Governor Cuomo was expected to be at the 2014 Bronx Democratic County Committee dinner, but instead his Lieutenant Governor candidate Kathy Hochul stood in for the Governor. Hochul told the standing room only crowd at Marina Del Ray Wednesday night that she has visited the Bronx more than any of the other boroughs. New York State Democratic Party Leader (and former Governor) David Patterson said that he is proud of the partnership between Bronx Democratic County Leader Assemblyman Carl Heastie and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. When I asked State Democraic Leader David Patterson about the primary that Ms. Hochul may be in, and the possibility of her not winning, Patterson replied "And lightning could also strike the state capital." That was the kind of night it was as one could hardly find a seat let alone maneuver from one side of the room to the other.
It was not easy to find an elected official who did not attend this Bronx Democratic County dinner, that is unless you went all the way to Italy to find Mayor Bill deBlasio. The photos below will speak for themselves as did those in the photos.
Left - Bronx Democratic County Committee Chairman Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz with his son (and soon to be 81st A.D. District Leader) Eric Dinowitz, and Eric's wife Tamara Dinowitz.
Right - State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. and Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda hold up the hands of their candidate for state Comptroller incumbent Tom DiNapoli.
Left - Assemblyman Dinowitz gets some last minute instructions from Bronx Democratic County Executive Director Ischia Bravo.
Right - Ms. Kathy Hochul Democratic candidate for N.Y. State Lieutenant Governor.
Left - Mr. Lenny Caro President of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce was one of the honorees.
Right - Mr. Caro with State Democratic Party Leader (and former Governor) David Patterson, and Bronx State Senator Ruth Hassel-Thompson.
Left - Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Mr. Lenny Caro with Ms. Kathy Hochul.
Right - Ms. Hochul is standing between Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr. and State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. with Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda.
Left - New York State Attorney General Eric Schniderman is between State Senators Ruth Hassell-Thompson and Ruben Diaz Sr. with Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda.
Right - Former Assemblyman, and probable future candidate for the 15th Congressional district Adam Clayton Poweel chats with Bronx Democratic County petition wizard Benny Catila.
