of voters turning
out, other ballots were cast
for Gregory Lasak, Mina
Malik, Jose Nieves and
Betty Lugo.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by email at
mhallum@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4564.
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A Board of Elections worker sorting ballots in Middle Village on July 9 during the automatic
recount in the Democratic Queens district attorney primary. Photo: Mark Hallum/QNS
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