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Bicycle and walkability advocates advance further

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/51233473

Last night, New York City candidates who embraced the livable streets movement defeated those who did not ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ

GREAT NEWS!!!

In Queens

๐Ÿ Assembly Member Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, who was endorsed by StreetsPAC, defeated incumbent Senator Jessica Ramos, who was very much not.

๐Ÿ Pesach Osina, who was endorsed by StreetsPAC for his support for the QueensLink and for better bus service, won the primary for the open Assembly seat in Howard Beach and the Rockaways.

๐Ÿ Patrick Martinez, whom StreetsPAC chose partly because heโ€™s never owned a car (!), won the primary to succeed state Senator Steven Raga in Elmhurst

๐Ÿ Brian Romero, another StreetsPAC endorsee, won the race to succeed Gonzalez-Rojas in the Assembly.

๐Ÿ Assembly Member Diana Moreno, who was endorsed by StreetsPAC for โ€œleading on issues of traffic safetyโ€ as well as being a cyclist, won re-election.

๐Ÿ Samantha Kattan, a tenant organizer, Democratic Socialist and StreetsPAC endorsee, won the primary for the open 37th Assembly seat covering Ridgewood, Sunnyside and Maspeth.

๐Ÿ David Orkin, endorsed by StreetsPAC over incumbent Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, a frequent livable streets and e-bike foe, resoundingly won the primary for the Woodhaven seat.

๐Ÿ Incumbent Assembly Member Catalina Cruz, also endorsed by StreetsPAC, won the primary to retain her Corona seat.

In Brooklyn:

๐Ÿ“ Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, endorsed by StreetsPAC for his work on camera-based enforcement, won the primary to retain his seat in Crown Heights.

๐Ÿ“ Assembly Member Emily Gallagher, one of StreetsPACโ€™s strongest endorsees, easily won her primary in Greenpoint.

๐Ÿ“ Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, also endorsed by StreetsPAC, won in Carroll Gardens.

๐Ÿ“ Senator Jabari Brisport, whom StreetsPAC called โ€œa reliable supporter of safer streets and better public transit,โ€ easily won the primary to retain his Bedford-Stuyvesant seat.

๐Ÿ“ Christian Tate, endorsed by StreetsPAC, defeated longtime incumbent Assembly Member Erik Dilan, who has been virtually nonexistent on livable streets issues in the Bushwick and East New York district. Tate led the effort to get that local community board to oppose the NYPDโ€™s criminal crackdown on cyclists

๐Ÿ“ Eon Huntley, a StreetsPAC endorsee, defeated incumbent Assembly Member Stefani Zinerman in Bedford-Stuyvesantโ€™s 56th district. Huntley supports universal daylighting and wants the state Department of Motor Vehicles to be more proactive in addressing unsafe driving.

In Manhattan:

๐Ÿ‡ Illapa Sairitupac, StreetsPAC endorsee, won the primary for the open Assembly seat in Chinatown

๐Ÿ‡ Eli Northrup, who ran with StreetsPACโ€™s nod to succeed Lasher for a West Side Assembly seat, won the primary. StreetsPAC had praised his opposition to licensing and registering legal e-bikes and his advocacy for better street design.

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