The Low-Key Matriarch Cultivating Brooklyn’s Progressive Movement

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Gwynne Hogan
WNYC News | Jul 23, 2021

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez may not have been on the ballot this year but she was working as hard as ever, backing almost a dozen candidates in the primary election. WNYC’s Gwynne Hogan reports that, at 68, the congresswoman’s keeping at least one eye on her legacy. Read the full story on Gothamist.com.

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