Thompson picks up endorsements from Latino leaders
Former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who grew up in Brooklyn, has picked up endorsements in his quest to become New York’s next mayor from several of the borough’s Latino elected officials and civic leaders.
On June 22, a group of officials and activists that included Councilman Erik Martin Dilan (D-East New York-Bushwick), state Sen. Martin Malave Dilan (D-Bushwick-Greenpoint-Williamsburg), Assemblyman Rafael Espinal (D-Bushwick-Cypress Hills), St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Pastor Rev. David Benke, and members of the 54th Assembly District Democratic Club, stood with Thompson at a press conference in Cypress Hills to announce their support for him.
Several of the speakers touted Thompson, who is also a former Board of Education president, as a candidate who can bring New Yorkers together and work successfully to create better schools. Thompson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant.