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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards at a recent event at Queens Borough Hall. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud. <\/p>\n
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez in New York\u2019s 7th Congressional District.\n<\/p>\n
Reynoso, who is running against Assembly Member Claire Valdez to succeed Vel\u00e1zquez in a district straddling North Brooklyn and western Queens, has picked up vital Queens support in the form of Richards, who touted Reynoso\u2019s experience \u201cstanding up to power.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom one borough president to another, Antonio is the man for the job,\u201d Richards said in a statement announcing the endorsement.\n<\/p>\n
Richards pointed to Reynoso\u2019s experience as a City Council Member representing the 34th District in Brooklyn as well as his later work as Brooklyn borough president. He added that Reynoso has proved that he has the \u201cgrit\u201d to stand up to President Donald Trump, describing him as the \u201cfighter\u201d that the district needs in Washington.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis work in the City Council and as Brooklyn borough president proves he knows how to stand up to power in the name of supporting working people, even when it isn\u2019t politically convenient,\u201d Richards added. \u201cAntonio has the grit, courage and experience necessary to stand up to Trump. I know he is the fighter we need in Washington during these increasingly dark and trying times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynoso welcomed Richards\u2019 endorsement, describing his campaign for the 7th Congressional District as an attempt to \u201cwrestle power from billionaires and oligarchs.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are united in our efforts to build a city that works for every New Yorker, from Brooklyn to Queens and everywhere in between,\u201d Reynoso said.\n<\/p>\n
Richards\u2019 endorsement represents one of the first major Queens endorsements for Reynoso, who boasts far more experience in the Brooklyn portion of the district. Council Member Shekar Krishnan has also endorsed Reynoso for the seat.<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn borough president has already received endorsements<\/a> from Vel\u00e1zquez, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and several members of the City Council. Make the Road Action<\/a>, the political arm of influential non-profit Make the Road New York, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and New York Communities for Change have also endorsed the Brooklyn Borough President in the race.<\/p>\n Valdez, on the other hand, has picked up endorsements from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and influential union United Auto Workers (UAW). The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) also voted overwhelmingly to back Valdez for the seat in a race that appears to have caused a split between traditional progressive Democrats and the DSA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens Borough President Donovan Richards at a recent event at Queens Borough Hall. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud. Queens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[44086,2898,52789,21313,26938,3945,2495,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-120223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-7th-congressional-district","tag-antonio-reynoso","tag-assemblymember-claire-valdez","tag-brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso","tag-congressmember-nydia-velazquez","tag-donovan-richards","tag-dsa","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}