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Our lone endorsement:
Moya for Council
If we’ve learned anything from the 2016 election, it’s that the outcome of
any contest could never be taken for granted.
Th is Tuesday’s primary election — in which a number of City Council
races will be contested — is especially important because, in some cases, the
primary winner won’t have a challenger in the November general election
and will automatically be elected to offi ce. It’s so important for every registered
Democrat in this borough to show up at the polls on Sept. 12 and vote.
Out of the nine competitive City Council races this year, there is one
race in particular in which we feel compelled to make an endorsement: the
21st District race between Assemblyman Francisco Moya and former state
Senator and City Councilman Hiram Monserrate.
On his own, Moya has all the ingredients to be an eff ective City Council
member. Since arriving in Albany in 2011, he worked diligently to advocate
for immigrant rights, economic improvement and development and
fair wages.
However, there’s one thing which Moya has over Monserrate that should
make his election to the City Council a no-brainer: a clean criminal record.
Lest anyone forget, Monserrate slashed his former girlfriend in the face
with a broken glass bottle soon aft er his election to the state Senate in 2008.
Two years later, aft er pleading guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge, he
became the fi rst state senator expelled from offi ce by his peers in decades.
Th at wasn’t enough for Monserrate to retreat from the public eye. He ran
in the special election for his state Senate seat and lost to then-Assemblyman
Jose Peralta and lost in a landslide. He then ran for Peralta’s Assembly seat
and was crushed again, this time by Moya.
Th en Monserrate got in trouble again, ultimately being convicted on federal
charges for embezzling campaign funds.
Aft er paying his debt to society, he did what he seems to do best: seek public
offi ce again.
Monserrate wound up losing a race last year for Democratic district leader
by 57 votes, and the narrow defeat seemed to give him the idea that he has a
shot at regaining the City Council seat he formerly held. Indeed, in this cynical
era, he does stand a chance at winning an offi ce he doesn’t deserve.
We urge the people of the 21st District not to reward Monserrate’s history
of self-serving, shameless behavior. We urge them to vote for Assemblyman
Francisco Moya — a good public servant who can carry on the powerful legacy
of outgoing Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland.
And we urge Hiram Monserrate to fi nd another line of work.
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