Both Ackerman, Lancman Announce Intent To Run For Drafted 6th District

Two Queens Democrats announced their intentions to run for Congress within the newly drafted Sixth District.

Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-Bayside, and Assemblyman Rory Lancman, D-Hillcrest, issued statements late Monday morning declaring their intentions to run if the lines hold up.

“The new Sixth CD is a fantastic district in Queens where I grew up, went to public school and college, and started my family and my business,” said Ackerman. “It contains my political base and longtime roots, and I have had the privilege of representing approximately 90% of it during my 34 years in the State Senate and U.S. Congress,” he added.

In a statement sent out less than an hour earlier, Lancman said, “…the Special Master’s district six is centered around my home and communities that I have represented in the Assembly, on the community board and as a civic leader for over twenty years. I look forward to the opportunity to run for Congress when the lines are finalized.”

The new Sixth District was drawn by a court appointed Special Master, and is likely to be subject to deliberation by interested parties, according to Warren Schreiber, and plaintiff in the case for non-partisan court intervention. The new district encompasses Bayside, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Flushing, Elmhurst, Pomonok and Briarwood, according to Ackerman's office.