The New Progressive Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner.
Tremont is a residential neighborhood in the West Bronx,New York City. Its boundaries are East 181st Street to the north,Third Avenue to the east,the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south,and the Grand Concourse to the west. East Tremont Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Tremont.
Thomas Rivera Schatz is a Puerto Rican politician,legal advisor,attorney,and former prosecutor,who was the fourteenth and sixteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the mainland Republican Party. On July 22,2019,Rivera Schatz announced that he will take over as acting chair of the PNP following the resignation of Ricardo Rossellódue to the Telegramgate scandal.
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature,while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York,its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate Majority Leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
JoséRivera is a former politician who served in the New York State Assembly from 2001 to 2022,representing the Fordham-Bedford,Kingsbridge Heights,Bedford Park,and Belmont sections of the Bronx. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Senator Rivera may refer to:
JoséMarco Serrano is a member of the New York State Senate from the 29th District,representing Mott Haven,Melrose,Highbridge,Morris Heights,Spanish Harlem,Yorkville,Roosevelt Island and part of the Upper West Side. He is the son of former U.S. Congressman JoséSerrano.
Efrain Gonzalez Jr. is an American politician and convicted felon who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1990 to 2008.
Rubén Díaz Sr is a Puerto Rican politician from New York City and an ordained Pentecostal minister. He represented the 18th district of the New York City Council from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Díaz represented the 32nd district in the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2017;his Senate district included parts of the Bronx neighborhoods of Castle Hill,Parkchester,Morrisania,Hunts Point,Melrose,Longwood,and Soundview.
Jeffrey Dinowitz is an American politician who represents District 81 in the New York State Assembly,which comprises Kingsbridge,Marble Hill,Norwood,Riverdale,Van Cortlandt Village,Wakefield,and Woodlawn Heights. Dinowitz has served in the New York State Assembly since 1994.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 4,2008,to elect the officials of the government that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
The West Bronx is a region in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The region lies west of the Bronx River and roughly corresponds to the western half of the borough.
Charles Anthony Rodríguez-Colón is a New York City-born Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (NPP). He served as the eleventh president of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 until 2000.
Pedro Espada Jr. is an American former politician. A Democrat,Espada served multiple nonconsecutive terms in the New York State Senate.
Fernando Cabrera is an American politician in the Bronx,New York. A Democrat,he formerly represented the 14th district in the New York City Council,including the neighborhoods of Claremont Village,Fordham,Kingsbridge,Marble Hill,Morris Heights,Mount Eden,Mount Hope,and University Heights.
The Teatro Puerto Rico was a music hall focused on the Latino community in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City. During the 1940s to 1950s it presented la farándula, a vaudeville-style package of Spanish-language events,and attracted entertainers from all over Latin America. In the late 1960s,the neighborhood where the theater was located was in decline and the theater closed its doors until 1994. That year a real estate developer invested funds in renovations. After two years in operation,a political scandal involving misappropriated public funds forced the permanent closure of the theater. The building which the theater once occupied is now used as a place of religious worship.
Victor M. Pichardo is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing 86th New York State Assembly District,which includes the university and Morris Heights,Mount Eden,Kingsbridge,Tremont,and Fordham sections of the Bronx.
David Rosado is an American politician from New York.
New York's 33rd State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Gustavo Rivera since 2011,following his victory over incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. in the 2010 Democratic primary elections.
Pierina Ana Sanchez is an American politician from the Bronx,New York City. Since 2022,Sanchez has represented the 14th district on the New York City Council,encompassing Kingsbridge,Fordham,University Heights,and Tremont. A Democrat,Sanchez formerly served in the mayoral office of Bill de Blasio as a policy advisor.
