STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Incumbent Republican David Carr has declared victory over Democratic challenger Radhakrishna Mohan in the race to represent Mid-Island in the City Council.
As of 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Carr has accumulated 72.9% of the vote, compared to 26.9% for Mohan, according to the New York City Board of Elections.
“After tonight’s celebrations, we have to go back to work, and boy, is our work cut out for us. I think we’ve seen the results coming in citywide, and we’re going to have a new mayor on January 1st. And that mayor should read the message loud and clear tonight that Staten Island has given him no mandate. Staten Island said no to him and his radical agenda,” Carr said at the Vanderbilt at South Beach, where the Staten Island Republicans held their election night party Tuesday.
“If he wants to govern here on Staten Island, he has to govern in collaboration with us, because if he doesn’t we’re going to fight him every step of the way. Staten Island has a voice of its own. It is a voice that we cherish. It’s a voice that is the fundamental thing that we possess in this political system, and we’re not going to surrender it,” Carr continued.
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Mohan concedes
Mohan conceded at Osteria Santina in Port Richmond, where the Democrats held their election night party.
“All of these candidates, we worked hard and we did good. So we should continue our fight because we are in challenging times, and we don’t give up hope now. Keep your hope alive and fight for it,” he said.
Carr’s accomplishments
Carr, who was first elected to represent Mid-Island in November 2021, sat down with the Advance/SILive.com’s Editorial Board last month to discuss his greatest accomplishments and challenges since entering office.
The councilmember said he was most proud of his efforts to bring a Gifted and Talented school to Staten Island, which is expected to open on the former St. John Villa campus by 2030.
His greatest challenge has been one that many borough politicians have faced, trying to fight citywide policies, projects and initiatives that fail to account for the unique nature of Staten Island.
“You constantly seem like you’re having to row upstream because the city comes with a perspective, the agencies, based in Manhattan mostly, come with the perspective that’s very much not consistent with the views of Staten Islanders,” Carr said at the time.
In regard to the mayoral race, Carr said in October that he was “100% supporting Curtis Sliwa,” but that he would work with whoever is elected for the good of Staten Island.
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