Everything You Need To Know About Astoria's City Council Race

ASTORIA, QUEENS — City Council members are your most local representative in New York City government, so you want to make sure the person you vote for holds your opinions and values.

But with eight candidates vying for Astoria's District 22 City Council seat it can be hard to keep track of where every candidate stands on the issues you care about — not to mention that this year you get to vote for up to five people with ranked-choice voting.

In order to help you make sense of the primary — which is on June 22, with early voting starting as early as June 12 — Patch has compiled everything you need to know about Astoria's District 22 City Council race, including candidate profiles, candidates' answers to your most pressing questions, and an overview of where things stand in the race. Read on for more information.

Candidate profiles

Six Democrats are running to replace City Councilmember Costa Constantinides, who resigned from the seat in April, and one Republican and one Independent are also vying for his seat in District 22. Here's a profile of each candidate, click on their name to see their answers to our questions.

Democrats (in alphabetical order)

• Leonardo Bullaro
• John Ciafone
• Evie Hantzopoulos
• Nick Velkov

Note: Tiffany Cabán and Catherina Gioino did not respond to the Patch survey.

Independent

• Edwin DeJesus

Republican

• Felicia Kaplan

Where the candidates stand on your issues

Patch asked the District 22 City Council candidates to respond to the issues on Astoria residents' minds, including climate change, affordable housing, and development. Read more here.

Where things stand in Astoria's City Council race

Polling is not available for city council races so Patch analyzed fundraising and endorsements in order to provide some clues as to how each campaign is faring. Read more here.

Ranked-choice voting

Unsure about ranked-choice voting? Never fear, Patch is here to clear up any confusion. Read more here.