Melissa Mark-Viverito, born in Puerto Rico, has been a councilmember in New York City, representing areas of the Bronx for several terms, and she is running to replace longtime House of Representatives incumbent Jose Serrano.
She is running on a platform that includes criminal justice reform and talked extensively about efforts to close down Rikers Island, the notorious jail in New York, bail reform and stop and frisk.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
