Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has a penchant for speaking in the third person. But when he took the stage at his primary night watch party, the first name out of his mouth was not his own. “I think about Rubén Díaz Jr. and about how we talked about as little boys, one in The […]
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Keeping the Faith: South Bronx Church Moves Into New Home After Developer Fight
Pastor Felix Gross last year thought he had been swindled out of his congregation’s property by developers just looking to make a buck. But they shook hands, buried the hatchet — and opened the new worship space for the flock.
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Ruben Diaz Sr. Congressional Campaign Spends Big on Turkeys and Toys for Voters
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Vying for an open House seat in a hotly contested South Bronx district, the Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr. appears to be wooing would-be voters with food and toys, his latest campaign finance filings show. […]
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Democratic Socialists Look to Bronx U.S. House Race for Next Victory
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. By one calculation, The Bronx’s 15th Congressional District is the most left-leaning in the country: A greater share of its voters cast ballots for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama than anywhere else in the […]
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Ritchie Torres Reaps Real Estate Cash in Bronx Congress Run
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. City Councilmember Ritchie Torres’ bid to represent the South Bronx in Congress is raking in real estate cash, campaign finance records show. Torres leads a crowded pack of Democrats seeking to replace retiring Rep. […]
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Ex-Bronx Lawmaker Convicted of Taking Bribes Eyes Two Seats
Five years after former Bronx Assemblymember Eric Stevenson was convicted of accepting bribes while in office, he announced his intent to run for retiring Rep. José Serrano’s seat. But Stevenson, who was sentenced to three years behind bars, said he’s not only eyeing Congress next year: The disgraced legislator may seek his old 79th Assembly […]
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Ruben Diaz Jr.’s House Divided: Endorse Dad or Pal in Bronx Congress Race?
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. faces an endorsement dilemma in the race to replace retiring Rep. José Serrano in the House of Representatives. Does Diaz back his father, controversy-magnet and Councilmember Ruben Diaz Sr.? Or does the 2021 mayoral hopeful endorse his longtime friend and ally, Marlene Cintron, who recently became the latest candidate […]
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Mark-Viverito Congress Run Shadowed by Discrimination Lawsuit
When then-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito learned she was accused in a civil rights lawsuit of pressuring NYCHA to replace a black supervisor with a Latino employee, her lawyers got a judge to dismiss her as a defendant. Then, earlier this year, the judge changed his mind. Now the allegation Mark-Viverito used her political clout […]
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Bronx Congressional Rivals Tell Mark-Viverito: Stay Home
Melissa Mark-Viverito wants to represent the South Bronx in Congress, but doesn’t live there — turning home-borough bragging rights into instant campaign fodder for her competitors. “I am from The Bronx, she is not. I live in The Bronx, she does not,” said Assemblymember Michael Blake, who is among the now half-dozen Democrats vying to […]
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Melissa Mark-Viverito Runs for Congress, Touting Progressive Cred
Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is running for Congress — painting herself as the early leader of the progressive wave now sweeping Democratic politics in New York. “At a time when the norm was being pragmatic, I was being cutting-edge, ahead of the curve, and putting forward progressive policies that set us, as New […]