Brooklyn v Bronx

Here’s a rare glimpse at the usually invisible inter-borough jockeying between two Democratic machines:

It’s a check from the Bronx Democratic machine to the campaign of Margarita Lopez Torres, an insurgent Brooklyn surrogate court candidate who has been a huge thorn in the side of the Brooklyn Democratic machine.

Torres not only won the Read More

No, No Nydia

The Hill reports today that House Republican aides and government watchdog groups are taking Rep. Nydia Velazquez to task. The topic? A press release issued by her congressional office on July 15th, which announced plans to endorse Judge Margarita Lopez Torres for the cushy seat of surrogate court judge of Brooklyn.

“We don’t believe Read More