Nov. 7, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan By 9:30 a.m. on election day, more than 200 locals cast their ballots at P.S. 139Q Alfred J. Kennedy in Whitestone – the biggest poll site in the area. Many of the voters at this location turned out for the City Council District 19 race in northeast Queens. They…
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Jul. 5, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Tony Avella has declared victory for the Democratic nomination for the District 19 City Council seat after the city’s Board of Elections released unofficial results of its ranked-choice voting recount for the June 27 primary race, which has the former longtime politician leading by 123 votes. The latest ballot,…
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Jun. 28, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Tony Avella is a mere 124 votes ahead of fellow candidate Christopher Bae in the race to clinch the Democratic nomination for northeast Queens’ District 19 City Council seat as of Wednesday morning, according to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections (BOE). As of June 28, Avella…
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