Carmen De La Rosa
Member of the New York City Council
from the 10th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2022
Preceded byYdanis Rodríguez
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 72nd district
In office
January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2021
Preceded byGuillermo Linares
Succeeded byManny De Los Santos
Personal details
Born (1985-12-25) December 25, 1985
Dominican Republic
Political partyDemocratic
Children1
EducationFordham University (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Carmen De La Rosa (born December 25, 1985) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, De La Rosa has represented District 10 on the New York City Council since January 2022. She previously represented the 72nd District in the New York State Assembly from 2017 to 2021.

Early life, education, and family

De La Rosa was born in the Dominican Republic but came to New York City with her family at a very young age, where they settled in northern Manhattan. She attended Mother Cabrini High School, before receiving her bachelor's degree at Fordham University in the Bronx.[1] As of January 2022, she had one daughter with her partner, Jose.[2]

Career

Long interested in politics, De La Rosa was active in the Democratic Party and worked for the New York State Assembly, and later became Chief of Staff to New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez in 2014. In September 2015, she ran and was elected as a Democratic District Leader for the 72nd Assembly District.

New York State Assembly (2017-2021)

In 2016, a whirlwind of open seats in Northern Manhattan Congressional, state Senate and state Assembly districts was spurred by the retirement of long-time Congressman Charlie Rangel. With Rangel's seat open, state Senator Adriano Espaillat, one of the nation's first Dominican-born elected officials, was seen as a front runner, spurring widespread excitement and support in the Dominican community for his candidacy. Along with his own campaign, Espaillat, following his victory in the Democratic primary over six other candidates, announced his support for Marisol Alcantara to replace him in the Senate, and for De La Rosa in the 72nd Assembly district.

De La Rosa's candidacy was significant because the 72nd District was not an open seat. Long-time politician Guillermo Linares was running for re-election, despite earlier running in the congressional primary against Espaillat and others to replace Rangel.[3] However, since in New York federal and state primaries are not held on the same day, candidates who fail to win their federal primaries can then run in the state primaries, as Linares chose to do. However, due to a long-standing feud with Espaillat, Linares was challenged by the Congressman-elect's new political machine.[4]

On primary day, De La Rosa would easily defeat Linares 53% to 38%, with a third candidate, Democrat George Fernandez, taking 10%.[5] She was unopposed in the general election and was sworn in on January 1, 2017.[6]

De La Rosa was the sponsor of the New York Dream Act, which became law in 2019.[7]

New York City Council (2022-present)

On November 2, 2021, De La Rosa was elected to represent District 10 on the New York City Council.[8] As of January 24, 2022, she had taken her seat on the City Council.[9][2] De La Rosa is the chair of the Labor Committee.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Carmen De La Rosa". Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  2. 1 2 "District 10". Carmen De La Rosa.
  3. ↑ Bredderman, Will (7 April 2016). "Battle for Charles Rangel's Seat Spills Over Into Assembly". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  4. ↑ "Carmen De La Rosa launches candidacy for uptown Assembly seat". Dominican Today. April 8, 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  5. ↑ Krisel, Brendan (30 August 2016). "Uptown State Assembly Candidate Releases Policy Platform". Washington Heights, NY Patch. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  6. ↑ Krisel, Brendan (26 July 2016). "Labor Union Endorses Candidate for Washington Heights, Inwood State Assembly District". Washington Heights, NY Patch. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  7. ↑ Moritz-Rabson, Daniel (2019-01-25). "New York passes DREAM Act, allows undocumented immigrants to receive state financial aid". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  8. ↑ "New York City Council Election Results". The New York Times. November 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Stark-Miller, Ethan (January 24, 2022). "New council members are finally starting to settle in: De La Rosa, Sanchez say they're ready to tackle immigrant rights, housing". The Riverdale Press.
  10. ↑ "New York City Considers Controversial Medicare Plan". 4 January 2023.
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