House Candidate Pushing Farmworker Rights Took Cash From Notorious Sugar Growers By Will Bredderman • 06/03/16 State Senator Adriano Espaillat has styled himself as a champion of agricultural laborers in New York—but fueling his bid for Congress are donations from […]
PUBLIC HOUSING CHAIR RITCHIE TORRES ENDORSES ESPAILLAT FOR CONGRESS Four NYCHA Tenant Association Presidents Endorse Espaillat (New York, NY ) Council Member Ritchie Torres, Chairman of the Committee on Public Housing, four NYCHA tenant association presidents and scores of NYCHA residents gathered on the steps of […]
Former Bronx Senator Efrain Gonzalez Jr. Is Home…Well, Sort of… After weeks of rumors and curious Facebook friend requests, former state senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr. confirmed to the Bronx Chronicle that he is back in the Bronx. Gonzalez is out on […]
NYCHA Employees Teamsters Local 237 Endorse of Keith Wright for Congress Teamsters Local 237 represents over half of all New York City Housing Authority employees. These workers are critical to maintaining the largest public housing authority in the United […]
Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, the first Dominican-born person to be elected to office in the United States, is about to launch a bid for the 13th Congressional District being vacated by Rep. Charles Rangel in 2016. A source close to Linares […]
The Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) representing more than 8,000 New York City Firefighters endorsed Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright for election to New York’s 13th Congressional district (NY-13). The UFA is the largest firefighters union local in the world. In making […]
In a surprise to no one Manhattan Democrat Clyde Williams officially launched his congressional campaign for NY-13 (Upper Manhattan/Bronx) this morning. Williams now numbers among six other announced candidates seeking to succeed longtime Harlem congressman Rep. Charles B. Rangel. The other […]
After seeing last Sunday’s Chronicle Spotlight interview with Clyde Williams, Manhattan resident and political unknown Michael Gallagher emailed The Bronx Chronicle asking for inclusion in future listings of candidates vying to replace Rep. Charles B. Rangel in Congress. Gallagher wrote, “I […]
Dear Editor: I saw your interview with Clyde Williams and ask that in the future if you would please include me among the listed contestants for the Democratic race to succeed Representative Rangel in NY-13. I am a filed and […]
With Congressman Charles Rangel retiring, Clyde Williams recently announced he is exploring another run for NY-13. In 2012, Williams finished third behind primary winner Congressman Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat. Williams, a registered Democrat, says that there is a completely different electoral dynamic […]
Back on July 1, following a prayer breakfast in Harlem, pastor, presidential advisor and former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan “Sujay” Johnson Cook, announced that she was running to represent New York’s 13th Congressional District. NY-13 as it is known […]
Last month, using the simple statement, “I am indeed, a candidate for Congress,” Harlem Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright kicked off his long anticipated bid to succeed the retiring Lion of Harlem, Rep. Charles B. Rangel. The […]
Tonight, prominent New York attorneys and lobbyists, David Schwartz, Brad Gerstman, Robert Malito, & Perry Ochacher are hosting a fundraising reception in support of ASSEMBLYMAN KEITH L.T. WRIGHT’s bid for Congress from NY-13. Wright, who announced his run earlier this month, […]
With his simple statement, “I am indeed, a candidate for Congress,” Harlem Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright kicked off his long anticipated bid to succeed the retiring Lion of Harlem, Rep. Charles B. Rangel. The venue for the campaign announcement […]
Joined by family, friends and respected clergy, New York State Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright will announce his candidacy for New York’s 13thCongressional seat. Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright will be joined by former New York State Governor David A. Paterson. Notable […]
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