This weekend the Bronx County Democratic Party endorsed Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the race to replace Adolfo Carrion as Bronx borough president.
The endorsement caught my eye since the competitive race still includes at least one other established Democratic candidate, City Councilman Joel Rivera. According to reporter John Desio—who launched a blog to cover this race—former state ...

The Bronx County Republican chair says Michael Bloomberg doesn't have enough support to get on the party line, and the county is having a party for John Catsimatidis. [TalkBronx] Andrew Cuomo keeps on bonus busting. [Post] More criticism for David Paterson about postponing town halls to attend a bill signing in Washington. [MR] A congresswoman in Ohio is telling ...

Here's City Councilwoman Maria Baez, an ally of Jose Rivera, describing last night's contentious Bronx County Democratic Party meeting. According to Baez, she is one of four people authorized to start a county committee meeting. She says that when the group alligned with her political opponents failed to open the meeting, she did. Liz Benjamin reports that, according ...