A former City Councilmember who has stirred controversy for his anti-gay views is trying to reclaim his old seat by taking on a more progressive incumbent in the Bronx.
Pierina Ana Sanchez won the seat representing Kingsbridge and Fordham in 2021. Before that, it was held for 12 years by Fernando Cabrera, a pastor and socially conservative Democrat who is now trying to unseat Sanchez.
"I have the deepest connection out of anyone running to the struggles that the community is facing," Sanchez told Hell Gate. "I have been working my tail off for the last three years."
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