A state Senate candidate was asked sexist questions at a political club related to her role as a mother of young children, and she and other moms running for office are calling for an end to a double standard that never sees similar questions asked of men.
Francoise Olivas is a Greenpoint resident running for the Democratic nomination in the new Senate District 17, which includes Greenpoint but is mostly situated in Queens, running the gambit from Long Island City through Sunnyside, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Glendale, Woodhaven, and Richmond Hill. Pre-pandemic, Olivas owned a sustainable fashion store in Greenpoint after working for a number of fashion brands and running her own label, but has gotten more involved in politics over the past two years, serving as Vice President of Community Outreach at the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Democratic Club and as a judicial delegate in County Committee.
