A long list of cities in the political battleground region, including in New Rochelle, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie and Kingston, will feature Democratic primary fights.
With a year until the region regains its national prominence as candidates like Ryan appear on the ballot again, the energized local primary battles Tuesday might indicate that Democratic enthusiasm still has yet to flag.
Mayor Marc Nelson, a former city administrator who was elevated to the top post following after Republican Rob Rolison’s election to the state Senate last year, will be joined on the ballot by Councilwoman Yvonne Flowers and former public housing manager Wesley Lee. Either Flowers or Lee would be the city’s first Black mayor.
They’re based out of the Poughkeepsie office of For the Many, an activist group that sprang out of the Occupy movement and has since played a major role in campaigns like Shrestha’s. Charlotte Lloyd, a 25-year-old tenant activist who’s running for Kingston’s council, was asked to run by For the Many. “A lot of it has to do with the pandemic,” Lee said. Former New York City residents “come here and get on the train and go back to New York to work. We have a lot of that.”
Debates over issues like affordability have helped bring candidates like Lloyd, who has been involved with efforts such as attempts toThe increase in interest in running has also been helped by the simple fact that there are now more examples in the area of younger and more diverse candidates seeking office.
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