{"id":214478,"date":"2021-03-30T03:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T00:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/battle-for-southeast-queens-heats-in-up-mayors-race\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T03:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T00:53:07","slug":"battle-for-southeast-queens-heats-in-up-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/battle-for-southeast-queens-heats-in-up-mayors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#Battle for southeast Queens heats in up mayor’s race"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Battle for southeast Queens heats in up mayor’s race<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The battle for black voters in the Democratic mayoral primary is heating up in Queens.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, one of the frontrunners in the race, was raised in south Jamaica and is seeking to run as the borough\u2019s favorite son.<\/p>\n

But he is fending off challenges from former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire <\/a>and civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley, who have both received endorsements in southeast Queens \u2014 one of the city\u2019s largest black population centers.<\/p>\n

The communities surrounding Kennedy Airport, heading east toward the Nassau County line, make up 40 percent of the Democratic primary vote in the borough, Democratic sources tell The Post.<\/p>\n

McGuire on Monday secured<\/a> the endorsement of veteran Assemblywoman Vivian Cook, who represents the south Jamaica area where Adams grew up. She also is closely aligned with Rep. Gregory Meeks, the Queens Democratic Party chairman.<\/p>\n

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Maya Wiley scored the support of Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cRay has a strong financial background. People need a lot of help and Ray can lead us in a road to recovery,\u201d Cook told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cRay is a straightforward man who looks you in the eyes. I know he\u2019s not lying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wiley, who served as Mayor de Blasio\u2019s chief lawyer, last month scored the support of Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson, who represents the Rockaways and southeast Queens. She also has the backing of Sen. Michael Gianaris, who represents more liberal precincts of Astoria and Long Island City in western Queens.<\/p>\n

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Ray McGuire secured the endorsement of veteran Assemblywoman Vivian Cook.<\/figcaption>
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While Adams was born in Brownsville, he was raised in south Jamaica, where he attended PS 140 and IS 8 and graduated from Bayside HS.<\/p>\n

His mom, Dorothy, still lives in the same home in Queens that he grew up in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how many candidates can say they are the proud son of two boroughs,\u201d said Adams, who spoke of his hard-scrabble upbringing and being bused to a mostly-white Bayside HS in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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Maya Wiley served as Mayor de Blasio\u2019s chief lawyer.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cAttending Bayside really helped shape who I am as a person,\u201d said Adams. \u201cI have to this day childhood friends from different groups I met at Bayside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams has the backing of Queens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and Councilmembers Daneek Miller and Francisco Moya.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fellow frontrunner Andrew Yang has been stumping hard in central Queens, which includes the Asian neighborhoods of greater Flushing and communities with sizable Jewish voters \u2014 Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Forest Hills and Rego Park. Assemblyman Dan Rosenthal and Ron Kim have endorsed him.<\/p>\n

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Eric Adams is one of the frontrunners in the race.<\/figcaption>
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City Comptroller Scott Stringer has the support of Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos, Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, and Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Jimmy Van Bramer in western Queens.\n <\/p><\/div>\n