political profi les district 15
BY JOHN SANCHEZ
Why are you running?
I am running for City Council
to create a New York City
that prioritizes the needs of
communities who have been
underserved. As District Manager
for Community Board 6 for
the past four years, I redefi ned
what a community board could
do by establishing fi nancial literacy
courses to create the only
year round paid community
board internship and sponsoring
open gym nights for teens,
among other initiatives. I am
prepared to bring that innovation
to the City Council and
be the leader that the 15th District
of the Bronx deserves and
needs at this critical time
Tell us about yourself,
i.e. what you do for a living,
your relationship to the district,
and which neighborhood
you live in
I am a third generation
Bronxite, the grandson of a government
employee who worked
in the same building my offi
ce is now located, the son of
a mother who grew up in NYCHA
and who only completed
6th grade and a father who was
a union worker. I witnessed
the many sacrifi ces they made
to provide me with an education
and greater opportunities.
Their struggles are similar to
the challenges many families
face today and it’s one of the
reasons I am running for City
Council.
The Bronx means everything
to me. I grew up on 184th
and Park, not far from where I
now live with my wife who I met
while we were both students at
Cardinal Spellman.
What are the biggest challenges
facing the district and
how will you solve them?
One of the biggest challenges
facing the district is
the high unemployment rate.
While some jobs will be restored
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M 30 ARCH 12-18, 2021 BTR
as our city recovers
from the pandemic, the district
was already struggling with
high unemployment rates even
before Covid and it will take
bold action to make sure that
job opportunities are available
in my district. I am committed
to funding Workforce 1
Centers, and working with local
anchor institutions to promote
immediate local hiring.
Furthermore, one of my priorities
is to prepare our residents
for high paying jobs that do not
require a college education by
redeveloping the Old Fordham
Library as a job training center
for these types of jobs.
What will you do differently
than the incumbent?
I plan to introduce legislation
with a focus on policies
that result in more housing being
built, more high paying job
opportunities for Bronx residents
without a college degree,
and assisting small businesses
by removing red tape.
Specifi cally, I plan to address
our city wide housing
crisis and shortage by changing
our city’s outdated land use
rules which prevent affordable
housing from being built, removing
barriers and streamlining
the permitting process
to build more housing, and redirecting
funding from homeless
shelters towards permanent
housing.
I also plan on introducing
legislation that provides more
job opportunities for those that
do not have a college degree
and remove the bureaucratic
hurdles small businesses have
to deal with when operating
such as getting business licenses
online.
What’s your political experience?
Although I have not previously
run for offi ce, I have
served as Bronx Community
Board 6 District Manager for
four years and prior to that
served as Deputy Chief of
Staff for a Bronx NYS Assemblymember.
What endorsements do
you have?
I have been endorsed by City
Councilmember and Chair of
the Land Use Committee Rafael
Salamanca Jr., NYS Assemblywoman
Chantel Jackson, and
Former NYS Assembly Member
Michael Blake. I have also
been endorsed by Open New
York, New York League of Conservation
Voters and have been
highly rated by AIA.
John Sanchez
John Sanchez
Courtesy of John Sanchez
political profi les district 15
BY ALTAGRACIA SOLDEVILLA
Why are you running?
I’m running because I want
to help the people and the community
of this district specially
the minority Spanish
speaking like Dominican and
Honduras.
What you do for a living,
your relationship to the district,
and which neighborhood
you live in?
I came from the Dominican
Republic in 1990, I struggled a
lot to learn English and get a
degree fi rst at BMCC and then
at Mercy College. I’m a single
mother of four and a grandmother
who knows the challenges
our students face today I
strongly support education and
every child should fi nish hight
school to have the foundation
to go a college and get a degree.
I actually work at BMCC as an
Adjunct Faculty in the English
as second language lab department,
I live in the Bronx in
Kingsbridge Terrace which is
part of the district 14.
What are the biggest
challenges facing the district
and how will you solve
them?
I think one of the biggest
challenges are to save small
business, education and affordable
housing for all the
residents I will fi ght to get this
done and make sure everyone
get the same privilege.
What will you do differently
than the incumbent?
What I would do differently
is put action on my words no
only saying but doing it and
make sure the agreements are
followed up on.
What’s your political experience?
I have more than 25 years
working on the community
throughout my political party
PRM from the Dominican Republic
and most of the residents
in the district belong to
our organization here in NY.
What endorsement do
you have?
The only endorsements that
I have are the people in this
district I don’t belong to any
big corporation or establishment
that later on could tell
me what to do even though I’m
part of the DC37 union and the
PSC they don’t endorse special
election candidates
Altagracia Soldevilla
Altagracia Soldevilla
Courtesy of Altagracia Soldevilla
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
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hereby given that a special election will be held in the
Borough of Bronx, County of Bronx, on Tuesday, March 23, 2021,
between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the purpose of electing a
candidate for the 15th Councilmanic District. Only registered voters in this
district are eligible to vote.
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