The sleeping area at the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center on Aug. 15, 2023, in Queens, New York. - Barry Williams/New York Daily News/TNS
NEW YORK — In eastern Queens and suburban Long Island, a test of the potency of immigration as a political tool is playing out in a special congressional race that may offer lessons for both parties in the nationwide November general election.
Any takeaways may be limited to the particulars of a unique race: a battle between a savvy and well-known centrist Democrat and a novice Republican nominee who has been evasive on the issues but has increasingly embraced Donald Trump.
