2021 Elections: Who’s running for City Council in the 29th District?

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There are 12 candidates running to represent District 29 in the City Council this year. There are a total of 11 Democratic candidates and one Republican candidate in this year’s race.

The district, which encompasses Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill, has been represented in the city’s legislative body by Karen Koslowitz, who was elected to office first in 1991 and again in 2009.

Like many other council members in Queens and across the city, Koslowitz will be term-limited out of office this year.

The winner of November’s general election will represent a district facing major community pushback against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s borough-based jail plan, which includes placing a jail in Kew Gardens.