Cohen to Win 11th Council District Easy

Here is this weeks Riverdale Report from the Bronx News.

  

Riverdale Report

By Robert Press

Cohen to Win 11^th Council District Easy

   As I wrote back in July, I still think that 11^th City council candidate Andrew Cohen will be victorious, and by a huge margin over his opponent Cliff Stanton. My prediction then was and still is that Andrew Cohen will get 83 percent of the vote recorded for the 11^th City Council race with a margin of error of 5 percent. Mr. Stanton never set the district on fire in the year advantage he had since announcing his candidacy in January of 2012. There was disappointment after disappointment during the campaign when certain people who had expressed interest in running decided not to and they then endorsed Andrew Cohen. Mr. Stanton has campaigned hard in the Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, and Van Cortlandt Village areas, but knocking off the ballot a Hispanic man and a Black woman might not have been the best strategy if one wants to win in minority areas of the district. I have been told by some people who might have voted for him that it is that and some of those who Mr. Stanton has aligned himself with that had turned them away from voting for him. I know that I will be voting for Andrew Cohen when I go to vote in the 11^th City Council district.

   So don't forget to go out and vote on Primary Day Tuesday September 10^th. For Republicans there is only a race for Mayor, while for Democrats it is for Mayor, City Comptroller, Public Advocate, Bronx Borough President and City Council if you live in the 8^th, 11^th, 12^th, 14^th, 15^th, 16^th, 17^th, and 18^th districts in the Bronx. Since the Primary Day results will not be in until after our publishing deadline I will have the results in two weeks for you. You can check my blog the day after election day for the results. Four years ago I called the 11^th City Council race with in one percentage point.

   Last Tuesday State Senator Jeff Klein hosted a concert in Seton Park by the wonderful Dionne Warwick. It was estimated that over 1,000 people came out to see Ms. Warwick sing her great songs in person. One could hear the sing along from many in the audience as the 72 year old Ms. Warwick kept singing hit after hit. The little longer than one hour non stop performance seemed to go by as minutes some people said to me after the concert. To see more of the concert with photos of Ms. Warwick, and the politicians who were there you can go to my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com.

   Also on my blog is the latest listing of events that are going on at Wave Hill. The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park have a busy schedule coming up in the fall, and you can see it on my blog. Just check the archive section on the lower left and check the previous month August for the listings.

Bronx Community Board #8 is gearing up to get back into business after a short summer vacation, so you may want to go to the CB8 website to check out the meetings, dates, places, and topics of discussion as they are scheduled by the board and its committees.

   If you have any comments about this column or would like to have an event listed or covered in this column or on my blog you can e-mail us at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com .

Petition Problem in 78th A.D. Race

   The Bronx News online edition of the paper just broke the story of a fatal problem to the petition of current Assemblyman Jose Rivera that was submitted to the Board of Elections. While the current 78th A.D. State Committeeman Mr. Ricardo Martinez made it clear to Assemblyman Rivera that he was running against him for the assembly seat and district leader position he also made it clear that he did not want his name to appear on the Rivera petition. As you see in the photo the name of Ricardo Martinez with the correct address of 212 Lisbon Place appears on the Jose Rivera petition. Check Thursday's edition of the Bronx or Parkchester News for the story.

   You will notice that the son of Assemblyman Rivera Joel Rivera is the new candidate for 78th Male State Committeeman. Experts in the subject of petitioning have said that this is a fatal problem for Rivera petition, and that the petition will be thrown out. You can click on the photo to make it larger.

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