New York's 6th Congressional District
New York's Sixth Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng.
The district includes several racially and ethnically diverse Queens neighborhoods, including Flushing, Forest Park, Middle Village, Kew Gardens, Bayside and Murray Hill
From 2003-2013, the district included most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. The district comprised mainly middle-class minority communities, but also included a part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach.
Read more about New York's 6th Congressional District: Voting, Components: Past and Present, List of Representatives, Election Results
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