Three of the four candidates who are vying for the opportunity to represent the 80th Assembly District (parts of Norwood, Allerton, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens) will be debating live tonight at 9 p.m. on Bronxnet’s BronxTalk show with host Gary Axelbank. (Cablevision channel 67, Fios 33) Despite numerous attempts to get her to participate, BronxTalk says incumbent Naomi Rivera has declined to attend the debate. One of the biggest criticisms of Rivera has been her lack of visibility and poor attendance record. As is tradition on BronxTalk, you can bet there will be an empty chair sitting on stage to emphasize Rivera’s absence. Appearing, however, will be Rivera’s three enthusiastic challengers: Adam Bermudez, Irene Estrada-Rukaj and Mark Gjonaj. (Editor’s note: Links are to campaign websites. We will have profiles of all four candidates over the next two days.)
As a warm-up, below is a video of Bronx journalists — Kate Pastor and Adam Wisnieski of the Riverdale Press and the Bronx Times‘ Bob Kappstatter — to discuss Bronx politics in general and the 80th Assembly District, specifically, on BronxTalk two weeks ago.
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