The Queens/Astoria Post last week sat down for a video interview with Kelly Klingman who is looking to score a major political upset in November by ousting progressive Council Member Tiffany Cabán from her District 22 seat.
Klingman is an Astoria resident who works in real estate and is a single mother to 10-year-old twins. She says she is running for office because she is concerned about a number of issues impacting residents in her neighborhood, including rising crime, dirty streets and the spiraling costs of living.
Running as a Republican, Klingman says she is hoping she can sway enough voters in her own party, as well as moderate and left-leaning Democrats, to help catapult her into office.
The 22nd Council district covers Astoria as well as sections of East Elmhurst, Woodside and Jackson Heights. The election is scheduled for Nov. 7, with early voting beginning on Oct. 28.
In this interview, Klingman outlines her policy positions on crime, housing affordability, sanitation, the cost of living and the migrant crisis.
She says more police officers are needed to help curb crime while morale around the NYPD needs to be improved.
“We all need to come together and solve some of these problems and tone down the rhetoric and that’s my main goal,” Klingman said. “To go into City Hall and work across the aisle and come up with solutions to fix the problems that we have.”
Klingman says she empathizes with the plight of the migrants who have come here and says many of them traveled here under false pretenses. She said she has spoken to migrants staying at a church on 12th Street.
“With the migrant crisis, it’s a tragedy all around,” Klingman said. “They’re very nice people and they are put in the worst situation ever because they thought they could come here and get jobs. “They’re going around now collecting bottles in order to make some money because they can’t get jobs.”
The mayor has repeatedly said the cost to house and feed the migrants will cost the taxpayer $12 billion and Klingman has questioned if this money is being spent wisely, with some hotels being known to charge the city full rates.
“Are we negotiating any of these deals? I think that financially we need to look at everything that’s been done, what’s being negotiated.”
45 comments:
For Kelly to win she must begin the deprogramming with hypnosis and win over some Dems who have a mind virus.
Is she one of the colonizers ? Bad look...
NYC Sheeple kind of love free money and socialism, Kelly will not win.
Some people I talk to think democrats are all evil...Is that hate ?
I can't believe people would vote dem.
Should we nominate AOC for speaker ?
She's a RINO !
I’m outraged.
Did the Putanists finally pick someone with a brain? That’s a whole new tactic.
This could be interesting.
Radical Left Marxist thinking isn’t just wrong, it’s sickening.
Queens Voters must Elect Mom Kelly and start the turn back to "normal" thinking from our electurds.
Excellent news! Will common sense and the rule of law finally make a comeback?
Good news for Queens, perhaps the voters will realized that the Dems platform of defunding the police supports criminals.
Maybe the Sheeple are finally starting to get it !
What do the Kweens Krap Kommie Trolls think ?
Just the beginning. Kelly now be a Republican do your job and Win!
There’s Klingons on the starboard bow!
Bravo JQ! Will be clapping about this for a while! Bravo!
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the religious freaks in the Republican Party declared a Jihad on her for being a single mum.
@“ What do the Kweens Krap Kommie Trolls think ?”
Just left a KKK meeting? What’s the latest news from the Klan?
@“ Some people I talk to think democrats are all evil...I”
Sure, they eat babies and stuff. But some are still vegetarian?
@“ Will common sense and the rule of law finally make a comeback?”
Hopefully. First we’ll see if they can put the TrumpTurd crime family behind bars.
@“ She's a RINO !”
Oh! So she wasn’t at the local KKK meeting? Or is it that she hasn’t paid homage to the Orange God?
@“ NYC Sheeple kind of love free money and socialism, ”
Republican business leaders live free money and corporate welfare too.
Has she sworn allegiance to Israel yet?
@ "some of the religious freaks" Take a hike 1619 Commie Troll ....
It's refreshing to have a choice on Election Day .
Sad thing is that next election if their choice is between a DSA candidate and a moderate or conservative candidate then they will still vote for the DSA candidate.
Today's Sheeple Voters are just of a lower class in thought, body and mind, sad for them...
I nominate her for House Speaker......
@“ Today's Sheeple Voters are just of a lower class in thought, …”
Yesterdays Sheeple we’re a much better variety
Vote Every Electurd out or "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" !
"It's refreshing to have a choice on Election Day" Yes Helen it is....
Dope fiend Tiffany Cabán visits a cannabis dispensary and hungrily eyes its wares: HERE. (Photo from the Queens Daily Eagle of 10/18)
@"I nominate her for House Speaker......"
I second that. But first she's got to pay homage to the Orange God and then pledge allegiance to Israel.
@"Dope fiend Tiffany Cabán visits a cannabis dispensary and hungrily eyes its wares"
Good for her. In the old days, politicians visited the bars and held functions in pubs like Holden's favorite, Connollys Corner on Grand Ave.
I'd trust a pot head over a Borracho any day.
@"Is she one of the colonizers ?"
Yes.
NYC dose need more subway cops. But also NYC needs prosecutors and judges to put offenders in jail, especially repeat offenders. It isn't that there are so many criminals in the subways, it's that the SAME criminals keep doing the same things over and over with no fear of consequence.
Ever since the defund the police movement 3 years ago the cops stopped doing their job. Do you blame them ?
@"Ever since the defund the police movement 3 years ago the cops stopped doing their job. Do you blame them"
They stopped doing their job since Commissioner Ray Kelly. Nobody noticed for a few years.
@"Ever since the defund the police movemen"
What are you on about? Cops haven't been defunded. They've been given lots of extra cash to buy lots of new toys like robots and Israeli surveillance systems.
@"Cops haven't been defunded" You are lying again...
Why was my comment denied by Crappie but these other trolls are allowed to publish so much worse? Sad to see Crappie pick favorites.
@“ Why was my comment denied by Crappie but these other trolls are allowed ”
Take a hike, commie troll!
@ "Why was my comment denied"
Poor Troll start your own Blog go take a hike...
@ "Comment denied by Crappie"
Why are you here then stupid?
@ Chief BigEars said... STOP Breathing up all our air.
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