After the initial tally of votes in the 11th Council District special election, Lora was a distant second to Eric Dinowitz, the son of a prominent long-time Assemblymember in the area. She indicated on election night that she would challenge Dinowitz in the regularly-scheduled primary in June, where voter turnout will be much larger. Meanwhile, Oswald Feliz, a Dominican-American tenant lawyer endored by Espaillat, Rodriguez, and De La Rosa, among others, is on the verge of victory in a special election in the Bronx's 15th City Council District, where a special election to replace Torres is also unfolding this month.
Ballots will be tallied in the coming weeks under the new ranked-choice voting system, but Feliz was in strong shape after the initial count, perhaps setting the stage for additional Dominican wins in the coming months. Manuel Silva, the Haitian-Dominican former chief of staff to former Council member and now Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, just ran unsuccessfully in a special election to replace Richards representing the neighborhoods of Far Rockaway, Edgemere, and Rosedale, among others.
City Council Member Fernando Cabrera, who is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent and who represents some of the same neighborhoods as Torres, is now running for Bronx borough president, as is Dominican immigrant Samuel Ravelo. A fuller mobilization has the power to push forward the issues that the Dominican community has long held dear, particularly education reform that prioritizes dual-language and robust early education, support for small businesses, and the protection and expansion of affordable housing.
The political future appears bright, if the extended Dominican community maintains its political focus, continues to run strong candidates, and strengthens coalition with other Latino groups. According to Dr. And this is why the kid is behind. But that negates the actions, not just thinking, but actions that Dominicans took to establish themselves here. The civic organizing work began before the electoral victories, of course.
All of this and more formed the precursor and engine for a new chapter of political victories. The spark that really set things in motion was the birth of second- and third-generation Dominican-Americans, who concretized the fact that Dominicans not only had to think about the possibility of return to the island but the kids that were very much going to grow up in New York.
Hernandez said. Linares served nine years in the City Council, a stint as commissioner of Immigrant Affairs in the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and a couple of recent stints as a member of the State Assembly for the upper Manhattan-based 72nd district that De La Rosa now represents.
Now president of the Higher Education Services Corporation, Linares declined to weigh in on the status of Dominican political power in New York, citing a current focus on student financial turmoil. His election served as an example that it could be done, and Dominicans have gone on to serve as district leaders, in the City Council, in both chambers of the state Legislature, and in Congress.
To date, though, there has not been a city-wide or borough-wide Dominican elected official. We are now again in a moment of crisis in the city, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic having affected primarily communities of color and setting off new economic and fiscal crises.
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With the establishment, in , of a New York City Council district in northern Manhattan with a heavy Dominican population and of a somewhat overlapping New York State Assembly district where Dominicans also constituted a sizable constituency, Dominicans began to acquire a visible political presence in New York City politics. In , a candidate of Dominican ancestry was for the first time a serious contender for a US Congress seat in a district that encompassed northern Manhattan and the southwest Bronx winning the seat in The states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts have also seen Dominicans elected to similar positions.
In New York City Dominicans are widely represented among small business owners. Distinctively Dominican signs and symbols such as the Dominican flag, images of revered historical figures, or names of historic battles, provinces, and towns adorn the myriad storefronts along Broadway, Saint Nicholas, Audubon, and Amsterdam Avenues in northern Manhattan. The majority of these businesses are commercial activities such as grocery stores and restaurants; personal and business services such as beauty parlors and insurance or travel agencies; and finance firms that cash checks or transfer remittances.
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