Following allegations that Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera (80th District) hired her boyfriend (who is now a Brooklyn City Council candidate) to work for her in 2010, the New York Post reported on Saturday that a prior boyfriend now alleges that Rivera hired him to run the Bronx Council on Economic Development even though he had no nonprofit experience. He also told that paper that his salary rose $15,000 just a few months after he started so that the couple would be “able to go out and do things.” More here.
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Naomi Rivera faces three challengers in the Democratic primary on September 13. The winner will face a Republican, a Conservative, and a Green in the general election in November.