This year's City Council elections promise to bring new inspiring leaders from the Bronx to City Hall. Today we focus on candidates contending for the seat in District-15, which became vacant after Ritchie Torres left City Council to become a US Congressman. We interview two candidates running in District-15, Elisa Crespo and John Sanchez; both Elisa and John have developed refreshing and creative policy platforms that will elevate the voices and needs of Bronxites in municipal politics. 

Each candidate was provided with a prompt to discuss a policy issue central to their platform that is connected to the health of the borough. Through these conversations we discuss proposals to build a birthing center in the Bronx, to combat food access injustices, and to devise a municipal public option for employment.

We look forward to continuing this coverage as the June 22nd City Council primary approaches. 

This episode was recorded on Friday, February 26th, 2020.