Source: NY1

Jessica González-Rojas won the Democratic primary race for state Senate against incumbent Jessica Ramos for Senate District 13 in Queens. She joined “Inside City Hall” to discuss her win and more.

Source: NY1

Last week’s primaries saw more than a half-dozen Democratic incumbents unseated.

It was a mixed-night for organized labor, which endorsed some insurgent candidates but also was on the losing side of some major races.

Source: Queens Latino

Este martes los votantes del Partido Demócrata escogieron a la asambleísta Jessica González-Rojas (JGR) como su candidata para las elecciones generales del próximo martes 3 de noviembre. JGR tiene prácticamente el triunfo asegurado.

Source: NY1

Queens state senator Jessica Ramos fails to fend off primary challenger.

Source: Gay City News

LGBTQ candidates ranging from incumbents to newcomers competed in a range of primary election contests across the city on June 23 — and many of them won, particularly in state-based races, according to unofficial results.

Source: NYC Streets Blog

In last night’s primaries, candidates who embrace the livable streets movement pretty much trounced those who did not.

Source: Queens Daily Eagle

Ramos was ousted by her former political ally Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas on Tuesday night, ending a hotly contested primary election for Senate District 13 that was mired in attack ads from both sides.

Source: Queens Chronicle

Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) on Tuesday won the Democratic primary in the 13th state Senate District, defeating incumbent Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) and former city Councilman and state Senator Hiram Monserrate.

Source: QNS

Democratic voters in Queens elected Aber Kawas, Jessica González-Rojas and Joseph P. Addabo Jr. as their candidates in the primary elections for state Senator in the 12th, 13th and 15th districts, respectively, on Tuesday, June 23.

Source: El Diario

Este martes 23 de junio se realizaron las elecciones primarias en la Ciudad de Nueva York para decidir qué candidatos del Partido Demócrata, principalmente, participarán en los comicios generales del 4 de noviembre, y una de las contiendas que más atención cautivó fue la del Distrito 13 al Senado estatal por Queens, donde Jessica González-Rojas se convirtió en la ungida de los votantes.

Source: Queens Eagle

Poll workers and campaign volunteers greatly outnumbered voters at many poll sites across Queens at the start of election day, which came after an early voting period that similarly saw a drop in the number of votes cast compared to last year, when Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor inspired tens of thousands of New Yorkers, many of them on the younger side, to show up to vote for the first time.

Source: De Último Minuto

NEW YORK.- Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas secured a significant political victory by winning the Democratic primary for the New York State Senate, defeating incumbent Senator Jessica Ramos in one of the most closely watched races in Queens.

Source: El Diario

El corazón de Queens late al ritmo de nuestras familias trabajadoras e inmigrantes. En Corona, Elmhurst y Jackson Heights, nuestra resiliencia es nuestra mayor fortaleza. Pero a pesar de nuestro esfuerzo, demasiados vecinos luchan por mantener un techo sobre sus cabezas, poner comida en la mesa y acceder a la atención médica que necesitan. En estos tiempos difíciles, nuestra comunidad necesita una luchadora. Por eso me enorgullece apoyar a mi compañera de gobierno, la asambleísta, Jessica González-Rojas, para que sea la próxima Senadora Estatal del Distrito 13.

Source: 1199

Being a union parent means your kids are union babies. 1199 Baby Jessica González-Rojas sits down with her mother who is an 1199 Retiree to talk about the power of being part of the 1199 union family. Now, she watches her daughter run for State Senate with the full support of her union.

Source: NY1

One of the hottest legislative races this primary season is a battle between two prominent Democrats for control of state Senate District 13, covering the Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Corona and even Citi Field.

Source: Newsday

Gonzalez-Rojas said the bill, if enacted, would allow New York to join 43 other states that enable a person to pursue an order of protection through a civil, not criminal or family, court.

Currently, a victim’s only options are to "call police or pursue a criminal process," she said Thursday.

"This bill offers something deeply important: a civil pathway to safety," Gonzalez-Rojas said. "It gives survivors control and access to an order of protection without forcing them into a criminal legal system that they may not trust, may not feel safe engaging with or simply do not want to rely upon."

Source: AMNY

Tenants from a residential building in a Queens neighborhood rallied outside the borough’s Housing Court Monday morning to highlight what they described as a lengthy pattern of neglect from A&E Real Estate ahead of the first hearing in a lawsuit filed against the landlord demanding repairs at the property.

Source: El Diario

Faltan solo unas semanas para que se realicen en Nueva York las elecciones legislativas estatales, que definirán quiénes serán los legisladores neoyorquinos para el próximo período, que arranca en enero.

Source: NYTimes

Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas, a Democrat, spoke for many when she voted in favor of the budget, while castigating the changes to the climate law. “I do not support weakening our commitment to confronting the climate crisis,” she said, describing the choice between affordability and climate justice as a “false choice.”

Source: Spectrum NY1

Voting on New York’s late state budget continued Tuesday with a bloated omnibus Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation bill that left some lawmakers in New York’s Democratic legislative majorities in the state Senate and Assembly with a tough choice nearly two months after the April 1 budget deadline.