Michael Kaess

The game is getting rained out but I can still enjoy Yankee Stadium sushi.

The mayoral primary vote in Council District 13 was close enough where I can say as a voter that ranked Zohran and not Cuomo: Every vote counts, and you're welcome.

The certified mayoral primary results show that Zohran won Council District 13 in the final round by 8 votes. This is the one Bronx council district held by a Republican.

Obviously Dexter: Resurrection will be using artistic license in this case because New York has much lower homicide rates than Miami.

My literal reaction watching a Dexter: Resurrection ad. Moving from Miami to New York is a huge upgrade.

The Chair of the New York Young Republican Club Bronx Caucus, "was given the opportunity by BronxNet to air the grievances of the ignored side of the political spectrum," so we can watch a man project his own insecurities and lament declining testosterone levels.

Trump supporters will just straight up lie about ≤$2 gas in New York City of all places.

Awful how many Bronxites are going to lose health coverage because of the Big BS Bill. It's years away, but I'm also concerned about the impact these cuts may have on Montefiore's plans to build the Advanced Care Pavillion - our community needs the full facility to be built.

Perhaps some of the signage still needs to be updated, however, to reduce possible driver confusion.

This intersection on Pierce and Bogart was nonsense, so I appreciate NYC DOT taking the initiative to closing the center as a traffic calming measure (while maintaining FDNY access) and creating new and shorter crosswalks.

Now that Overwatch has map voting, it's another way to confirm that New York City is the best.

Parks and rides: NYC plans to permanently allow e-Bikes and e-scooters on park drives, greenways NYC Parks officials announced a plan to accommodate pedestrians, e-bikes and e-scooters in public park spaces.

As a respectable e-bike user in the Bronx, cycling through parks is often the safest (and in some cases - such as biking to City Island - the only) way to traverse the borough. I appreciate for this proposed rule to permanently allow e-bikes and e-scooters in parks. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...

Basically, yes.

Some folks have been bringing up this idea of a free shuttle bus/trolley on Morris Park Ave for years, to connect to the upcoming Morris Park Metro-North station - even though it's all covered by existing bus service.

I think it is safe to say that this primary cycle was a complete drubbing for anti-livable city, anti-affordability types. The anti-open streets, anti-bike lanes crowd seems to have a little bit of juice on X, the racist everything site, and nowhere else.

Joel R Rivera ran a relatively well-funded NIMBY campaign, including placing full page ads touting opposition to everything from rezonings to bike lanes, only to get an abysmal 5th place in the Council District 13 Democratic primary.

Congratulations to Shirley Aldebol for winning the Democratic Primary in Council District 13! She will take on the Republican incumbent in November.

I would also highlight that nearly 12k votes were recorded in Council District 13 for the 2025 Mayoral Democratic primary. For comparison, the 2023 general which elected a Republican councilmember recorded 12,752 votes in CD13.

Unofficial 2025 NYC Mayoral Primary (first preference) result by NYC City Council District: x.com/cinyc9/statu...

Zohran's best performance in the Bronx was in Council District 13 - the one Bronx council district currently represented by a Republican. He came within two points of Cuomo.

I'm told she had a medical issue which kept her off the campaign trail, but the point is I think some of our Democratic candidates may have been wasting too much time trying to please civic associations that don't reflect the Democratic primary electorate.

Shirley is the favorite for CD13, but Jackie Torres placing 2nd in round 1 is fascinating - she was absent for 2 months and missed the candidate forums. I even thought her campaign was dead when I voted on Father's day, but there was a big last minute push, including TV ads.

It's election day. My choices for NYC Mayor:
1) Zellnor Myrie
2) Brad Lander
3) Scott Stringer
4) Adrienne Adams
5) Zohran Mamdani

Some folks may recall the famed "Trump - AOC" voter - Yahay endorsed Trump at this same press conference in 2024, and then recently expressed dismay when Trump reimposed travel restrictions on Yemen. Trump said he was going to do this before his reelection.

In light of recent events, I'm just thinking back to this Trump endorsement press conference in Little Yemen in the Bronx, where "peace" was a major theme. I think it may have aged a little poorly.

Chippewa Democratic Club - Council District 13 Candidate Questionnaire Responses (Joel R. Rivera) May 12, 2025 What notable endorsements have you received thus far? Hon Jose Rivera, most importantly my two teenage sons, and am awaiting responses from 2 major unions and several key elected that overlap my district. I expect to be endorsed by John Zaccaro and Nathalia Fernandez. Once on the ballot. Possible Ruben Diaz JR.

Joel Rivera She also endorsed Shirley, who will all agree is bad for our community, she's got to go.

Council District 13 candidate Joel R. Rivera wrote that he expected State Senator Nathalia Fernandez's endorsement (despite, by his own admission, not speaking with her). As soon as she endorsed his more qualified primary opponent, he now says, "She's got to go." Dude's ego is that fragile.

I know that's a good heuristic for some candidates, but I don’t think anyone can get that impression from Salamanca, considering that he has the experience of being the land use chair, and more affordable housing has been built in Salamanca's district than any other council district.

For Bronx Borough President, Rafael Salamanca Jr. is my first choice on the ballot.

I did not rank Joel R. Rivera for Council District 13. He bristled under the slightest amount of scrutiny. bsky.app/profile/mich...

My other Council District 13 rankings:
3) Theona Reets-DuPont
4) John Perez
5) Jacqueline Torres (regretfully, I thought her campaign was defunct when I voted - I would've likely ranked her higher.)