Dozens of South Bronx and East Harlem residents turned out on April 26 for a spirited forum among the candidates vying for the City Council District 8 seat, soon to be vacated by the term-limited Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala.
The district of over 180,000 residents will choose from a crowded field of candidates for the June Democratic primary: Clarisa Alayeto, chair of Community Board 1; Elsie Encarnacion, Ayala’s current chief of staff; Wilfredo Lopez, a nonprofit attorney; Raymond Santana, one of the exonerated Central Park Five; and Nicholas Reyes, a State Committee Member for the 68th Assembly District and Bronx nonprofit staffer.
