Politics & Government
Can Hasidic and Hispanic Voters Give Lopez a Win?
Despite an ongoing sexual harassment investigation, Assemblyman Vito Lopez still has a chance.
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Hasidic and Hispanic supporters of Assemblyman Vito Lopez could help him secure a New York City Council seat, despite an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations, reports The Daily News.
Political pundits are pointing to Lopez’s huge popularity in the in the largely Hispanic 34th Council District and his ties with Hispanic voters through his nonprofit, Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, which employs approximately 2,000 people.
"He's delivered for [his constituents], so they are looking beyond his personal issues, said political consultant E. O'Brien Murray. “That's a big, loud group of supporters.”
Lopez also remains a favorite of Satmar Grand Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum and Rabbi David Niederman, the executive director of the United Jewish Organizations in Williamsburg.
"They have not deserted him. The grand rebbe is his boy," a Lopez friend said.
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