From door knocks to the ballot box, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso took his campaign straight to voters on Monday.
Reynoso is running in the competitive primary in New York’s 7th Congressional District, which covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
With only one day to go until Election Day, Reynoso was at the Ravenswood public housing complex in Astoria securing additional support.
“I’m Antonio Reynoso and I’m running for Congress,” he said.
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Assemblywoman Claire Valdez and City Councilwoman Julie Won were all out in the district on Monday making their final pitch to voters
The race has narrowed in recent days, with Reynoso and Valdez locked in a bitter battle for one of the city’s most progressive seats
The candidates are running to succeed incumbent Rep. Nydia Velázquez, who has endorsed Reynoso. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed rival and fellow Democratic Socialist of America member Claire Valdez
Reynoso is locked in a bitter battle against democratic socialist and Assemblywoman Claire Valdez over the seat.
Reynoso is backed by the outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez, while Valdez is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“I think there might’ve been a group of people who thought this race was over before it started, but not us. Our campaign, we always knew that if we did our work, we would be where we are right now. We couldn’t be in a better place,” Reynoso said.
In the Williamsburg section of the district, Valdez spent time with canvassers hoping to take her message to voters in time for Tuesday.
“This is a grassroots campaign through and through because we are organized,” she said.
Valdez said that the race is about the future of the Democratic Party and its progressive values.
“So many people have been sitting out of politics for a long time because they didn’t think the Democratic Party was offering them a vision for the future,” she said. “We are trying to change that in this election. Today, we can fight for medicare for all. We can fight for deeply affordable housing.”
The assemblywoman said that as of Monday her campaign has knocked on 300,000 doors.
Meanwhile, City Councilwoman Julie Won was in the Long Island City portion of the district.
Won took aim at her two rivals for the millions of dollars in SuperPAC money that has flooded the race to boost their candidacies.
“How are you going to legislate? How are you going to fight for funding and protect funding from billionaires and oligarchs and the very companies if you’re taking this money to win this election?” she said.
Won had a message for voters about the race: “This is now between a grassroots campaign, someone you trust, someone who has delivered for you passed 14 bills, $2 billion in investment and over 6,000 new school seats or it can be someone that can buy you an election.”