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Crowley concedes in Queens borough president primary race
BY JACOB KAYE
JKAYE@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Queens appears to have a Democratic nominee for borough president.
In an early afternoon message on social media on Tuesday, July 21,
former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley conceded the Democratic
primary for borough president to Councilman Donovan Richards.
“I recently called Council Member Richards to congratulate him and to
give him my full support as he becomes the Democratic nominee for Queens
borough president,” Crowley said on Twitter.
Speaking to her supporters, she added, “I wanted you to hear it from me
first: while the Board of Elections has not officially called the race, and some
districts are still getting tallied, the numbers to win are just not with us.”
The city’s Board of Elections is currently in the process of counting
absentee ballots cast in the June 23 primary. The BOE counts ballots by Assembly
Districts and won’t have a full count of votes for the Queens borough
president race until each district has been counted.
The BOE has not confirmed the results of the Democratic primary for
Queens borough president.
Although he refrained from claiming victory outright, Richards said he
was “proud to call Crowley a friend,” in response to Crowley’s tweet.
“I admire her commitment to Queens and look forward to working with
her to unite our borough moving into November,” Richards said.
The southeast Queens legislator held about a 10,000 vote lead after last
month’s in person voting. In addition to Richards and Crowley, Councilman
Costa Constantinides, retired NYPD Sergeant Anthony Miranda and
businessman Dao Yin also ran for the nomination.
“I want to thank all of my supporters who made their voices heard at the
ballot box or by voting absentee. I’m proud of the issues that we spoke about
and the work that we did throughout this campaign,” Richards said in a
statement. “I’ve spent my life fighting for racial equity, and I’ll continue
that fight in my remaining months in the City Council and in the future at
Borough Hall.”
Richards added that he hopes to serve as a unifying voice for the “World’s
Elizabeth Crowley and Donovan Richards File photos
Borough.”
“Over the last few months I’ve spoken with thousands of Queens voters
about the issues facing our communities. In a borough as diverse as ours,
each neighborhood often has their own priorities, but we remain one
Queens,” he said. “I’ve also gotten to know the others who ran in this race,
and the issues that they spoke about so passionately with Queens residents.
All of them want the best for our borough, and I hope to be able to continue
to work with them so that we can build a Queens that works for everyone.”
Crowley also spoke of unifying the borough and endorsed Richards in
his race against Chairwoman of the Queens County Republican Party Joann
Ariola for Queens borough president in November.
“During these most challenging times, we need unity to bring out great
borough together,” Crowley said in a statement. “Queens deserves its fair
share. To accomplish this we must unite and emerge stronger than ever.”
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