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VOL. 111, NO. 37 APRIL 9-15, 2020
Queens BP
election set
for June 23
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The special election for Queens
borough president will be
held on June 23, according
to an executive order signed by
Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The special election will be held
on the same day that Cuomo set
for the Democratic presidential
primary.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who postponed
the original date of March 24
due to the coronavirus pandemic,
was going to set a new date for the
special election, but the governor’s
emergency powers supersede City
Hall’s in this instance.
“We thank Governor Cuomo
for endorsing the mayor’s recommendation
to consolidate the
presidential primary to June 23
to protect the health of voters and
poll workers,” de Blasio spokesman
Jose Bayona said. “We look
forward to working together with
the governor and the Legislature
to expand absentee voting to
ensure the essential functions of
our democratic process continue
to operate amid a public health
crisis.”
Early voting will begin on June
13. Candidates on the ballot include
Councilmen Donovan Richards
and Costa Constantinides, former
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley,
retired NYPD sergeant Anthony
Miranda, Yao Din, Councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer, who suspended
his campaign in January, and
former Jim Quinn.
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despite new
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