Diaz Wins Bronx Borough President Election

As expected, Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. (D-Bronx) won the special election for the Bronx Borough President seat vacated by Adolfo Carrion Jr. (Carrion is now at the White House.) Diaz Jr. won with 87% of the vote—over 28,000 votes— over Republican district leader Anthony Ribustello. Diaz told NY1 about his plans, "I want to meet the mayor of the City of New York. I want to meet with the speaker of the New York City Council. I want to revise the vacancies and appointments on the community boards. And all the different development projects that are on their way here to the borough of the Bronx. I want to go talk to the staff at the Borough President's Office. There's so much to do. I'm ready and I'm anxious and eager to go and work at Borough Hall." Diaz's term will be up December 31, which means he'll need to mount another campaign this fall.