Diaz Jr.: Glad Sr. Stayed Out of It
June 9th, 2009
The newly minted Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is glad his father, State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. and member of the Gang of Three, stayed out of this one.
“I’m so happy that Rev. Diaz is not a part of it,” said Diaz Jr. at a rally at City Hall this morning.
He also thinks aligning with Republicans could make Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. vulnerable in his Bronx district later.
“Pedro Espada had problems in the past when he sat with the Republican party,” said Diaz Jr. “When it’s all said and done, people in their district are Democrats, want them to sit with the Democrats to push the Democratic agenda, not the Republican agenda, not to empower people like Dean Skelos, who is not friends to people in our community.”
Diaz, who along with Assemblymember Carl Heastie, helped orchestrate a change in leadership in the Bronx late last year, wouldn’t say Espada will definitely have a challenger, but he imagines Bronxites will want a Democratic representative who will caucus with the Democrats.
By Courtney Gross on June 9, 2009, 12:47 pmIn category: Albany, Economy, Electoral Politics, Gotham City, Governing, Law, nextNY | 1 Comment »


June 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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