As New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday, incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat is fighting to retain his party’s nomination against a Mamdani-backed challenger.
The 71-year-old was first elected to Congress in the 2016 election, representing a district that encompasses northern Manhattan and a section of the west Bronx.
‘I forget to get napkins. So I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.’
“I’m the first undocumented, formerly undocumented member of Congress. I’m the first Dominican American member of Congress in a city that has a million Dominican Americans,” Espaillat said.
Despite his membership in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and classification as one of the most liberal House members, he doesn’t seem to have been adequately radical enough for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his fellow
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