Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Thursday introduced he’ll run for the congressional seat held by Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-New York), who’s retiring after greater than three a long time in workplace.
Reynoso boasts of his progressive document however might face a number of Democratic major challengers from the left within the closely Latino, deep-blue district.
“I’ve made it my mission to lower costs, stand up to Trump and fight for our home,” Reynoso tweeted. “Our future is on the line.”
Reynoso, 42, the son of Dominican immigrants, careworn his activist roots, saying in Spanish that he was “born in the struggle, bred in the fight,” in a launch video.
A former metropolis council member from Williamsburg, Reynoso is predicted to face a crowded subject of progressive rivals in a Democratic major that may nearly definitely crown the following consultant of the district that snakes by way of components of western Queens and northern Brooklyn.
It voted overwhelmingly for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani over unbiased ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo within the latest race for Metropolis Corridor.
Different potential candidates might embody native elected officers like Councilmember Tiffany Caban, state Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Claire Valdez. State Sen. Julia Salazar Wednesday stated she doesn’t plan to run.
The race might probably appeal to candidates from exterior the district and even celebrities given its id as a marquee perch in nationwide Latino politics.
Velazquez, a trailblazing Puerto Rican-born lawmaker fondly dubbed “la luchadora,” or the fighter, has not but backed any candidate to succeed her.
The activist group Democratic Socialists of America has a significant presence within the district and expects to again a candidate within the race.
The leftist group just lately bowed to Mamdani’s pleas and prevented backing Councilmember Chi Osse’s deliberate major problem towards Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in a neighboring Brooklyn district. Osse later stated he doesn’t plan to run with out the DSA’s assist.
