After U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez announced her retirement late last year, the race to succeed her is heating up, with nearly a dozen different candidates, including local politicians from the City Council to the State Assembly. Velázquez, who has spoken at the Ridgewood Democratic Club (RDC) on numerous occasions, visited the club once again on Feb. 1 for the organization’s annual membership brunch, where she was honored amongst several other dedicated public servants.
About 60 people attended the brunch to hear Velázquez speak, as well as honor former Myrtle Avenue BID Executive Director Ted Renz, Principal Court Attorney Jasmine Valle-Bueno, who works for the Administrative Supreme Court Judge in Queens and was recently nominated to become a Queens Civil Court judge.
