This is a candidate accountability demonstration. We are here to increase the volatility of the situation and say, if you want our votes, you got to give something up. It's long past the time when our community was sleeping and our votes could be taken for granted.
Latino USA Episode 35
People
Perez-richie
00:31
Every time there's an election we have sectors of our community that swear that the messiah has come.
People
Perez-richie
12:54
One of our problems is that every time there's an election, we have sectors of our community that swear that the messiah has come, and are quick to denounce anything except accomodation-ism.
People
Perez-richie
13:15
These are people whose views are relative to the Right of Center, who have opposed a number of initiatives supported by the entire community and education. For example, HIV/AIDs curriculum in the public schools.
People
Perez-richie
13:56
We were asking him to respond to the firebombing of a home in Howard Beach, where he has a lot of constituents, where he got a lot of votes. We wanted him to go out there and speak on racial healing and harmony to his constituents. There's a major contradiction with being a candidate campaigning on safety and crime issues, and not speaking on biased crime and the safety of people to be free from buying a home in an area and getting bombed because they're Puerto Rican.
Latino USA 29
00:00 / 00:00
00:41 - 00:54
This is a candidate accountability demonstration. We are here to increase the volatility of the situation and say, if you want our votes, you got to give something up. It's long past the time when our community was sleeping and our votes could be taken for granted.
Perez-Richie
Latino USA 35
00:00 / 00:00
00:31 - 00:36
Every time there's an election we have sectors of our community that swear that the messiah has come.
Perez-Richie
12:54 - 13:04
One of our problems is that every time there's an election, we have sectors of our community that swear that the messiah has come, and are quick to denounce anything except accomodation-ism.
Perez-Richie
United States--New York--New York City
Dinkins-David N 1927-2020
Giuliani-Rudolph W
Ferrer-Fernando 1950-
Serrano-Jose E 1943-
Velazquez-Nydia
Institute for Puerto Rican Policy
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
Elections
Mayors
Political activity
Government Policy
Police misconduct
Puerto Ricans
Dominicans
Field reporting--Journalists
Interviews--Community leaders
13:15 - 13:29
These are people whose views are relative to the Right of Center, who have opposed a number of initiatives supported by the entire community and education. For example, HIV/AIDs curriculum in the public schools.
Perez-Richie
United States--New York--New York City
Dinkins-David N 1927-2020
Giuliani-Rudolph W
Ferrer-Fernando 1950-
Serrano-Jose E 1943-
Velazquez-Nydia
Institute for Puerto Rican Policy
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
Elections
Mayors
Political activity
Government Policy
Police misconduct
Puerto Ricans
Dominicans
Field reporting--Journalists
Interviews--Community leaders
13:56 - 14:23
We were asking him to respond to the firebombing of a home in Howard Beach, where he has a lot of constituents, where he got a lot of votes. We wanted him to go out there and speak on racial healing and harmony to his constituents. There's a major contradiction with being a candidate campaigning on safety and crime issues, and not speaking on biased crime and the safety of people to be free from buying a home in an area and getting bombed because they're Puerto Rican.