Early voting for the special election to fill Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s former state Assembly seat in Queens began yesterday. Diana Moreno, endorsed by Mamdani and running on the Democratic Party line, is competing against two other socialist candidates, Rana Abdelhamid on the “Queens for All” line and Mary Jobaida on the “People First” line, according to Spectrum News.
Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a snowstorm that will suspend early voting today and tomorrow, with additional voting hours planned for the following weekend. Updated information is available at vote.nyc, as noted by Gothamist. The special election is scheduled for Tuesday next week.
Moreno’s campaign reported that volunteers have knocked on over 7,000 doors and emphasized her affiliation with Mamdani. Abdelhamid has received an endorsement from retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez, highlighting her community organizing work.
Meanwhile, Manhattan also has elections for the 47th Senate District and the 74th Assembly District, where Democratic candidates are running in historically Democratic-leaning districts.
