VFAR's 2025 Animal Rights Voter Guide for New York City: Primary Candidate Endorsements
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We are proud to endorse these animal rights candidates for the 2025 New York City Primary Elections. Please check back as more endorsements will be announced. Find your polling place here. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS JUNE 24, 2025.
Mayor: TBD
Comptroller: #1 Justin Brannan, #2 Mark Levine
Manhattan Borough President: Keith Powers
NYC Civil Court Judge, Kings County: Janice Purvis
City Council:
| CANDIDATE | PARTY | DISTRICT | BOROUGH | NEIGHBORHOODS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Marte | Democrat | 1 | Manhattan | SoHo, Tribeca, Battery Park City, Financial District, Chinatown, Lower East Side, Two Bridges, Governor’s Island |
| Harvey Epstein | Democratw | 2 | Manhattan | Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, East Village, Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Gramercy, Murray Hill-Kips Bay |
| #1 Vanessa Aronson, #2 Ben Wetzler | Democrat | 4 | Manhattan | Midtown South-NoMad, Midtown-Times Square, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, Murray Hill-Kips Bay, East Midtown-Turtle Bay, United Nations, Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill |
| Julie Menin | Democrat | 5 | Manhattan | Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island |
| Shaun Abreu | Democrat | 7 | Manhattan | Washington Heights, West Harlem, Upper West Side |
| Elsie Encarnacion | Democrat | 8 | Bronx & Manhattan | Upper East Side, East Harlem, South Bronx, Randalls Island, Wards Island |
| Fernando Cabrera | Democrat | 14 | Bronx | University Heights, Fordham Heights, Morris Heights, Kingsbridge High |
| Oswald Feliz | Democrat | 15 | Bronx | Belmont, Fordham, East Tremont, West Farms |
| Elvis Santana | Democrat | 17 | Bronx | Mott Haven, Melrose, Morrisania, Longwood, Crotona Park East, Bronx River, Hunts Point |
| Alexander J. Caruso | Democrat | 19 | Queens | Bayside, Whitestone, College Point, Douglaston/Little Neck, North Flushing |
| #1 Erycka Montoya, #2 Yanna Henriquez | Democrat | 21 | Queens | Corona, LeFrak City, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights |
| Linda Lee | Democrat | 23 | Queens | Oakland Gardens, Queens Village, Fresh Meadows, Bayside Hills, Floral Park, Little Neck, Hollis, Bellerose |
| Shekar Krishnan | Democrat | 25 | Queens | Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Woodside |
| Latoya LeGrand | Democrat | 28 | Queens | South Jamaica, Baisley, Rochdale, South Ozone Park, and Richmond Hill |
| Lynn Schulman | Democrat | 29 | Queens | Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Rego Park |
| Paul Pogozelski | Democrat | 30 | Queens | Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, Elmhurst, Rego Park |
| Shahana Hanif | Democrat | 39 | Brooklyn | Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront |
| Rita Joseph | Democrat | 40 | Brooklyn | Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Ditmas Park, Southern Crown Heights |
| Lawman Lynch | Democrat | 41 | Brooklyn | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Remsen Village |
| Kayla Santosuosso | Democrat | 47 | Brooklyn | Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Seagate, and parts of Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Bath Beach |
| Kamillah Hanks | Democrat | 49 | Staten Island | St. George, New Brighton, West Brighton, Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor, Stapleton, Tompkinsville, Rosebank |
| #1 Frank Morano, #2 Cliff Hagen | Republican, Democrat | 51 | Staten Island | Tottenville, Woodrow, Eltingville, Annadale, Prince’s Day, Pleasant Plains, Charleston, New Springville, Ardem Heights, Great Kills, Huegunot, Rossville |