Despite the pandemic, voters in Bronx’s heavily-Latino Congressional District 15 showed up to cast ballots in person.
El Centro Hispano in White Plains has been assisting families with food and housing insecurity during quarantine. The center reopened for the first time last week.
‘There are 12 candidates running for this seat, but every indicator says that the race has narrowed and either Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr. or Torres will win.’
Su campaña se basa en publicaciones en Twitter y Facebook, fotos y videos que lo capturan haciendo política a la vieja usanza como regalar comida, juguetes y desde que la pandemia del coronavirus golpeó a Nueva York, tapa bocas.
His campaign relies on Twitter and Facebook posts, pictures and videos capturing him doing old-school politics, like giving away food, toys and—since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York—masks.
‘I made a big sacrifice when I got into debt two years ago to start this business,’ one bodega owner whose shop was ransacked told El Diario. ‘I did it for my family’s well-being, but also for the community.’
City Limits ha contactado a los cinco candidatos que cuentan con experiencia en cargos públicos y carrera política para presentar a nuestros lectores perfiles de cada uno de ellos.
All eight candidates on Thursday’s debate stage are people of color, and three are women. Four are current or former public officials, while the others aren’t—and that proved to be one of the few points of differentiation that any of the candidates drew.
As an increasing number of reports reveal COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on low-income, majority minority areas of New York City, leaders in the South Bronx and in other communities have been demanding a more targeted response.
Our reporters captured scenes of the first full day under the governor’s order for 100 percent of non-essential employees to stay home.
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