Skip to main content

Featured Post

Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park FAQ, timeline, and infographics (pinned post)

How Tish James got Carlos Menchaca into politics: Atlantic Yards

According to Nick Powell's 10/17/13 profile, 2013 New York City Rising Stars: Carlos Menchaca in City&State, the new 38th District Council Member, who defeated incumbent Sara Gonzalez, owes his start in politics to Letitia James, the presumptive next Public Advocate, and Atlantic Yards:
Carlos Menchacaā€™s journey to the City Council began as the oldest of seven children raised by a single mother in El Paso, Texas. After attending a Jesuit university in San Francisco, where according to Menchaca the Jesuits ā€œprovided the foundation for all of the ideas that I have,ā€ he set out for New York City through the Coro Fellows Program, a public affairs graduate school leadership training intensive. Two days into his time in the city he had a meeting with Councilwoman Letitia James, who inspired him with a passionate denunciation of the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn.
ā€œShe was giving hell about this big development, this Atlantic Yards thing, and she was just like a preacher,ā€ Menchaca said. ā€œEnergetic, amazing! So that really started my injection into New York City politics.ā€
This was part of the 40 Under 40 feature. Here's the full article and full issue.

Comments