2021 Animal Rights Voter Guide for New York City Elections
We are proud to endorse these animal rights candidates! If you don’t see a candidate or district on our 2021 Animal Rights Voter Guide, stay tuned for more endorsement announcements coming soon. We will be covering the races for New York City Council, Borough President, Mayor, and District Attorney. If you are running for office and would like to apply for an endorsement, please email woof@vfar.org for our candidate questionnaire.
How do we decide who to support? All candidates must complete a questionnaire and participate in a Zoom interview; after which our Elections Team and Board of Directors deliberates and votes.
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PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 (Special Election March 23) | #1 Jessica Haller | Bronx | Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Norwood, Van Cortlandt Village, Wakefield, Woodlawn |
| 14 | #1 Pierina Sanchez | Bronx | Morris Heights, University Heights, Fordham, Kingsbridge |
| 15 (Special Election March 23) | #1 Elisa Crespo and Kenny Agosto #2 Ischia Bravo and Oswald Feliz |
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 |
| 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 #2 Neeta Jain |
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 | Queens | Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City, Astoria, Dutch Kills |
| 29 | #1 Aleda Gagarin #2 Lynn Schulman and Eliseo Labayen |
Queens | Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill |
| 32 | #1 Shaeleigh Severino and 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 |
Brooklyn | Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant |
| 36 | #1 Chi Ossé and Henry Butler #2 Cesar Zuniga |
Brooklyn | Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and portions of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights, and Boro Parks |
| 38 | #1 Alexa Aviles and Rodrigo Camarena #2 Cesar Zuniga |
Brooklyn | Bedford Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights |
| 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 | 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 |
| 45 | #1 Anthony Beckford | Brooklyn | Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, Kensington |
| 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 | Brooklyn |
| #1 Fernando Cabrera #2 Vanessa Gibson and Nathalia Fernandez |
Bronx |