2021 Animal Rights Voter Guide for New York City Elections
We are proud to endorse these animal rights candidates for New York City Council, Borough President, Mayor, and District Attorney!
How do we decide who to support? All candidates must complete a 15-page written questionnaire and participate in a Zoom interview; after which our Elections Team and Board of Directors evaluates and votes. Click on each candidate’s name to read their responses. Please remember that while the questionnaires are very important, they are just one of the factors that we use when considering an endorsement for a candidate. Interviews give us an opportunity to go more in depth with our candidates and to confirm their positions on record.
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PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021. EARLY VOTING IS JUNE 12-20, 2021.
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ENDORSEMENT: Maya Wiley
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENDORSEMENT: Eliza Orlins
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS
| DISTRICT | CANDIDATE | BOROUGH/REGION | NEIGHBORHOODS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1 Christopher Marte #2 Gigi Li |
Manhattan | Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa & Washington Square |
| 2 | #1 Carlina Rivera | Manhattan | East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill |
| 3 | #1 Erik Bottcher #2 Phelan Dante Fitzpatrick |
Manhattan | Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Greenwich Village, West SoHo, Hudson Square, Times Square, Garment District, Flatiron, Upper West Side |
| 4 | #1 Keith Powers | Manhattan | Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Yorkville, Central Park South, Midtown East, Times Square, Koreatown, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Waterside Plaza, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Sutton Place |
| 5 | #1 Kim Moscaritolo #2 Chris Sosa, Tricia Shimamura |
Manhattan | Upper East Side’s Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, Roosevelt Island, Midtown East, Sutton Place, El Barrio in East Harlem |
| 6 | #1 Gale Brewer #2 Sara Lind |
Manhattan | Upper West Side, Lincoln Square, Clinton, Central Park |
| 7 | #1 Marti Allen-Cummings #2 Maria Ordonez, Stacy Lynch, Shaun Abreu, Dan Cohen |
Manhattan | Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights |
| 9 | #1 Kristin Richardson Jordan #2 Sheba Simpson |
Manhattan | Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem | 10 | #1 Carmen de la Rosa and Johanna Garcia #2 Angela Fernandez and Francesca Castellanos |
Manhattan | Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill |
| 11 | #1 Abigail Martin | Bronx | Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Norwood, Van Cortlandt Village, Wakefield, Woodlawn |
| 14 | #1 Pierina Sanchez | Bronx | Morris Heights, University Heights, Fordham, Kingsbridge |
| 15 | #1 Oswald Feliz #2 Ischia Bravo and Troy Blackwell |
Bronx | Bedford Park, Fordham, Mount Hope, Bathgate, Belmont, East Tremont, West Farms, Van Nest, Allerton, Olinville |
| 16 | #1 Althea Stevens | Bronx | Claremont, Concourse, Concourse Village, Highbridge, Morris Heights, Mount Eden, Morrisania |
| 18 | #1 Amanda Farías #2 Michael Beltzer |
Bronx | Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point, Harding Park |
| 19 | #1 Tony Avella #2 Richard Lee |
Queens | Auburndale, Bay Terrace, Bayside, Beechhurst, College Point, Douglaston, Flushing, Little Neck, Malba, Whitestone |
| 20 | #1 John Choe | Queens | Downtown Flushing, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill |
| 22 | #1 Tiffany Cabán #2 Evie Hantzopoulos, Leo Bullaro |
Queens | Astoria, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Woodside |
| 23 | #1 Jaslin Kaur | Queens | Bayside Hills, Bellerose, Douglaston, Floral Park, Fresh Meadows, Glen Oaks, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Holliswood, Little Neck, New Hyde Park, Oakland Gardens, Queens Village |
| 24 | #1 Moumita Ahmed | Queens | Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Electchester, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Briarwood, Parkway Village, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica |
| 25 | #1 Carolyn Tran and Shekar Krishnan #2 Alfonso Quiroz |
Queens | Elmhurst, Jackson Heights |
| 26 | #1 Amit Bagga and Brent O’Leary #2 Hailie Kim, Julia Forman, Jesse Laymon |
Queens | Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City, Astoria, Dutch Kills |
| 27 | #1 Harold Miller #2 Kerryanne Burke |
Queens | Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Village, and Springfield Gardens |
| 29 | #1 Aleda Gagarin #2 Lynn Schulman and Eliseo Labayen |
Queens | Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill |
| 30 | #1 Bob Holden | Queens | Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood, Woodhaven, Woodside |
| 32 | #1 Felicia Singh #2 Mike Scala & Ruben Cruz |
Queens | Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Rockaway Park, Roxbury, South Ozone Park, West Hamilton Beach, Woodhaven |
| 33 | #1 Elizabeth Adams #2 Benjamin Solotaire, Stu Sherman, Toba Potosky, Lincoln Restler |
Brooklyn | Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill, Williamsburg |
| 34 | #1 Jennifer Gutierrez | Brooklyn & Queens | Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood |
| 35 | #1 Michael Hollingsworth #2 Crystal Hudson, Deirdre Levy, Regina Kinsey, Curtis Harris, Hector Robertson |
Brooklyn | Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant |
| 36 | #1 Chi Ossé and Henry Butler #2 Robert Waterman |
Brooklyn | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights |
| 37 | #1 Sandy Nurse | Brooklyn | Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East New York |
| 38 | #1 Alexa Aviles and Rodrigo Camarena #2 Cesar Zuniga |
Brooklyn | Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and portions of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights, and Boro Park |
| 39 | #1 Brandon West and Shahana Hanif #2 Briget Rein |
Brooklyn | Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington |
| 40 | #1 Rita Joseph and Edwin Raymond #2 Blake Morris and Cecilia Cortez |
Brooklyn | Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens |
| 42 | #1 Nikki Lucas and Wilfredo Florentino | Brooklyn | East New York, New Lots, Remsen Village, Spring Creek, Starrett City |
| 43 | #1 Justin Brannan | Brooklyn | Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach |
| 45 | #1 Anthony Beckford | Brooklyn | Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, Kensington |
| 46 | #1 Dimple Willabus #2 Donald Cranston |
Brooklyn | Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Sheepshead Bay |
| 47 | #1 Alec Brook-Krasny | Brooklyn | Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Gravesend, Sea Gate |
| 49 | #1 Mike Schnall #2 Ranti Ogunleye & Kelvin Richards |
Staten Island | Arlington, Clifton, Clove Lakes, Concord, Elm Park, Graniteville, Livingston, Mariners Harbor, New Brighton, Port Richmond, Randall Manor, Rosebank, St. George, Snug Harbor, Silver Lake, Stapleton, Sunnyside, West Brighton and Tompkinsville |
| 51 | #1 Olivia Drabczyk | Staten Island | Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Charleston, Eltingville, Great Kills, Greenridge, Heartland Village, Huguenot, New Springville, Pleasant Plains, Prince’s Bay, Richmond Valley, Rossville, Tottenville, Woodrow |
BOROUGH PRESIDENT ENDORSEMENTS
| CANDIDATE | BOROUGH |
|---|---|
| #1 Mark Levine #2 Brad Hoylman |
Manhattan |
| #1 Antonio Reynoso and Jo Anne Simon #2 Robert Elstein, Kim Council, Pearlene Fields, Khari Edwards |
Brooklyn |
| #1 Fernando Cabrera #2 Vanessa Gibson and Nathalia Fernandez |
Bronx | #1 Cesar Vargas | Staten Island |