THE CITY
Tuesday night brought an historic upset triggered by an insurgent candidate running against the Queens political establishment.
No, not Tiffany Cabán — this one was a landslide.
Lumarie
Maldonado Cruz scored a resounding victory in the borough’s first
primary for a civil court judge seat in over a decade, defeating the
Queens Democratic Party’s pick, Wyatt Gibbons, by more than 17,000
votes.
Maldonado Cruz, 47, told THE CITY Wednesday she owed her victory to people that are “hungry for change.”
“From
the very beginning, people realized that the communities all throughout
Queens are being underserved, undermined and ignored,” Maldonado Cruz
said. “Last night was another example as to how people will not sit on
the sidelines anymore.”
With Cabán leading in the district attorney primary race and Maldonado Cruz’s resounding win, the Queens Democratic Party suffered a double blow.
Maldonado Cruz said she believes Tuesday’s results send “a clear message again that people are taking their power back.”
“Reform
starts from within and it is about time that the legal system treats
everyone with fairness regardless of race gender creed or other traits,”
she said. “It’s about time that the people who bear that responsibility
do so without bias or favor.”
Maldonado
Cruz, a former Bronx resident who recently moved to Jackson Heights, is
currently an attorney for the Character and Fitness Committee of the
state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in Manhattan, which conducts
background checks on individuals seeking admission to the New York bar.
17 comments:
Who cares? Another waste of the tax dollar. - the Bronx machinery would never allow her to run for judge there which is why she claims she recently moved to Jackson Heights
Identity politics...
Why didn't she sit before the Bar Association panel?
Looks ike Dem party boss Gregory Meeks is now Gregory the Meek. How will this play in the co-moon-i-tay?
Umm, this happened Tuesday
Not a fan of her or Caban, but I must admit watching the Meeks/Crowley criminal organization loose feels great
I would bet 99% of the voters never heard of any judges that are on the ballots during elections. The only criteria most voters use is the party, nationality and sex of the candidate.
"Not a fan of her or Caban, but I must admit watching the Meeks/Crowley criminal organization loose [sic] feels great."
Yeah, but how "great" will you feel when all those incarcerated lowlives that Caban will set free come crawling through your windows?
How come these let's free the criminals don't get that there's many more crime victims than perpetrators of crime? Why isn't there any concern for crime victims?
Thanks, Saturday Anonymi for getting us back on track to the real issue here. The victims of crime and the safety of our homes. Burglaries are up ... have you noticed? It will get worse.
Her win proves Ocasio and Caban cannot be easily dislodged
At night when you turn off all the lights
There's no place that you can hide
No no, the rhythm is gonna get'cha
For all my distaste of the Queens machine, why would so many people vote for a blatant carpetbagger with minimal qualifications? What was her appeal? Or are people so fed up with the machine that they'll vote for anyone who opposes them?
For all my distaste of the Queens machine, why would so many people vote for a blatant carpetbagger with minimal qualifications? What was her appeal? Or are people so fed up with the machine that they'll vote for anyone who opposes them?
IDENTITY POLITICS!!!!!!!!
We will have to all learn how to say seven part names like
Jose Luis Maria del Putan con Merdre.
Got a cute roti ad: Pollo y Pollo, Avogados, Muy Pelligroso.
Multifunction all the way.
Carpetbagger? Like Hillary Clinton or Bobby Kennedy?
Pollo y Pollo: adjudicar y gastricular
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