The extremely aggressive race to interchange Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams in Queen’s District 28 has formally wrapped up with the second spherical of New York Metropolis Board of Elections (BOE) ranked alternative voting outcomes posted this week. Tyrell D. Hankerson, Adams’ chief of workers, is the brand new councilmember-elect.
“This was a hard-fought race, and we’re pleased with the coalition we have now constructed all through this district. From the very starting, our message was one District 28, and we carried that message all through the marketing campaign,” mentioned Hankerson on Tuesday, July 1.
“We’re elated that the voters selected me, Ty Hankerson, to be their subsequent consultant, and we are going to struggle each single day to ensure our district is reasonably priced, is protected, and all of us get pleasure from a greater high quality of life. Thanks to everybody who supported us. To my opponents, I look ahead to a continued dialogue for the good thing about our group.”
The council seat in District 28 encompasses the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Rochdale Village, and South Ozone Park. This district was spotlighted, not solely due to Adams’ current mayoral run within the June major, however as a result of it’s a culturally various Black and Brown (that means South Asian and Indo-Caribbean in addition to Hispanic) immigrant group that’s break up up amongst quite a few metropolis council districts resulting from redistricting. It’s additionally bifurcated by the Van Dyck Expressway, mentioned attendees, with principally Little Guyana on the left and South Jamaica’s Black group on the precise.
Hankerson was up in opposition to Japneet Singh, a younger Sikh group chief; the exonerated former Councilmember Ruben Wills; Latoya LeGrand, an aide to Assemblymember Vivian Cook dinner; and actual property dealer Romeo Hitlall.
Hankerson drew his marketing campaign expertise and insurance policies from working with Speaker Adams. He helps legalizing protected basement residences, educating road distributors, introducing an Indo-Caribbean–primarily based curriculum in faculties, defending the town’s standing as a sanctuary metropolis, passing the New York for All Act; and introducing extra cultural sensitivity coaching within the NYPD, particularly in the case of interactions with transgender New Yorkers.
“To my boss and mentor, Speaker Adrienne Adams, thanks for the muse you laid and the belief you place in me to make the Nice 28 even better. To the pastors, civic and tenants leaders, labor, Congressmember Meeks , Senator Sanders and Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson and most significantly the voters of district 28, thanks for believing in me and I’ll struggle on a regular basis to make you pleased with me,” continued Hankerson.
Within the first spherical of ranked alternative voting (RCV) outcomes, posted on Election Night time on June 24, Hankerson was main the pack with 34.81% of the votes, whereas Singh was shut behind with 24.75% of the votes. He remained optimistic that he might win large.
This week’s RCV outcomes present that Hankerson acquired 58.8% of the votes within the ultimate spherical. Singh had 41.2% of the votes.
“I’m honored to have obtained over 40 % of the vote in a district that has solely 700 registered Sikh voters,” mentioned Singh in regards to the loss. “It was a testomony to the coalitions and group we had been in a position to construct. When you have a look at the numbers, we had been in a position to win in areas the place no South Asian or Indo-Caribbean candidate even bothered to marketing campaign. Our marketing campaign was about uplifting all communities that made up District 28 –– and outcomes clearly present how various and broad of a coalition we had been in a position to create.”
“This race additionally highlighted the systemic racism and discrimination that exists inside our district and as we transfer ahead there’s loads of work to be achieved to shut these gaps. And I’m nonetheless going to be right here, working each single day to shut these gaps,” he continued. “I wish to congratulate all of the candidates that ran and look ahead to working with every certainly one of them to make a greater District 28.”
