Incumbent City Council Member Pierina Sanchez won the Democratic primary for City Council District 14 on Tuesday, defeating her predecessor, pastor Fernando Cabrera, and 24-year-old law school graduate Bryan Hodge Vasquez. Sanchez, who represents Kingsbridge, Fordham, and surrounding neighborhoods, secured 66% of the preliminary vote, according to the Board of Elections, in one of the Bronx’s most closely watched contests.
Sanchez, who chairs the Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings, ran on a platform centered around tenant protections, public safety investments and her role in advancing the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory—one of the largest underutilized public assets in the city. The armory project, she said, reflects a new approach to community-centered economic development.
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Incumbent Sanchez fends off Cabrera, Vasquez in District 14 primary