Queens, NY – Daniel J. Halloran III, a city councilman and Republican candidate for Congress in Queens, says that the corned beef his Irish family enjoys is actually a riff on pastrami.
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Grace Meng, a Democratic assemblywoman running for the open House seat, who is Chinese and known for her staunch advocacy for the borough’s Asian community, tells crowds that while she has never been to China, she visited Israel two years ago. Another Democratic contender, Assemblyman Rory Lancman, who is Jewish, has received a coveted endorsement from former Mayor Edward I. Koch because of Mr. Lancman’s outspoken support of Israel.
The candidates squaring off in this race embody the spectrum of backgrounds from New York’s most diverse borough, but all are engaged in a competition to court Jewish voters so heated that it is referred to internally by one campaign as “Israelapalooza.”
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