Polls opened at 6 a.m. at voting places in Queens and throughout New York Metropolis for the 2025 election, and residents are heading out to forged their ballots throughout the borough.
Residents have till 9 p.m. to go to their polling places and forged their ballots. With the intention to discover your polling location the place you’ll be able to vote, go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc and enter your handle and ZIP Code.
Queens residents can vote within the mayoral, public advocate, and metropolis comptroller races, in addition to the native contests within the borough.
QNS will likely be at polling websites throughout the borough talking to voters all through the day. Keep tuned for extra updates.
Under are the races going down throughout Queens:
Mayor: Zohran Kwame Mamdani (Democrat/Working Households), Curtis A. Sliwa (Republican/Defend Animals), Andrew M. Cuomo (Struggle and Ship), Irene Estrada (Conservative), Jim Walden (Integrity), Joseph Hernandez (High quality of Life) and Eric L. Adams (Secure and Reasonably priced/Finish Antisemitism).
Public Advocate: Jumaane D. Williams (Democrat/Working Households), Gonzalo Duran (Republican/Conservative/United Alliance) and Marty Dolan (The Unity).
Metropolis Comptroller: Mark D. Levine (Democrat), Peter Kefalas (Republican/Conservative) and Ismael Malave Perez (The Unity).
Borough President: Donovan J. Richards Jr. (Democrat) and Henry P. Ikezi (Republican/United Alliance).
Justices of the Supreme Courtroom – eleventh Judicial Circuit (Vote for any 5): Sandra Perez (Democrat), Gary Muraca (Republican/Conservative), Ira R. Greenberg (Democrat), Richard Felix (Republican), Gary F. Miret (Democrat), Frances Y. Wang (Democrat) and Soma S. Syed (Democrat).
Queens County Civil Courtroom Decide (Vote for any three): Sheridan C. Chu (Democrat), William David Shanahan (Republican/Conservative), Indira D. Khan (Democrat), Susan M. Silverman (Republican/Conservative), Oma D. Phillips (Democrat) and Thomas D. Barra (Republican/Conservative).
A pattern poll for the 2025 election. Picture courtesy of the NYC Board of Elections
New York Metropolis Council
nineteenth District: Benjamin Chou (Democrat) and Vickie Paladino (Republican/Conservative).
twentieth District: Sandra Ung (Democrat), Allen Haolun Wang (Conservative), Joseph J. Chou (Asians United/F.A.F.O.) and Steven Wang (Patriot Occasion).
twenty first District: Shanel Thomas-Henry (Democrat/Working Households) and Giovanni Enrique-Franco (Republican/United Alliance).
twenty second District: Tiffany L. Caban (Democrat/Working Households).
twenty third District: Linda Lee (Democrat) and Bernard Chow (Conservative).
twenty fourth District: James F. Gennaro (Democrat).
twenty fifth District: Shekar Krishnan (Democrat/Working Households), Ramses S. Frias (Republican/Conservative), Ricardo Pacheco (Secure and Reasonably priced/Cease the On line casino) and Shah S. Haque (Asians United).
twenty sixth District: Julie Received (Democrat) and John Patrick Healy (Republican/Conservative).
twenty seventh District: Nantasha M. Williams (Democrat).
twenty eighth District: Ty Hankerson (Democrat/Working Households).
twenty ninth District: Lynn Schulman (Democrat) and Jonathan Rinaldi (Republican).
thirtieth District: Phil Wong (Democrat) and Alicia B. Vaichunas (Republican/Conservative).
thirty first District: Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Democrat).
thirty second District: Joann Ariola (Republican/Conservative).
thirty fourth District: Jennifer Gutierrez (Democrat/Working Households).
A pattern poll of the voting for judges. Picture courtesy of the NYC Board of Elections
Decide of the Civil Courtroom
First Municipal Courtroom District: Juliette-Noor Haji (Democrat).
Second Municipal Courtroom District (Vote for any two): Thomas G. Wright-Fernandez (Democrat), Stephen C. Dachtera (Republican/Conservative) and Eve Cho Guillergan (Democrat).
Fourth Municipal Courtroom District (Vote for any two): Gail A. Adams (Democrat), Mary-Ann E. Maloney (Republican/Conservative) and Fania Jean (Democrat).
Fifth Municipal Courtroom District: Jennifer A. Tubridy (Democrat/Republican)
Along with voting for the candidates, Queens residents will likely be requested to vote on whether or not or to not approve six totally different proposals.
A pattern poll of the primary three proposals. Picture courtesy of the NYC Board of Elections
The primary proposal is for an modification that may permit for snowboarding and associated path amenities to be made on state forest protect land. Below this modification, the 1,039-acre website in Adirondack Park would add 2,500 acres of ski trails and associated amenities.
The second proposal asks for the approval of the fast-tracking of publicly financed inexpensive housing in New York Metropolis. Whereas nonetheless topic to neighborhood board overview, this may considerably scale back the overview time.
The third proposal requires a simplified overview with regards to restricted land-use adjustments, like modest quantities of extra housing and minor infrastructure tasks, in an effort to additional scale back the time it takes for neighborhood boards to overview these plans. The ultimate determination on whether or not or to not approve these tasks would fall on the Metropolis Planning Fee.
A pattern poll of the final three proposals. Picture courtesy of the NYC Board of Elections
The fourth proposal is for the creation of an Reasonably priced Housing Appeals Board, consisting of the Council Speaker, the native Borough President and the Mayor. This board would overview actions taken by local people councils in rejecting or altering functions for the creation of inexpensive housing.
The fifth proposal asks for the creation of a digital metropolis map on the Division of Metropolis Planning in an effort to modernize operations. The present metropolis map is paper and spans throughout 5 places of work.
The sixth and final proposal requires New York Metropolis’s main and basic election dates to be moved in order that they happen in the identical years as presidential elections. The aim of this proposal is to attempt to enhance voter participation.
