Justin Sanchez was sworn in on Jan. 17, as a council member for New York City District 17, officially beginning his term representing Hunts Point, Longwood, Morrisania and surrounding South Bronx neighborhoods.
As snow fell steadily outside, residents, students, faith leaders and elected officials gathered to watch Sanchez take the oath of office in the district he won just months earlier after running a campaign focused on sanitation, neighborhood safety and door-to-door organizing.
