Helen Hines

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Helen Hines

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 22, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University

Contact

Personal website

Helen Hines (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 17. Hines lost in the Democratic primary on June 22, 2021.

Hines was also a 2016 candidate for District 17 of the New York City Council. She filed for the special election, but was removed from the ballot because she filed her paperwork after the filing deadline.

Biography

Hines earned her bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 2009. She retired in 2015 after 27 years of employment with 1199 Service Employee International Union-United Healthcare Workers East.

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 17

Incumbent Rafael Salamanca Jr. defeated Jose A. Colon and Lattina Brown in the general election for New York City Council District 17 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rafael Salamanca Jr. (D)	80.3	8,729
	Submit photo	Jose A. Colon (R)	10.7	1,167
		Lattina Brown (Black Women Lead Party)	8.9	964
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	17

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,877
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 17

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Rafael Salamanca Jr. in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Rafael Salamanca Jr.	60.0	5,428	0	Advanced (1)
		Helen Hines	39.1	3,539	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.9	82	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,049
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jose A. Colon advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 17.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

Incumbent Rafael Salamanca defeated Helen Hines in the Democratic primary election for the District 17 seat on the New York City Council.

New York City Council, District 17 Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rafael Salamanca Incumbent	72.17%	4,840
Helen Hines	27.36%	1,835
Write-in votes	0.46%	31
Total Votes		6,706
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017

Campaign themes

2021

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2017

Hines' campaign website included the following themes:

“	Helen Hines considers herself as a progressive candidate. Helen Hines aims to improve and reform with new ideas, new strategies, new laws, new policies, and new initiatives by using the government mechanism and creating community partnerships. Helen Hines is a detailed, no- nonsense person, who is committed to getting the job done. Helen Hines strongly believes in listening to the issues, finding solutions, and fulfilling her promises. Helen Hines is committed to improving the "quality of life" in District 17. Affordable Housing Preventing displacement of our residents. Preserving District 17 communities. Apply realistic threshold limits for affordable housing. Quality Education Reduce over crowded schools. Provide adequate resources. Provide adequate funding Expand extracurricular activities and community based youth programs. Create and promote policies that emphasize improvements in schools. Qualified and properly trained teachers. Provide our children with quality education and a solid foundation, so that they may obtain good jobs and have productive and successful lives. Senior Care Implement a budget and policies for senior activities and services. Better quality care from our hospitals, nursing homes, and medical facilities. Safe and affordable housing that meets their changing physical needs. Transportation, escort and personal care services, without the qualifying limits. Effective strategies, policies, and programs promoting and protecting the health of our seniors. Health Care Increase access to quality care regardless of the patient's ability to pay, insurance status, or other potential barriers to care. Advocate for public policy changes, implement prevention programs, and develop additional treatment resources. Hospital staff participation in community collaborations and partnerships designed to improve community health. Economic Equality Create jobs for our district that reflects the average salary of the other boroughs. Establish Worker Cooperative. On-going education about opportunities to bridge the gap through community centers. Train and re-train our unemployed residents in order to prepare for the growth industries. Devise programs that have direct connections to employment in the growth industries in the Bronx. Form partnerships with developers and labor unions so that they will hire our residents to work on new projects. Community Safety More District 17 neighborhood involvement Volunteer organizations that promote and execute strategies to prevent crimes in our neighborhoods. Monitor the performance of the police and work to gain the cooperation of police in preventing crime. Culturally diverse trained police officers who are sensitive to the communities they serve. Initiatives to reduce crime, implement a proper crime fighting budget, and rebuild a successful police/community relationship.	”
—Helen Hines (2017)

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