Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey
Felicia Singh
Felicia Singh (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 32. She lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Singh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Felicia Singh was born in Queens, New York. She received a bachelor's degree in 2011 and a graduate's degree in 2012, both from Adelphi University. Singh's professional experience includes being a high school English language arts and special education teacher. She has been affiliated with Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park, Amplify Her, the State Assembly Asian Pacific American Task Force, the 2020 NYC Census, the National Black Leadership Commission on Health, Rockaway Revolution, Working Families Party, Queens United Independent Progressives, and Jahajee Sisters.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 32
Joann Ariola defeated Felicia Singh and Kenichi Wilson in the general election for New York City Council District 32 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joann Ariola (R / Conservative Party / Save Our City Party) | 66.2 | 16,910 | |
 | Felicia Singh (D)  | 32.6 | 8,322 | |
| Kenichi Wilson (Community First Party) | 1.1 | 283 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 25,555 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 32
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Felicia Singh in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
|
Total votes: 10,271 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 32
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Joann Ariola in round 1 .
|
Total votes: 2,900 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Joann Ariola advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Council District 32.
Endorsements
To view Singh's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Felicia Singh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Singh's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I was raised on the values of courage, empathy, and service. Like so many others in my district, I’ve known the uncertainty of living paycheck to paycheck and was shaped by my parents’ courage in the face of mounting debt and unstable employment. I’ve felt the helplessness of watching a loved one battle medical issues when my sister was diagnosed with cancer and was inspired by the power of community—neighbors banding together to support us in our time of need.
My life’s work is serving and empowering those around me - identifying the structural barriers preventing communities like mine from thriving, and bringing together partners and resources to create lasting change.
I’ve done this through my decade as an educator - I have diverse experience teaching abroad, on Long Island and in NYC. I served the United States with the Peace Corps and upon my return continued serving my community as Civic Action Coordinator for Indo-Caribbean Alliance, Vice-President of my local civic association, Borough Director of Amplify Her, and as a member of Assembly District 23’s County Committee. During the pandemic, I helped ensure our communities were fully counted in the 2020 census as a member of the Southeast Queens Complete Count committee, and supported COVID testing and tracing outreach as a community consultant with the National Black Leadership Commission on Health.- We must fully fund and integrate our public schools to provide a just transition back to in person learning for students, teachers, and families. There isn't one quick fix to school integration. Desegregating our schools is a multifaceted approach that includes but is not limited to equitably funding our most low resourced schools first, hiring, retaining and promoting BIPOC teachers, eliminating Gifted and Talented programs and the SHSAT exam. We need to stop screening our students, push for culturally responsive pedagogy and curriculum, fully support our students with disabilities, our multilingual learners and unhoused students. This takes time, money, and an anti-racist DOE who will support the creation of curriculum that is for the man
- District 32 lacks access to reliable transportation, so it is incredibly important to have access to stores that provide basic needs for the community. Along with supporting small businesses, we need to protect workers - including gig workers. To support small businesses, we will create a more transparent process for the bidding for concession stands and vendor space on the Rockaway Peninsula, and increase in free educational programs for Women and Minority owned businesses including mentorship opportunities and guidance on accessing grants and small loans. We must also qualify gig workers and contractors as employees - by doing so, we can provide them with access to paid sick leave and benefits.
- We must build a strong climate and environmental resilience plan, as our district is vulnerable to heat and coastal flooding because of proximity to the ocean. The people who have been and will continue to suffer the most if we don’t make drastic changes now are our neighbors of color and immigrant communities. Currently, there is no infrastructure in NYC where agencies and community members are discussing and building a climate and environmental resilience plan. We need to bring the community and city agencies together to govern and create an integrated climate and environmental resilience plan. This in itself has never been done before and the rationale behind this first step is that we all play a role in developing a plan that is for all
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
|
Candidate New York City Council District 32 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 4, 2021
| |||||||||
