by NYC Latino Politics on January 29, 2009
This Daily News Blog was interesting and we wanted to share it with our readers. Our community better count, if not we make it count. What should be some of the issues that you thinmk our Latino elected officials should address with Gillibrand?
By Elizabeth Benjamin
Daily News’ The Daily Politics Blog (January 29, 2009)
After backing down on their threat to go nuclear on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in exchange for her promise to sit down and chat about immigration, Latino lawmakers have secured a date for their meeting with the new senator
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by Ramon J Jimenez on December 2, 2008
The “King” has been dethroned. The first nail has been hammered into the casket. The end is near. José Rivera, Bronx New York State Assembly member and for 6 years Bronx Democratic party Boss has been declared a loser by the Bronx Supreme Court. He will no longer serve as the Chairman of the Bronx Democratic Party. The “Rainbow Rebels” have finally defeated the Bronx Cacique.
Rumors abound as to how Rivera will respond to the loss. Will he mount a full court attack on the Rainbow Rebels by running a candidate for Borough President and by challenging Rainbow rebel incumbents? Will he form a coalition with newly elected State Senator Pedro Espada? Some say he will make a nonaggression pact with the Rainbow Rebels, protect his son’s seat and ride into the sunset with a plum position. [click to continue...]
by Jonathan P. Hicks on December 1, 2008
Carl E. HeastieAssemblyman Carl E. Heastie is the legitimate Bronx Democratic leader, a judge ruled. (Photo: John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times)
A State Supreme Court justice ruled this afternoon that Assemblyman José Rivera was not the legitimate leader of the Democratic Party in the Bronx, leaving the organization in the hands of a rival group led by Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie. [click to continue...]
