Bronx/NY-13 News Roundup, June 25

One day until the June 26 primary that will change the face of Bronx politics. Despite there being the formality of a general election in November, tomorrow's Democratic primary will determine who will become the Bronx's newest representative in Congress. That's because no Republican candidate has a chance against whichever Democratic candidate emerges victorious in the newly constituted 13th Congressional District, which stretches from El Barrio into the northwest Bronx and shares a common blue blood.

In a House Battle, The Bronx Factor

State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who represents upper Manhattan and a slice of Riverdale, is spending a lot of time in the Bronx these days. He believes it may be the key to toppling one of the nation’s most prominent congressmen, Charlie Rangel, in a primary that is now less than a month away.

Bronx BP Endorses Rangel; Bronx Pols Pick Sides

Last week, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. released a Bronx Week kickoff video. In it there was a not-so-subtle foreshadowing to Diaz’s press conference last Friday morning announcing his endorsement of Charles Rangel in the race for the newly created 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Harlem, through Upper Manhattan and into the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Norwood and Bedford Park.