NEW YORK – Caribbean American Diana Richardson scored a resounding victory in a primary election race for New York Assembly.
“Richardson”Richardson, daughter of Aruban and St. Martin immigrants, earned over 70 percent of the votes in Assembly District 43.
The assemblywoman was challenged in the primary for the district, located in the heart of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn, by African American Jesse Hamilton, a former N.Y. State Senator. Richardson defeated Hamilton by 43 percentage points.
“The results of this primary show that when the people elect a true blue Democrat, who is out there every day helping working people, who isn’t afraid to stand up to the real estate developers, big money interests and machine politics, they want to see that work continue,” Richardson said.
She said she had co-sponsored a long list of bills to increase police accountability and end police brutality.
