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Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Puerto Ricans In The Quest For The New York City Mayoralty, José Cruz
Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Puerto Ricans In The Quest For The New York City Mayoralty, José Cruz
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This paper examines the history of Puerto Rican efforts to win the mayoralty of the city of New York, highlighting the 2005 election. By doing so, it seeks to fill a gap in the history of Puerto Rican political participation in New York. The struggle of Puerto Rican elites to win representa- tion at the highest level of office in the city is long-standing. The paper chronicles the circumstances and terms according to which they sought political incorporation at that level. . The paper looks critically at the issue of runoff elections. The role of money is examined through the …