Everything You Need To Know About Forest Hills' City Council Race

FOREST HILLS, 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 ten candidates vying for Forest Hills' District 29 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 Forest Hills' District 29 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

Nine Democrats are running to replace longtime, term-limited City Councilmember Karen Koslowitz, and one Republicans is also vying for her seat in District 29. Here's a profile of each candidate, click on their name to see their answers to our questions.

Democrats (in alphabetical order)

• David Aronov
• Sheryl Ann Fetik
• Aleda Gagarin
• Eliseo Labayen
• Lynn Schulman
• Douglas Shapiro

Note: Avi Cyperstein, Edwin Wong, and Donghui Zang are also running, but did not fill out our survey.

Republican

• Michael Conigliaro

Where the candidates stand on your issues

Patch asked the District 29 City Council candidates to respond to the issues on Forest Hills residents' minds, including the Kew Gardens jail, the rise in reported hate crimes, and neighborhood development. Read more here.

Where things stand in Forest Hills' 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.