Here's a story from this week's Riverdale Review and Bronx Press.
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| Stringer has been on the campaign trail, coming to Riverdale twice in a month. |
By Brendan McHugh
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer toured the
Riverdale Y last week, making his second trip to the neighborhood in less than
a month.
Following in the footsteps of other 2013 prospective mayoral
candidates, Stringer schmoozed with the seniors at the Riverdale Y during their
Friday lunch on Jan. 13 with Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.
Previously, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn toured the
facilities with City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell and City Comptroller John Liu
followed Dinowitz through the Y.
But Stringer, a suspected candidate for mayor, has an extra
connection to the area that his opponents do not: his mother is a Kappock
Street resident. Stringer showed off pictures of his five-week-old baby, Maxwell,
and talked to the seniors about saving critical services in the upcoming
budget.
“There is a real vitality in the area, especially among the
seniors in this community,” Stringer said. “We need to mobilize seniors to
prevent budget cuts to vital services.”
