GRIFTER.
CON ARTIST.
CONSERVATIVE.
CLOUT CHASER.
CARPETBAGGER.
ERIC ADAMS 2.0.

JENIFER RAJKUMAR.

“She just jumps from one position to another trying to find her footing and wants to climb that political ladder.”

—democratic operative

“Her desperate attempt to ride the mayor’s coattails for higher office is awkward and sends a clear message to her constituents that she cares about everything except her job.”

—council source

“Jenifer Rajkumar, a candidate for NY Assembly District 38, has received nearly $20,000 in donations in the past year from wealthy Hindu Nationalists from outside of the district and across the country. Jenifer has also openly supported and welcomed Prime Minister Modi to NYC. This is in contrast to the progressive values Rajkumar claims to support.”

“Thank you to everyone for reaching out and sharing your concerns for the upcoming community Iftar...Assemblywoman Rajkumar was not formally invited by the Bronx Bangladesh Association, local elected officials, or any other sponsors of this event. It seems she has decided to attend of her own accord.”

—bronx bangladeshi association

“Assembly Member Rajkumar is campaigning in neighborhoods outside of her district during these final nights of Ramadan attending iftars throughout the city to give remarks and snap photos with community members that she claims to represent. We are proud that Jamaica Muslim Center protected our community from Assembly Member Rajkumar’s opportunistic and performative allyship.”

—bangladeshi americans for political progress

“Hindutva is a political project that relies on Islamophobia and casteism to sow the seeds of division and consolidate power among upper-caste Hindus, and the irony of Assembly Member Rajkumar exploiting the holy month of Ramadan for her own political gain is not lost on us.”

—hindus for human rights

“BLOATED RÉSUMÉ: Council candidate Jenifer Rajkumar touts a nonprofit that has accomplished zilch.”

MAY 28, 2013

“A young City Council candidate who readily boasts about her experience as founder and CEO of a local nonprofit admits her 3-year-old organization has never done anything.“It has yet to get off the ground. It has no staff and no budget,” downtown Democratic District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar told The Post in response to questions about W-Spin Inc., which she has prominently touted in her fledgling political career...“...Over the weekend, she removed all references to W-Spin and the detailed description of her legal work from her district Web page.”

“Jenifer Rajkumar first ran for office in 2016, attempting to win the empty Manhattan Assembly seat vacated by ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver thanks to a corruption scandal. She lost the Democratic primary to Yuh-Line Niou, who went on to win the seat. Four years later, Rajkumar now lives in Woodhaven, Queens, and is running against Assemblyman Michael Miller.”

“Last week, New York Focus reached three individuals whose names appear on the petition sheets at their homes in Ridgewood, Queens, and a fourth by phone. All four said that they had not signed the petitions...”“Hell no, I did not sign that,” said Carmen Blanco, 66. “My signature has more of a flourish, especially the way like the L doesn’t connect to the A in my last name.”“...The Crowley and Rajkumar campaigns and the Queens Democratic Party did not respond to multiple requests for comment.”

“During her 2016 Democratic primary race for Assembly in lower Manhattan, Jenifer Rajkumar’s campaign instructed high-school- and college-aged interns and volunteers to spy on rival operations, three former campaign workers told City & State, a practice that could run afoul of the state Board of Election ethics code.“We actually recruited volunteers who would be – this is the word she used – they would be ‘spies’ that would be sent to volunteer for other Assembly campaigns, and then they would be snapping pictures of their daily schedules in the respective candidates’ offices,” said Rohan Narine, who served as deputy campaign manager for Rajkumar at the time. “They would have to report back to us at like 9 or 10 p.m. after they volunteered for the competitors’ campaigns.”“It put these volunteers, who are mainly college kids, under a lot of stress because they didn't really know how to be themselves, working or volunteering for us while they were in other candidates’ offices,” Narine said. “But you know, Rajkumar loved to play the opposition research game by actually planting physical people in other campaign offices.”

“She's proud ... of making climate change worse.“Queens Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar boasted to the media this week that she has devised a plan to create dozens of new parking spaces for her Woodhaven constituents — a plan that would, by definition, make congestion, safety and pollution worse for her constituents.”

“The proposed initiative would add angled parking on 98th Street between Woodhaven Boulevard and Park Lane South, turn the median striping on the Woodhaven Boulevard Service Road into parking spots and slim down the bus lane on Woodhaven Boulevard to add more spots. Rajkumar also proposed turning a private vacant lot outside of the Forest Park Co-Operative on 98th Street into a parking space.“There has been contention over the proposed parking on 98th Street near the co-op, which is right next to Forest Park.”

“Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar needs to learn to admit when she’s wrong and just move on. Instead, she’s led us and her constituents down a rabbit hole of confusion this week, one so weird and in denial of reality that seeing Alice in Wonderland joining a tea party at the Forest Park Co-op in Woodhaven would not be the strangest thing.“...The ‘vacant park space’ at that corner is a part of Forest Park designated as Forever Wild by the city Parks Department. It must remain so, for the benefit of all (think drainage in a storm!). It’s also on a hill, next to an old railroad. Turning any of it into parking would be an engineering nightmare, if not impossible.”

—editorial board, queens chronicle

“Omnipresent Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar recently said that electric bikes constitute a singular threat on the streets of New York City — but the real threat is ... Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar's driver.“The lawmaker — who is spotted so often at Mayor Adams's side that many people don't realize she represents only a small neighborhood in central Queens — was spotted on Wednesday inside a car that has been nabbed 10 times by city school-zone speed cameras since June 3, 2023, roughly 10 months ago.“At that rate, Rajkumar's driver is one of the city's most prolific speeders. Drivers only receive camera-issued tickets if they exceed the posted speed limit in school zones by 11 miles per hour or more.“...Update 2: Streetsblog has now confirmed that the car belongs to the Assembly member's chief of staff, Vjola Isufaj. Another email to the Assembly member seeking comment on her staffer's reckless driving was not answered.”

From Rajkumar's website:

“The Rajkumar bill has come under fire from some street safety advocates who say that forcing electric bike riders to register their currently legal rides will reduce cycling overall and also inhibit the growth of a sustainable transportation mode that has been proven safe and also has been effective in reducing car trips.”

“As members of a collective representing New York City's nearly 65,000 app delivery workers, my fellow deliveristas and I were deeply disappointed to see local and state leaders introduce legislation to force delivery workers to shoulder the burden of e-bike regulation — rather than trying to regulate the app companies that profit from the proliferation of unregulated e-micromobility devices.”

—gustavo ajche

“[Rajkumar] said she opposed the creation of a marijuana industry.“...As the daughter of doctors who work in drug addiction medicine, I have seen firsthand how drug addiction has ruined lives. I know too many constituents who have lost a child to drugs. I could not in good conscience vote for a law that could have a detrimental effect on the health of New Yorkers.”

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