Lancman Announces Run for Sixth District

Assemblyman Rory Lancman, D-Fresh Meadows, announced his intention Monday to challenge fellow Assembly member Grace Meng, D-Flushing, for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the new Sixth District.

Lancman held a press conference on Northern Boulevard in Flushing, telling the assembled supporters that he plans to run on a platform of helping middle-class New Yorkers take back their city.

"Every day, I meet New Yorkers who are tired of an economic deck that is stacked against them and tired of a Congress that isn't doing anything about it," Lancman said. "I'm running for Congress because middle-class and working people in Queens need someone who will fight for them."

On Monday morning, Previously, the neighborhood was split among several Congress members.

Lancman said on his Facebook page that he planned to make the campaign a clean, spirited debate on the issues with his colleague.

On Monday afternoon, his focus was squarely on the economy.

The primary in New York will take place on June 26.