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Meanwhile, Bravo has Vol. 27, No. 10 Elisa Crespo on the raised $17,546. It is too early to draw NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 bi-weekly on Thursdays by any meaningful conclusions regard- MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) Economy, Housing & ing the June primary, but these fig- Norwood3400 Reservoir News isOval published East bi-weekly on Thursdays by ures could give Bravo and Crespo an bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998Corporation Criminal Justice Mosholu Preservation Corporation advantage going into a likely special 3400Fax: Reservoir 718 324 Oval2917 East E-mail: [email protected] Reservoir Oval East election sometime in February or Bronx, New York 10467 Web.:Bronx, www.norwoodnews.org New York 10467 By JOSÉ A. GIRALT March. In her campaign to replace incum- If she wins, Crespo will succeed Publisher Phone: 718 324 4998 Phone: 718 324 4998 bent councilman and congressman- Torres who served two terms repre- Mosholu PreservationFax: 718 324 Corporation 2917 elect, Ritchie Torres, on the City senting the city’s 15th district. Tor- E-mail: [email protected]: 718 324 2917 ExecutiveE-mail: [email protected] Director of MPC Council, Elisa Crespo wants to focus res won New York’s 15th congressio- JenniferWeb: Tausig www.norwoodnews.org Web: www.norwoodnews.org on the issues affecting the residents, nal district race on Nov. 3, becoming Interim Editor-In-Chief, Norwood News more than on her candidacy. Among the first, openly gay, Latino con- Síle Moloney Photo by Miriam Quiñones [email protected] CEO, Mosholu the most pressing issues, she finds, is ELisa Crespo is running for a seat in gressman to do so. His victory will Publisher CEO, Mosholu the 15th City Council District. 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Giralt, Crespo told the Norwood News in a family. “It was now just us, and I real- history in November 2013 when he MiriamDavid Cruz Quinones, Adi Talwar phone interview. “In some parts of ized I had to grow up quicker and step became the first, openly gay can- Contributors this council district, there’s a 30 per- up,” she said. didate to win a prominent political &ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJAriana Cipriani, Melissa Cebollero, &ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJ cent unemployment rate.” While helping her family, Crespo race in the Bronx. 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