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Menchaca Wins With Backing From Gonzalez and Lander
New councilman Carlos Menchaca gains support from Nydia Gonzalez and Brad Lander as he represents District 39. The piece traces Lander’s Progressive Caucus, Velazquez’s mentor role, and the Brooklyn political network around Vito Lopez, NY politics shifting factions, and the 2012 campaign dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Menchaca
Nydia Gonzalez
Brad Lander
Sara
Lander
Council
Progressive Caucus
Nydia Velazquez
Red Hook
Sunset Park
Menchaca
Vito Lopez
Velazquez
Gonzalez
Kings County
Democrats
Bushwick
Brooklyn
Ridgewood Bushwick
Clarence Norman
Kings County Democrats
Vito
Bullwinkle
Ed Towns
Williamsburg
Victor Robles
State Assembly
Lopez
Puerto Rico
12Th
House of Representatives
Manhattan
Queens
Congress
Dennis Rivera
1199
SEUI
Healthcare Worker’s Union
Stephen Solarz
Rudy Giuliani
Martin Malave-Dilan
Vito J. Lopez
Ms. Velazquez
Mr. Lopez
Malave-Dilan
Dilan
Domino
Broadway
Domino Sugar Factory
Diana Reyna
Reyna
Stephen Levin
Broadway Triangle
Bed-Stuy
Pfizer
Bloomberg
United Jewish Organization of
New Kings Democrats
Lincoln Restler
NKD
Kings County Democratic Committee
Nydia
Restler
New Kings
Lopez/ Velazquez
Erik Dilan