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Photo Gallery: Bayswater Civic QBP Forum



The Bayswater Civic Association hosted a Queens borough president candidate forum, with Costa Constantinides, Jim Quinn, Anthony Miranda and Elizabeth Crowley appearing before an audience of approximately 50 people.  The forum was moderated by Eugene Falik, with remarks by Bayswater Civic Association President Enid Glabman.

Costa Constantinides speaking at the Bayswater Civic Association Queens BP candidate forum. 3/2/20

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Photo Gallery: COBA For Quinn



Queens borough president candidate Jim Quinn received the endorsement of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA), with COBA President Elias Husamudeen appearing with Quinn at a rain-soaked press conference at the site of a proposed new jail.  That proposed jail is the Queens iteration of four new jails planned by the de Blasio administration as part of the closing of Rikers Island.  Both Quinn and COBA oppose the closing of Rikers and building of new borough-based jails.  That opposition, and his related opposition to the recently enacted changes in New York state bail laws, is the centerpiece of Quinn’s borough president candidacy.

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Photo Gallery: Bay Terrace BP Candidate Forum



The Bay Terrace Community Alliance held a candidate forum featuring all six active candidates in the March 24th Queens borough president special election.  (A seventh candidate, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, is on the ballot but has announced that he’s ended his campaign and is not seeking election.)  BTCA President Matthew Silverstein, 1st VP Warren Schreiber and 2nd VP Phil Konigsberg questioned the candidates for nearly two hours, with the candidates also given the opportunity to pose a question to one of their competitors.

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Photo Gallery: New Visions Queens BP Forum



The New Visions Democratic Club hosted a Queens Borough president candidate forum Monday night in Jackson Heights featuring five candidates.  Council Member Costa Constantinides, former Council member Elizabeth Crowley, Anthony Miranda, Jim Quinn and Council Member Donovan Richards spent nearly two hours answering questions from moderator Ross Barkan and, briefly, from each other.  An audience of approximately 100 people attended.  The forum was co-sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens, the JFK Democratic Club and the South Asian Democratic Alliance.

The special election, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Melinda Katz upon her taking office as the Queens district attorney, is on March 24th with early voting beginning March 14th.  The winner will serve through December 31, 2020, with the remaining year in the four year term to be filled in the November 2020 general election.

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