The League of Humane Voters of New York City (LOHV-NYC) has endorsed Elizabeth Crowley for City Council in the 30th Council District, which includes Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, Rigewood, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven in Queens. Elizabeth is running to fill the vacancy created by indicted former Council Member Dennis Gallagher. A Special Election will be held June 3rd.
"We are so happy to have an opportunity to elect Elizabeth Crowley to the City Council! Elizabeth will be the antithesis of her predecessor, a staunch support of animal protection issues," said John Phillips, LOHV-NYC's executive director. "Elizabeth's campaign should be a priority for all animal lovers."
What You Can Do
1) Volunteer to help get Elizabeth Crowley elected! We need your help to get Elizabeth on the ballot on June 3rd. We also need to make sure that voters know there is a Special Election. For more details and to volunteer, call (718) 326-2194 and speak to Alyson Grant. Be sure to mention you're with the League.
2) Donate to LOHV-NYC and help us continue to help elect candidates to office who support animal protection issues!
ELECTION NIGHT UPDATE (TUES 11:55PM): As of tonight, this race is too close to call. The NY Daily News is reporting that one of the other candidates in this race, Anthony Como, is ahead of Elizabeth by 70 votes but that there are at least 196 absentee ballots remaining to be counted. The election results will not be certified until next Tuesday, so we're going to have to wait to see how this turns out. Here are the election results so far:
Anthony Como: 2,352, 31.71 percent.
Elizabeth Crowley: 2,282, 30.77 percent.
Thomas Ognibene: 2,031, 27.38 percent.
Charles Ober: 752, 10.14
Many thanks to EVERYONE for their help on this campaign. We're not giving up yet.