NEW YORK –The New York City Board of Elections removed Rocky de la Fuente from the list of Republican Party candidates for the office of New York City Mayor giving the Republican nomination officially to Greek and Cuban-American New York State Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis.
The Election Commission’s recent hearing announced that the millionaire Rocky de la Fuente, who came from San Diego, California but failed to produce even half of the signatures required to be placed on the ballot in New York City. T
Fuente challenged the Commission and asked for the Malliotakis’ signatures to be counted, but her signatures were legal, and Malliotakis can continue her election campaign.
Nicholas Chamberas, who is political director in the Malliotakis election headquarters during an interview with the National Herald welcomed the fact that the fate of Nicole Malliotakis will not be judged in the primaries on September 12, but in the general election on November 7, where she will take on the incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is the leader among the Democratic candidates.
When she entered the race Malliotakis there were already three candidates for the nomination of the Republican Party including millionaire real estate sales executive Paul Massey, who had started months before the campaign and until May had raised more money than Mayor de Blasio.
Massey and the other candidates, when they realized that the Republican Party was in favor of Malliotakis, withdrew their candidacy one by one.
This is considered a very positive development since the Republican Party presents a united front going into the elections on November 7.
Four years ago, the primary election deprived the Greek community of the opportunity to elect the first Greek-American mayor, businessman John Catsimatidis, who just barely lost the Republican Party nomination.
The defeat of Catsimatidis made it easier for de Blasio to win against Joe Lhota.
Chamberas pointed out that Malliotakis continues her election campaign and managed to visit the neglected areas of the Republican Party of Manhattan and the other New York City boroughs to rally the voters.
Referring to Malliotakis’ campaign, Chamberas noted that they are making efforts to raise at least $60,000 from contributions of $175 and less in order to receive $1.5 million from matching program of the Campaign Finance Board.
The incumbent mayor has already received $2,579,427from the program, which is a record so far.
On Tuesday, August 22, Nicole Malliotakis will participate in the public forum with candidates organized by the Queens Tribune at the LittleTheater, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy, Jamaica, NY.
The forum is the first to be held with the participation of candidates from all parties and will act as the first test for the September 12 primary elections.
The Forum will be attended by four mayoral hopefuls- Nicole Malliotakis, Bo Dietl (independent candidate), Sal Albanese and Richard Bashner (Democratic candidates for mayor), current New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and candidate for Comptroller Michel Faulkner, Public Advocate Letitia James, and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. Entrance to the forum is free. Doors open at 6 PM, the forum is at 7-9 PM and will be broadcast live by Queens Public Television.
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