City Council 2025: 3 Queens Races to Watch Primary Night

District 21 - East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, LeFrak City, North Corona, and Willets Point: "With local Councilmember Francsico Moya’s term-limited out, a contentious Democratic primary race with at least four candidates has been heating up in the area where Trump made notable gains in last year’s election. The neighborhood includes the controversial Roosevelt Avenue corridor, where enforcement on street vending and sex work have been hot-button issues."

District 28 - South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Baisley Park, Springfield Gardens, Rochdale Village and Brookville: "This southeast Queens district, currently represented by Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams, is home to both a historic Black community and a growing South Asian and Indo-Caribbean enclave — groups who are all reflected on the five ballot choices."

District 30 - Maspeth, Glendale, Middle Village, and Ridgewood: "Although Democrats make up the majority of party-affiliated voters in this district, Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa bested Democrat Eric Adams in the 2021 mayoral election in this southwestern corner of Queens. This politically-mixed dynamic is also at play in this year’s Council race, with term-limited Councilmember Bob Holden, a Democrat chairing the Council’s conservative common cause caucus, endorsing two of his staffers for primaries in opposing parties..."

Read more here from The City.