Queens 2023 Election Results: Paladino, Katz Projected To Win

NEW YORK CITY — Queens voters and candidates await preliminary results from the 2023 election.

Republican Vickie Paladino kept an early lead in the race for a City Council seat covering Bayside, Douglaston and Whitestone, according to preliminary results.

Paladino had 60.1 percent of votes counted compared to Democratic challenger Tony Avella's 39.9 percent, according to NY1.
She took the stage not an hour after polls closed in front of a sign that declared "Vic-torious."

"You've given me two more years," she said.

NY1 projected that Paladino won the race for the District 19 City Council seat.

The race was one of the biggest in a relatively quiet 2023 election.

The biggest borough-wide race is a three-way contest for Queens district attorney between Democratic incumbent Melinda Katz, Republican Michael Mossa and Public Safety candidate George A. Grasso.

Katz was projected to win by NY1.

Katz had 67.6 percent of the vote compared to Mossa's 27.4 percent and Grasso' 5 percent, preliminary results showed.

In Forest Hills, Democrat Lynn Schulman declared victory over Republican Danniel Maio.

She had 67.8 percent of the vote compared to Maio's 27.9 percent and independent Sukhi Singh's 4.4 percent, according to NY1.