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September 14, 2010
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Riverdale voters pick Rivera over Espada, Espaillat over Levine
Election results are in — and long, hard campaigning has resulted in some surprising victories in Riverdale and Kingsbridge. District-wide, Gustavo Rivera won by a margin of 62 percent to incumbent Pedro Espada Jr.’s 33 percent in the race for the 33rd District state Senate seat. Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat beat Mark Levine 51 to 39 percent in the contest for the 31st District seat vacated by Eric Schneiderman — who won the Democratic bid for state attorney general. In all those races, unofficial numbers show Riverdale voters sided heavily with the winners. While it came as no surprise that locals would elect to dump a scandal-scarred Mr. Espada, Mr. Espaillat’s numbers confirmed that Riverdale does not necessarily side with a credible white — in this case Jewish — candidate. “A lot people assumed Espaillat could not win Riverdale,” said Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who campaigned heavily for Mr. Espaillat and whose Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club endorsed him. According to Mr. Dinowitz, Mr. Espaillat took 67 percent in the Riverdale election districts that have been counted. Problems at the Riverdale YM-YWHA polling site, at Knolls Crescent and the Hebrew Home at Riverdale meant tallies from those election districts were delayed, Mr. Dinowitz said, but he was confident that Mr. Espaillat’s numbers would hold up. “I like to think that we are beyond people just voting their ethnicity, and to the extent this proves that, it’s a good thing,” said Brad Trebach, political campaign committee chairman of the Northwest Bronx Democratic Alliance, which supported Mr. Levine for state Senate and Kathleen Rice for attorney general. However, he said, “It’s disappointing, but hardly astonishing, that an Albany insider like Espaillat, with the entire political establishment behind him and the endorsement of The New York Times and the big unions, beat out a feisty and promising insurgent.”
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While yes these Riverdale Numbers are both historic and extroadinary for many reasons, please note that with Riverdale only representing a small porton of The 33rd State Senate District, The Ben Frankllin-Riverdale effect, at best was 20% of the total vote.
On the other hand, Norwood, Bedford Park & Kingsbridge, Run by clubs as Northwest Bronx Democrats and others , while Yes, only voting for Gustavo atround 80% of the vote, more importantly, this area represented about 45% of the vote.
Now considering that the 86th Ass Districtwas fairly 50-50%, Dont you think it is REALLY FAIR to say that while Ben Franklin and The Residents of Riverdale were exceptional in their voting power for Gustavo Rivera, it would be nice-FOR A CHANGE- if Riverdale papers could give credit to people, unions, residents, organizations, business districts and other entities that deserve it and stop listening to a Man, who did not have the courage to follow his own bosses orders in The Democratic and Kick Espada out in the first place, and a club, thay while very organized in the riverdale section----HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN iANYWHERE ELSE----or as most know "Down The Hill', in essence, disconnecting these communities from political life and thus start to deterorate.
The people of The 78th Assembly won this election. And the other districts of course helped--even The Gustavo votes in The 86th AD. Please give right coverage-when ncessary.
I am sorry to say but I cannot understand why any person who is Italian, Irish, Germany, Chinese, Japanese or African American would vote for any one who is Hispanic. I cannot believe that all of you have not learned by now that the only people the Hispanic politicians care about or want to do anything for are their own. The Hispanics have made it very clear that they don’t care about anyone else, so tell me why you have put them into office. You have got to be out of your minds. I can now see the total downfall of the Kingsbridge, Riverdale area. If you don’t believe this then just walk along Broadway between Kimberly Place and West 234th Street and see it for your self. We never had this before the Hispanics moved it. Hispanics hate Americans. Just listen they don't want to speak English, they don't want our culture they only want their own. Wake up people by PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.