After a heated special election in February, the City Council District 24 seat is yet again up for grabs.
Five candidates are competing to represent Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Electchester, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Briarwood, Parkway Village, Jamaica Hills and Jamaica on the Council. City Councilman James Gennaro is defending his recently won seat against candidates Moumita Ahmed, Stanley Arden, Mujib Rahman and Mohammed Shabul Uddin.
Gennaro took office last month after winning about 60 percent of the vote in the city’s first election to use ranked-choice voting (RCV). Ahmed and Rahman both ran against him in the special while Arden and Uddin waited for the general. Former seat holder Rory Lancman stepped down last year to take a job in the governor’s office, triggering the special election.
