As confirmed by the digital publication Politico, the Democratic councilman of The Bronx, Rafael Salamanca Jr. showed his aspiration to fight last week in the Democratic primaries, to compete for the salsa county presidencyin the municipal elections of 2025.
“It is only an exploratory question and we have not made a decision whether to apply or not,” he told local media, when it emerged that he had already presented a committee to the Campaign Finance Board.
Officially on none of his social networks has his participation in this contest appeared.
Salamanca Jr. is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 17 of the South Bronx and currently serving as Chairman of the Land Use Committee.
As a local legislator, one of his battle centers has been the drama of affordable housing and even more so the displacement of the black and Latino communities of the Bronx, before the appearance of new constructions and developments.
In 2022, the Law of “Housing Equity and Opportunity Reports” for rezonings in the future of the Big Apple, co-sponsored by Salamanca, which requires that a report be evaluated and presented on the racial impact of large urban developments, as part of the land use review procedures from the city.
Electoral setbacks
This councilman, born in the district he represents and the son of first-generation Puerto Rican immigrants, had already made certain moves on previous election days to aspire to the presidency of a county, where 54% of the population is HispanicThere, however, Democrats and Hispanic elected leaders have had some electoral setbacks in recent years.
As will be remembered, the legacy of Ruben Díaz Jr, after twelve consecutive years as president of that county, was not enough to leverage the candidacy of several Hispanics who aspired to replace him in office, which gave way to the African-American Vanessa Gibson in a position that must be contested again in November 2025, based on the electoral calendar.
In the last elections, where the City Council was renewed, Democratic Councilor Marjorie Velásquez, from the 13th district of the Bronx, lost to Republican Kristy Marmorato. This result marked a political milestone, because it meant the first time that A councilor from that political organization was elected in 20 years, in the poorest county of the Big Apple.
2024-02-08 00:01:00
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