"Antonio Alarcón, 30-year-old based in Queens, counts himself as a supporter of Zohran Mamdani's bid for New York City mayor for a number of practical reasons, like strengthening city school funding, including increasing teacher pay, and other quotidian matters. "He has been able to connect with voters, because they know that the housing crisis is going on, they know about childcare," he said. But he won't be able to cast his vote for Mamdani, or anyone for that matter, come Nov. 4."
"A DACA recipient who arrived in New York City in 2005 as a child from Mexico, Alarcón has been a longtime vocal immigration and community advocate and organizer. But he's also part of a chunk of the population that is mostly excluded from the electoral conversation-despite representing about a seventh of the adult population-for the simple reason that they are noncitizens."
Antonio Alarcón, a 30-year-old Queens resident and DACA recipient who arrived from Mexico in 2005, supports Zohran Mamdani for practical reasons such as stronger school funding and higher teacher pay. Alarcón is a longtime immigration and community advocate and was a plaintiff in the lawsuit blocking the Trump administration's termination of DACA, which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of recipients. Despite deep political involvement, Alarcón and many noncitizen New York City residents—about a seventh of the adult population—are barred from voting in city elections. The mayoral contest features stark contrasts among Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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