.CarlinaRivera, running for Congress in the newly redrawn Tenth District, spoke with nia_prater about how Democrats can improve their outreach to Latino and Hispanic voters and her support for the controversial flood-proofing project on the East River
Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images “This is my home. This is where I’ve spent my whole life,” Carlina Rivera says, sitting at a table at El Castillo de Jagua, a Dominican restaurant just a few blocks away from where she grew up on the Lower East Side. She’s represented the area in the City Council since 2018 and now she wants to do the same in Congress, running in the newly redrawn Tenth District that covers lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
Well, having Nydia’s endorsement early on, that was a really big deal. One, because I have a tremendous amount of respect for her. Growing up and coming up and getting into public service and organizing, she was there. She was a congresswoman, which not a lot of people have someone that looks like them, that has a story. So just knowing that she was willing to mentor and support me even throughout my city council career. She’s very very good at that.
So I feel like engaging with Latino people in a very honest way and don’t do it every two years. Maybe keep the communication going. I know we say that a lot. We’re going to be better communicators and we’re going to try. But if you go and you court the population and then you suddenly disappear and you don’t cultivate leaders. You don’t mentor this next generation of folks. They become disengaged. I think you saw that in 2020.
I also understand that I’m one perspective, right? I’m a Democrat from New York City. I want to set the urban agenda as a model for the rest of the country. I don’t know what it’s like to grow up in rural Texas. I don’t know what it’s like to be on the other coast. So, going in, trying to be collegial. I’ve always been collaborative, I think you can see that. One, I think the spirit of collaboration is reflected in 25 pieces of legislation being passed.
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