New York Primary Elections: Who’s Running for Queens D.A.

If you’re a registered Democrat or Republican in New York City, you may have an election in your area. Check the city’s Board of Elections poll locator website.

Here are the candidates on each ballot.

Polling sites are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The biggest race is the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney

This is the first competitive election for that seat in decades. In January, the longtime district attorney, Richard A. Brown, announced that he would not seek re-election. (He died last month.)

The primary has largely become a referendum on how far the candidates will go toward making progressive criminal justice reform in the borough, long known for its law-and-order past, my colleague Jeffery C. Mays said.

Six candidates are vying for the position (seven candidates are on the ballot but one dropped out of the race).

Source: The New York Times

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