New York City Council Member-elect Kristy Marmorato is sworn in at City Hall alongside her husband Gino Marmorato and 7-year-old daughter Renata on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.
Photo courtesy Kristy Marmorato
A historic City Council election in the Bronx was made official this week.
Kristy Marmorato, the Republican council member-elect for District 13 (CD-13), was sworn into her new post at City Hall on Wednesday, alongside her new colleagues on the council’s Common Sense Caucus. Marmorato replaces the current seat holder, Democrat Marjorie Velázquez, in joining the 51-member body after the New Year.
“It was energizing to speak to colleagues on both sides of the aisle and hear their enthusiasm to start working together,” Marmorato told the Bronx Times on Thursday. “It meant everything to my team and was the result of what we worked so hard for over the past nine months.”
CD-13 includes the neighborhoods of Throggs Neck, Allerton, Morris Park, City Island and Pelham Parkway.
Today, I was sworn in with my fellow @NYCCCommonSense members!
Thank you to my community, my family, my team, and to all of you for your support.
My time starts in January, but we are already working behind the scenes and getting ready to serve YOU, District 13! pic.twitter.com/AutdLEEyQl
— Kristy Marmorato (@KristyforNY) December 6, 2023
Marmorato-Velázquez was one of the most widely watched City Council races across New York City this election cycle, as the public and media had one primary question in mind: Can a Republican actually win in the Bronx?
Marmorato did just that — becoming the first Bronx Republican elected to the City Council in 50 years, removing the one-term incumbent from office and giving her party a small foothold in the heavily blue borough.
The Republican said her win “shows how powerful the voices of the Bronx are, particularly those of District 13.”
The council member-elect’s journey to the CD-13 seat wasn’t a…
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