July 1, 2009
By Elizabeth Benjamin
Mayor Bloomberg's campaign today announced two endorsements that highlight his ongoing efforts to woo Hispanic New Yorkers - an ever-growing and increasingly significant voting bloc.
The mayor was endorsed by Impacto Latin News, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 57,000 that is one of the nation's longest-running independently owned Hispanic papers.
This isn't Bloomberg's first endorsement by a Spanish-language paper, (others came from El Especialito and El Especial), but it is the first one to cite his (rather halting) attempts at being bilingual as a reason to back him, saying:
"His commitment to the Hispanic community is so strong that he is even learning how to speak Spanish."
The editorial also touts "tremendous strides in the education front," adding: "He restructured the control over education to have direct influence over this entity."
The timing of that statement is a little off, given that the mayor no longer has direct control over the public school system, thanks to the deadlocked state Senate.
So far, Bloomberg has won endorsements from the editorial pages of the EcuaTimes, The New York Page, Irish Voice, The Queens Courier and the New York Community Times, which means Bradley Tusk is more than halfway to his goal.
A May Marist poll showed Bloomberg leading his likely Democratic opponent, Comptroller Bill Thompson, 51-33, with 13 percent of voters unsure who they would support.
Fifty percent of Latino voters said they would choose Bloomberg, compared to 30 percent for Thompson.
Team Bloomberg also released the following video (in both English and Spanish) of Alfred Placeres, president of the New York State Federation of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, endorsing the mayor and touting how he has "really turned the city around."
Source: NY Daily News
By Elizabeth Benjamin
Mayor Bloomberg's campaign today announced two endorsements that highlight his ongoing efforts to woo Hispanic New Yorkers - an ever-growing and increasingly significant voting bloc.
The mayor was endorsed by Impacto Latin News, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 57,000 that is one of the nation's longest-running independently owned Hispanic papers.
This isn't Bloomberg's first endorsement by a Spanish-language paper, (others came from El Especialito and El Especial), but it is the first one to cite his (rather halting) attempts at being bilingual as a reason to back him, saying:
"His commitment to the Hispanic community is so strong that he is even learning how to speak Spanish."
The editorial also touts "tremendous strides in the education front," adding: "He restructured the control over education to have direct influence over this entity."
The timing of that statement is a little off, given that the mayor no longer has direct control over the public school system, thanks to the deadlocked state Senate.
So far, Bloomberg has won endorsements from the editorial pages of the EcuaTimes, The New York Page, Irish Voice, The Queens Courier and the New York Community Times, which means Bradley Tusk is more than halfway to his goal.
A May Marist poll showed Bloomberg leading his likely Democratic opponent, Comptroller Bill Thompson, 51-33, with 13 percent of voters unsure who they would support.
Fifty percent of Latino voters said they would choose Bloomberg, compared to 30 percent for Thompson.
Team Bloomberg also released the following video (in both English and Spanish) of Alfred Placeres, president of the New York State Federation of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, endorsing the mayor and touting how he has "really turned the city around."
Source: NY Daily News
