2021 Animal Rights Voter Guide for the New York General Election
We are proud to endorse these animal rights candidates for New York General Election!
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.
If you would like to volunteer with us for the candidates by phone banking, check out our volunteer events here.
GENERAL ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021. EARLY VOTING IS OCTOBER 23-31, 2021.
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENDORSEMENT: Alvin Bragg
NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENDORSEMENT: Todd Kaminsky
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS
| DISTRICT | CANDIDATE | BOROUGH/REGION | NEIGHBORHOODS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Marte | 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 | Carlina Rivera | Manhattan | East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill |
| 3 | Erik Bottcher | Manhattan | Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Greenwich Village, West SoHo, Hudson Square, Times Square, Garment District, Flatiron, Upper West Side |
| 4 | 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 | TBD | Manhattan | Upper East Side’s Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, Roosevelt Island, Midtown East, Sutton Place, El Barrio in East Harlem |
| 6 | Gale Brewer | Manhattan | Upper West Side, Lincoln Square, Clinton, Central Park |
| 7 | Shaun Abreu | Manhattan | Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights |
| 9 | Kristin Richardson Jordan | Manhattan | Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem | 10 | Carmen de la Rosa | Manhattan | Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill |
| 14 | Pierina Sanchez | Bronx | Morris Heights, University Heights, Fordham, Kingsbridge |
| 15 | Oswald Feliz | Bronx | Bedford Park, Fordham, Mount Hope, Bathgate, Belmont, East Tremont, West Farms, Van Nest, Allerton, Olinville |
| 16 | Althea Stevens | Bronx | Claremont, Concourse, Concourse Village, Highbridge, Morris Heights, Mount Eden, Morrisania |
| 18 | Amanda Farías | Bronx | Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point, Harding Park |
| 19 | Tony Avella | Queens | Auburndale, Bay Terrace, Bayside, Beechhurst, College Point, Douglaston, Flushing, Little Neck, Malba, Whitestone |
| 22 | Tiffany Cabán | Queens | Astoria, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Woodside |
| 23 | Linda Lee | Queens | Bayside Hills, Bellerose, Douglaston, Floral Park, Fresh Meadows, Glen Oaks, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Holliswood, Little Neck, New Hyde Park, Oakland Gardens, Queens Village |
| 25 | Shekar Krishnan | Queens | Elmhurst, Jackson Heights |
| 27 | TBD | Queens | Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Village, and Springfield Gardens |
| 29 | Lynn Schulman | Queens | Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill |
| 30 | Bob Holden | Queens | Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood, Woodhaven, Woodside |
| 32 | Felicia Singh | 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 | Lincoln Restler | Brooklyn | Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill, Williamsburg |
| 34 | Jennifer Gutierrez | Brooklyn & Queens | Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood |
| 35 | Crystal Hudson | Brooklyn | Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant |
| 36 | Chi Ossé | Brooklyn | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights |
| 37 | Sandy Nurse | Brooklyn | Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East New York |
| 38 | Alexa Aviles | Brooklyn | Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and portions of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights, and Boro Park |
| 39 | Shahana Hanif | Brooklyn | Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington |
| 40 | Rita Joseph | Brooklyn | Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens |
| 43 | Justin Brannan | Brooklyn | Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach |
| 45 | Farah Louis | Brooklyn | Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, Kensington |
| 51 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Mark Levine | Manhattan |
| Antonio Reynoso | Brooklyn |
| Vanessa Gibson | Bronx |