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CityAndStateNY.com
May 30, 2022
TALK OF THE TOWN J
UST DAYS AFTER New York’s congressional districts were finalized, the 10th District race in Manhattan and Brooklyn has emerged as one of the most interesting in the state. Drawn by an independent redistricting expert, the district is no longer a gerrymandered mess stretching from the Upper West Side down to lower Manhattan through a thin stretch of Red Hook back up to the New York City Transit Museum and then down through Prospect Park into Borough Park. The district is basically all of lower Manhattan below 14th Street and a big swath of Brooklyn from Dumbo down through Red Hook and Park Slope and into Sunset Park and Borough Park. The new district is very liberal, voting 77% for President Joe Biden, and it is 49% white, 22% Asian, 19% Hispanic and 6% Black. Following the release of special master Jonathan Cervas’ draft maps on May 16, current Rep. Jerry Nadler announced he planned to run for the 12th District instead, creating an open seat. A flurry of candidates with name recognition have since jumped in to compete for the Democratic primary, including former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou and Rep. Mondaire Jones, who currently represents the 17th District in Rockland and Westchester counties. New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera, state Sen. Simcha Felder, former New York City Council Member David Yassky, former New York City public advocate candidate Dawn Smalls, former New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, former impeachment lawyer Dan Goldman, Elizabeth Kim and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, have also reportedly expressed interest.
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By Sara Dorn
Experts give their early leans in this year’s hottest primary: the 10th Congressional District.
