Sochie Nnaemeka

Robert Jackson Sworn in as Senator of Redrawn District 31

By ARIEL PACHECO
  State Sen. Robert Jackson carefully chose In-Tech Academy middle and high school campus in The Bronx’s Marble Hill neighborhood as the site for his latest inauguration as a veteran senator on Feb. 4, following his November 2022 reelection in redrawn District 31.   In addition to a large swath of Manhattan, the district also includes the Bronx neighborhoods of Marble Hill, where the school is located at 2975 Tibbett Avenue, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Van Cortlandt Village, and parts of Fordham Manor, Jerome Park, University Heights, and Morris Heights.   Education has always been one of Jackson’s central policy issues.


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Update: District 11 City Council Race: Biaggi, Rivera, Working Families Party Canvass with Mino Lora in Norwood

By SÍLE MOLONEY & MIRIAM QUIÑONES
Mino Lora, candidate in the District 11 City Council race, stepped up the intensity of her campaign in the Norwood section of the Bronx in the final days of the campaign before the District 11 special election on March 23. On Friday, March 19, campaign surrogates were seen handing out pink flyers on Lora’s behalf at the 206th Street subway exit on Bainbridge Avenue, as well as in Williamsbridge Oval Park, and on Sunday, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, both of whom have previously endorsed Lora’s candidacy, joined her in Norwood for a campaign rally.  


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NY Working Families Party Endorses Four Bronx City Council Candidates, including Lora & Abreu

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Working Families Party (WFP) announced on Friday, Dec. 11, its endorsement of four 2021 New York City Council candidates in the Bronx: Adolfo Abreu for District 14, Mino Lora for District 11, Althea Stevens for District 16, and Marjorie Velázquez for District 13. The party said all four candidates are longtime community leaders, spanning all corners of the Bronx.   Sochie Nnaemeka, state director of the party, said that this year New York City voters demanded bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot. “As we approach the 2021 elections, we must heed this mandate by electing


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