East Elmhurst is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and Corona,to the north and east by Bowery Bay,and to the west by Woodside and Ditmars Steinway. The area also includes LaGuardia Airport,located on the shore of Flushing Bay,LaGuardia Landing Lights Fields,and Astoria Heights.
The borough president are the chief executives of the five boroughs of New York City. For most of the city's history,the office exercised significant executive powers within each borough,and the five borough presidents also sat on the New York City Board of Estimate. Since 1990,the borough presidents have been stripped of a majority of their powers in the government of New York City.
Michele R. Titus is an American politician and jurist from Queens,New York who has served as a New York City Civil Court Judge since January 2020. A Democrat,Titus previously represented District 31 in the New York State Assembly from 2002 to 2020.
Grace Meng is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is in the New York City borough of Queens;it includes Bayside,East Elmhurst,Elmhurst,Flushing,Forest Hills,Fresh Meadows,Glendale,Jackson Heights,Kew Gardens,Maspeth,Middle Village and Rego Park. Meng represented the 22nd district in the New York State Assembly from 2009 until 2012. She is the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York.
James Sanders Jr. is a member of the New York State Senate,serving since January 2013. He represents the 10th district,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Richmond Hill,South Ozone Park,Jamaica,Rochdale Village,Rosedale and parts of Far Rockaway.
Aravella Simotas is an American politician who represented District 36,covering parts of Western Queens,which includes Astoria and parts of Long Island City,in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party.
Ira Daneek Miller is an American politician who served as the Council Member for the 27th district of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat.
Latoya Joyner is a New York politician who served as the Assembly member for the 77th District of the New York State Assembly from 2015 to 2024. The district includes portions of Claremont,Concourse,Highbridge,Mount Eden and Morris Heights in The Bronx. She is a Democrat.
Catalina Cruz is a Colombian-American attorney from the borough of Queens in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and former undocumented immigrant minor (DREAMer),Cruz has worked as an advocate for immigration rights,including as Director of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2016 Exploited Task Force. Cruz was elected as the Democratic candidate in the Fall 2018 election for the 39th district of the New York State Assembly,representing Corona,Elmhurst,and Jackson Heights,Queens.
Tiffany Cabán is an American attorney,politician,and political organizer who has served as a member of the New York City Council for the 22nd District since the 2021 New York City Council election. She won the Democratic primary for the seat after the incumbent,Democrat Costa Constantinides,retired.
The 2021 New York City Council elections were held on November 2,2021. The primary elections were held on June 22,2021. There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021;these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. Due to redistricting after the 2020 Census,candidates also ran for two-year terms instead of four-year terms for the first time,stemming from the New York City Charter overhaul in 1989. Four-year terms will resume in the 2025 election after another two-year election in 2023.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani is a Ugandan-born American Democratic Socialist politician. He is the assembly member for the 36th district of the New York State Assembly,in Queens. Mamdani was elected after defeating incumbent Democrat Aravella Simotas in the 2020 primary.
Eric Dinowitz is an American teacher and politician. Dinowitz represents the 11th district of the New York City Council. Dinowitz is a registered Democrat. Dinowitz was elected in a special election held on March 23,2021,after the resignation of Andrew Cohen,who was elected to the New York Supreme Court. Dinowitz assumed office on April 15,2021 after weeks of the New York City Board of Elections counting ranked-choice voting ballots which were instituted for municipal elections beginning in 2021.
New York City's 31st City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Selvena Brooks-Powers since a 2021 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Donovan Richards.
New York City's 32nd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Joann Ariola since 2022. She replaced Eric Ulrich,who was term limited in 2021 and could not seek re-election. Until 2021,it was the only district in the city outside of Staten Island to be represented by a Republican.
Nantasha M. Williams is an American politician from New York City. A Democrat,Williams represents the 27th district in the New York City Council,which covers parts of southeastern Queens.
Lynn Schulman is an American politician who is a member of the New York City Council. She was elected in November 2021 to represent the 29th district,which includes all or parts of the Queens neighborhoods of Forest Hills,Rego Park,Kew Gardens,and Richmond Hill. Her term began on January 1,2022.
Florence Victoria Lucas was an American lawyer and state official. She was president of the Jamaica,Queens branch of the NAACP in the 1950s and 1960s,and was Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights from 1972 to 1975. She was the first Black woman elected to the Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church.
Jennifer Gutiérrez is an American politician and community organizer currently serving as the Council Member for the 34th district in the New York City Council. The district includes portions of Bushwick,Greenpoint,and Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Ridgewood,Queens.
