Overview
- Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Queens district covering much of Astoria and Long Island City, with no official results reported yet.
- The ballot features Diana Moreno (Democratic and Working Families lines), Rana Abdelhamid (Queens For All), and Mary Jobaida (People First), and all three are DSA members.
- On-the-ground reporting described Moreno as the clear frontrunner, boosted by backing from Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Working Families Party.
- Each candidate ran on a broadly similar agenda that includes raising taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and supporting the New York For All Act to limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
- Abdelhamid would be the first Egyptian and Muslim woman to serve in the Assembly if elected, while Jobaida emphasized Bangladeshi community ties and was endorsed by State Sen. John Liu and the Alliance of South Asian American Labor.