Party panic: New York Democrats struggle to right themselves at Somos

Nearly every corner of Queens swung toward Donald Trump and the Republican Party in Tuesday’s presidential election, a shift most pronounced in Latino and Asian enclaves. But Gregory Meeks, the powerful congressman and chair of the Queens County Democratic Party, sees “no need to panic” from what he views as a temporary boost to the GOP.“This election was basically a result of the pandemic,” Meeks told Crain’s from a buzzing ballroom at the Somos conference in Puerto Rico, where his party hosted a Thursday reception. He noted that governing parties across the world lost ground this year in a backlash to rising costs of living.“I don't take it as some kind of huge thing. It's a moment, and it's a moment that will be rectified,” he said. (Meeks was quick to note that Democrats did fine down-ballot in the city, despite their narrower margins — losing just one state Senate seat in a predominantly Asian Brooklyn district.)At the post-election gathering in San Juan, New York Democrats are puzzling out in real time how to respond to Trump’s return to the White House. The Queens party boss was voicing one of many competing theories about whether Democrats need to retool their stances — on issues like immigration, abortion rights or housing — to avoid losing more ground to the GOP within the city.Adriano Espaillat, a fellow congressman who commands his own political empire in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, was less sanguine about those rightward trends. In an interview, Espaillat... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

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