Black and Latino Leaders Ask: What Do Socialist Wins Mean for New York?

Scritto il 19/07/2026
da Jeffery C. Mays

Longtime leaders and advocates in minority districts fear that victories by the Democratic Socialists of America in gentrifying neighborhoods could mean political erasure.A watch party for Representative Adriano Espaillat, a five-term incumbent and the first formerly undocumented person elected to Congress. He was among the politicians who lost to a democratic socialist in the primaries.