Vision LatinX

In this edition of VLX, we chat with former educator and freshman Congressman Jamaal Bowman. Bowman is seeking reelection to continue representing New York's 16th Congressional district a newly redrawn district that covers the Bronx to Westchester and now extends further up north to Putman County. We talked about Latinos in his district, about his Puerto Rican roots by association among other issues. 

In this episode of VLX we chat with Miguelina Camilo,  president of the The Bronx Bar Association and a former board of elections counsel who is running for State Senate in the newly created district 33 due to redistricting. If elected, she will be the only Latina representing The Bronx in the State Senate, and the only dominicana. She is a first time candidate who will face current state Senator, boricua Gustavo Rivera. 

We chat with Puerto Rican Councilwoman Carlina Rivera who currently represents Lower Manhattan in The New York City Council and is running to become a congress member of the 10th Congressional District in that borough.

As New York State prepares to elect candidates for Governor we focus our discussion on the role of ethnicity and gender in this election cycle with Lucia Gomez, political director for the Central Labor Council. We delve into the political dynamic for Latinos in New York State when for  the first time, we have two Latina candidates for lieutenant Governor in the democratic ticket: Dominicana Diana Reyna and Colombiana Ana Maria Archila.

In this special edition of VLX we interview Chris LeBron, a boricua born and raised in Hells Kitchen in Manhattan who is now seeking to represent that district in the New York State Assembly. He is a political strategist, Community Board 4 member, and one of at least four candidates in the competitive race to replace, Richard Gottfried, who is retiring after serving in the  Assembly District 75, for 52 years. As a result of the most recent Census, the district has been newly redrawn to include Times Square's Theater District, Hells Kitchen and part of the Upper West Side.For more information visit: hchrislebron4ny.com

The redistricting process has been through several iterations through accusations of gerrymandering by state Democrats before it went to the courts and to the hands of a so called Special Master.  We discuss the controversies with community activist and former City Council candidate from The Bronx, Haile Rivera, about how these new maps and this primary election cycle will be affecting Latinx candidates and our community.  We will also get his take on the New York State gubernatorial race with two Latinas running as lieutenant governors, and the fact that Governor Hochul's pick as her running mate, Antonio Delgado, is not Latino, despite his Latino surname. 

Dianne Morales gives VLX the first interview after losing the democratic primary for New York City  Mayor in 2021. She was the first latina to qualify as a candidate for NYC Mayor. She speaks to VLX hosts about her current projects and looks back at her campaign successes and weaknesses addressing some of the controversies and media attention it garnered.

In this edition of VLX we speak with Maya Contreras an Afro-Latina activist challenging representative heavyweight Carolyn Maloney to represent NY's Congressional District 12 which covers three boroughs, from East Side of Manhattan, to Astoria, Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn among other neighborhoods.

We interview attorney Anamaria SeguraProject Director of the Employment Law Project at NYLAG's (NY Legal Assistance Group)