Puerto Rico's Democratic Party boss offers rare endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for NYC mayor
The head of the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City, marking an unusual foray into Big Apple politics for the organization, which typically only focuses on issues local to the island.
Luis Dávila Pernas, the party’s chairman, made the endorsement official in a new campaign ad that Cuomo’s team was set to air on television and digital platforms during Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan. Cuomo’s camp said it’s spending about $100,000 on airing the ad over the course of a week.
“Andrew Cuomo always has and always will stand with the people of Puerto Rico,” Dávila Pernas says in the 1-minute ad, which the Daily News got a preview of before it hit television and online.
Dávila Pernas then lists off how Cuomo, as governor, traveled to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 to “coordinate aid” when President Trump’s first administration “failed to act.” Again, in 2020, when devastating earthquakes rocked the island, Dávila Pernas notes in the ad, Cuomo was back on Puerto Rico with National Guard troops to help local leaders rebuild.
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