WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
By Former NYC Councilman
Rev. Ruben Diaz
You should know that the past Democratic Primary, held on Tuesday, August 23, the electorate chose their next elected leaders and who will kiss their ring from now on.
As you may Know Representative Alexandra Ocasio Cortes (AOC) together with the Working Families Party and the Unions, placed her reputation and leadership on the line when she launched her support behind the Puerto Rican Senator Gustavo Rivera in his reelection bid to retain his Senate Seat.
On the other hand, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, joined forces with Representative Richie Torres and the Establishment (The Bronx Democratic Machine) in his effort to unseat the Incumbent Senator Gustavo Rivera, but his efforts were cut short with the defeat of his candidate the Dominican, Miguelina Camillo.
You should know that Congressman Adriano Espaillat has been quite successful in his political career. He has won many triumphs and has made alliances along the way. However, in one way or another those alliances don’t last long. They have been short lived, and his allies become his political foes.
Congressman Espaillat has had alliances with people like Guillermo Linares, Miguel Martínez, Marisol Alcántara, Gabriela Rosa, and Robert Jackson among many others. Rumor has it that these people were once upon a time, allies of Rep. Espaillat, but that due to ambition for political growth they were trampled upon by Espaillat and his lack of loyalty.
During these past elections, Espaillat still basking with the recent triumph of his candidate George Alvarez, who won defeating longtime Assemblyman José Rivera, Espaillat decided to join forces with Congressman Richie Torres and the Democratic Political Machine of the Bronx. With his support Espaillat backed candidates against two Incumbent Senators, the Puerto Rican Gustavo Rivera and the African American Robert Jackson and thus showed solidarity with his political power in the Bronx given that Dominicans are moving to the Bronx abandoning residence in Manhattan’s Washington Heights.
Gustavo Rivera won reelection with the backing of AOC and the Unions, which, by the way they no longer have the political will that they use to have in the past, when Dennis Rivera directed the political affairs of the Union 1199, Randi Weingarten’s leadership in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and Victor Gotbaum and the Union DC.37.
In those days the Unions wielded so much power that no politician dared to go against the will of the Unions. Times have changed and the Unions with their new leaders have practically lost the political power they once wielded.
Perhaps Adriano Espaillat thought that the Unions would not come out in full force as they did for Gustavo Rivera. Therefore Espaillat, Richie Torres and the elected leaders of the Bronx united and went against the Unions, and AOC to unseat Gustavo Rivera and Robert Jackson.
Apparently, the Unions woke up from their lethargy and mobilized all their troops against the millions of dollars invested by the Democratic Establishment, Political Groups, PACs and even the influence of Mayor Eric Adams in the battle of the Titans that will determine who controls the leadership in Bronx politics.
Imagine if Senators Gustavo Rivera and Robert Jackson joined forces with (AOC) and the Unions to replace the leadership in the Bronx. This would be very interesting and dangerous for Adriano Espaillat, because even Dominicans last Tuesday, here in the Bronx, voted against those candidates backed by Congressman Adriano Espaillat.
I am Reverend Ruben Diaz, and this is What You Should Know.
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