{"id":333852,"date":"2026-08-31T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333852\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:42:14","slug":"hochul-adams-launch-new-york-democrats-field-office-in-jamaica-ahead-of-november-general-election-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333852\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul, Adams launch New York Democrats field office in Jamaica ahead of November general election \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Kathy Hochul joined running mate Adrienne Adams and several local elected officials Thursday, Aug. 27,\u00a0 to launch the New York Democrats Queens field office in Jamaica<\/a> ahead of the November general elections.<\/p>\n

Hochul, who was also celebrating her 68th birthday, joined Adams and a slate of Queens Democrats at the new field office for her gubernatorial at 95-26 Sutphin Blvd. as she gears up for a showdown with Republican opponent Bruce Blakeman in November.<\/p>\n

A Siena poll<\/a> of likely voters earlier in August found that Hochul holds a 10-point lead over Blakeman, the current executive of Nassau County.<\/p>\n

But speaking to a crowd of local organizers at the launch event, Hochul said her campaign could not rest on its laurels ahead of the election. She said the new Queens field office would be crucial in winning the vote of local residents this fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so looking forward to election night this year, but there is a lot of work to be done between now and then, and it will be happening here,\u201d Hochul told supporters.\n<\/p>\n

Hochul also accused Blakeman and the Republican Party of attempting to bring back the \u201cbad old days\u201d during Thursday night\u2019s address. She also slammed President Donald Trump for his recent move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, accusing the president of seeking to distract voters from issues impacting their daily lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on him for doing this,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cHe\u2019s doing this because he\u2019s harming this country every single day. It\u2019s another assault on America.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Adams, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, said the new field office was opening while the country was in the midst of a \u201cserious situation.\u201d She accused Blakeman of supporting Trump\u2019s policies, which she described as extreme and unhinged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing an opponent right now who wants to bring New York State under the administration of a maniac. I can\u2019t be nice about it,\u201d Adams said.
\n\"AdrienneAdrienne Adams. Photo by Shane O\u2019Brien\n<\/p>\n

She further accused the President of focusing on all issues except those facing common people.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis attention is not on the high price of gas, the high price of our groceries,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

Several local elected officials appeared at Thursday\u2019s launch event, including U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, Assembly Members David Weprin, Alicia Hyndman and Nily Rozic, State Sen. John Liu, and Council Members Ty Hankerson, Lynn Schulman, Linda Lee and Shekar Krishnan.<\/p>\n

\"AA number of Queens Democrats joined the event. Photo by Shane O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

Hankerson, who replaced Adams in the 28th Council District, said Hochul and Adams\u2019s ticket represented an \u201cexciting moment\u201d for politics in New York State.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the first time that we have two women at the top of the ticket,\u201d Hankerson said. \u201c(Adams) is a woman from Hollis, Queens, and has made so much history in her time in government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams, who served as council speaker until last year, was the first woman to be elected in the 28th Council District and the first black woman to serve as council speaker.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBreaking barriers and breaking glass ceilings is nothing new to Adrienne Adams,\u201d Hankerson said. \u201cWith these two amazing folks at the top of the ticket, I believe that New York is going to be even more progressive, even stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meng, meanwhile, credited Hochul and Adams for \u201calways prioritizing Queens.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re so proud to have someone like Adrienne Adams, who is literally a daughter of Queens and who knows these neighborhoods like the back of her hand,\u201d Meng said. \u201cWe are so proud to welcome Governor Hochul, who has been to Queens countless times. She doesn\u2019t need GPS to come to our Queens neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"U.S.U.S. Rep. Grace Meng. Photo by Shane O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

Meng said there is a \u201clong road ahead\u201d until the general election in November but said Adams will have \u201cQueens right behind her\u201d as she campaigns alongside Hochul.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need folks to knock on doors, to send text messages, to make sure we are calling everyone, to make sure we are not taking this race for granted,\u201d Meng said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Kathy Hochul joined running mate Adrienne Adams and several local elected officials Thursday, Aug. 27,\u00a0 to launch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[446,25652,1626,28969,877,19725,2069,426,10774,9,24,17691,63,122,124,123,22910,115181],"class_list":["post-333852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-adrienne-adams","tag-alicia-hyndman","tag-bruce-blakeman","tag-david-weprin","tag-grace-meng","tag-gubernatorial-election","tag-john-liu","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lynn-schulman","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nily-rozic","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-shekar-krishnan","tag-ty-hankerson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}