Here is this weeks Riverdale Report from the Bronx News.
Riverdale
Report
By
Robert Press
Cohen to Win
11th Council District Easy
As I wrote
back in July, I still think that 11th 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 11th
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 11th City Council district.
So don't
forget to go out and vote on Primary Day Tuesday September 10th.
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 8th, 11th,
12th, 14th, 15th, 16th,
17th, and 18th 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 11th 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 .