Women are leading from the front in the race to elect a new congress member for newly configured Congressional District 10, redistricted after the 2020 Census.
Councilmember Carlina Rivera and Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou. Contributed head shots.
The district now covers parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan in predominantly Asian, Latino, and an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. The seat was held by incumbent U.S. Rep Jerry Nadler. Rivera was born and raised in what’s now District 10 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She grew up in Section 8 housing with a single mother who emigrated from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn. She’s been a council member since 2018 and has passed 24 laws, including the country’s first municipal abortion access fund.
Niou, who was shadowing right behind Rivera in the polls, has been representing the 65th Assembly District for the last six years. Her assembly district is now completely inside of the new congressional district. She’s also excited at the prospect of continuing to represent her community. “I try to fight for more accessibility, transparency, and powerful representation in our government and making sure that folks are at the table,” said Niou. “We have to make sure that every single policy and bill that we do is looking through a racial, social, economic, environmental, and disability lens.”
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