Former state senators from one particularly hapless section of the northwest Bronx have something in common on their résumés: one went to jail, another is still in jail and a third now faces jail.
But Senator Gustavo Rivera said he would not follow i...
When Jinelle Griffin was 17, her mother was sent to prison seven hours away from the Bronx by car, near Lake Ontario.
For two years, Griffin and her mother barely saw each other. The trip was too long, expensive and exhausting for the Castle Hill teena...
During his campaign to unseat disgraced Fare Hike Four ringleader Pedro Espada, Gustavo Rivera didn’t have much to say on the subject of the city’s ailing transit system. But it looks like the northwest Bronx rep is finding his voice.
In this floor...
Sandwiched between the two sightings was a lunch date between Gustavo Rivera, Mr. Espada’s main opponent, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The press was invited to a not-quite-yet endorsement gathering.
A rather joyful release from the campaign of Gustavo Rivera, who's challenging state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. in the Bronx:
An official report from a Bronx County Supreme Court-appointed referee today decreed that Gustavo Rivera's campa...
With 14 primary endorsements and another 25 general election endorsements to be released on Wednesday, the Freelancers Union is hoping to continue building itself into a political force.
To the list of interests signing on to try to oust Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. add SEIU/1199 and 32 BJ.
The two unions announced earlier today that they’re backing one of the Bronx Democrat’s primary challengers, Gustavo Rivera, in the ...
"My name is Gustavo Rivera. I am running for State Senate," the well-dressed man says as he pushes his flyer toward a sweat-drenched man wearing shorts and a white t-shirt hurrying across the intersection of West 231st Street and Broadway in the Bronx. Th...
In less than three weeks Gustavo Rivera, who has a strong background in working with progressive political candidates, has become the Democratic front-runner to unseat troubled New York State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr.
Gustavo Rivera has been endorsed b...
On this solemn day, New Yorkers, Americans, and people of good will across the world pause to reflect on the loss we experienced nine years ago.
To the families who lost loved ones, I continue to offer my deepest condolences. The senseless hate and vio...
(Bronx, NY) - Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz endorsed Gustavo Rivera for State Senate today, the latest endorsements for Rivera's surging campaign against scandal-ridden incumbent Senator Pedro Espada. <...
(New York, NY) - Citing the need for real reform in Albany, two Democrats who won citywide campaigns by pledging to fight for working families today threw their support behind Gustavo Rivera's run for State Senate in the Northwest Bronx.
Public Advocat...
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in the country, and 32BJ SEIU, the largest private-sector union in New York, today announced their joint endorsement of Gustavo Rivera for State Senate in New York's 33rd Senatorial District...
NEW YORK – The Working Families Party announced today its endorsement of Gustavo Rivera , vowing to make his campaign to unseat notorious pro-landlord State Senator Pedro Espada one of its top priorities this year.
“Pedro Espada favors landlord int...