+Two candidates are competing in the election for the City Council District 29 seat, which represents Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens.
Karen Koslowitz
Karen Koslowitz, a Democrat, served on the City Council from 1991 to 2001. She was deputy borough president until 2009 when she was again elected to the Council. She chairs the Council’s Committee on Economic Development.
Jon Torodash
Jon Torodash, a software engineer and former teacher, is running on the Civic Virtue line, a nod to the “Triumph of Civic Virtue,” a statute that was controversially moved from Borough Hall to a private cemetery in Brooklyn.
