NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Manhattan assemblyman has survived a popular community activist’s Democratic primary challenge.
Herman “Denny” Farrell Jr. received 71.3 percent of the vote Tuesday, with 93 percent of precincts counted in unofficial results. Kelley Boyd took 28.7 percent of the vote.
The 82-year-old Farrell has been a legislator for 40 years and chairs the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
Boyd entered the race after feeling Farrell’s office ignored her calls for help as she fought her landlord’s alleged overcharging. The case wound up in the state’s highest court.
Farrell countered Boyd’s claims he had become out of touch with the district.
He says he’s in the district nearly every weekend at block parties and other events, and has worked to establish affordable housing, with access for people with limited mobility.
