The recent redistricting involving New York City Council seats has triggered some competitive June 27 primary races, and early voting in them begins Saturday.
Records show the seat covering Bensonhurst, New Utrecht and parts of Dyker Heights and Sunset Park is home to 54% Asian voters.Wai Yee Chan sits on Mayor Eric Adams’ Asian Affairs Advisory Council for City Hall.Wai Yee, whose campaign site says she was born in Hong Kong and then immigrated to New York City, serves as the executive director of a nonprofit serving seniors.
Zhuang is a longtime Democratic operative who worked as chief of staff to state Assemblyman William Colton . She came under fire after bragging that she helped secure COVID-19 personal protective gear for New Yorkers, but The PostYing Tan is Republican candidate for city council District 43.Ying Tan, another community activist, faces off against Vito LaBella, a retired lieutenant with the NYPD who previously ran for the state Senate.East New York, Democratic primary
Charles Barron on stage at Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre 44th Anniversary Gala honoring Voza Rivers at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Mar. 16, 2014., the iconoclastic ex-Black Panther, faces a stiff union-backed challenge from Chris Banks, the only one of three challengers who qualified for public funds.Barron and Banks entered the closing days of the contest virtually tied in the money race: $87,000 to $79,000, respectively.
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