Assemblymember Edward “Eddie” Gibbs is running for re-election in the 68th Assembly District in the upcoming primary election.
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Gibbs credits his incarceration for turning his life around and is motivated as an elected official to protect seniors, people experiencing homelessness, and underprivileged kids. He also wants to promote public safety and stands by his record in office as he makes a bid for reelection. At least this time around, he said, people can’t attack him for having been incarcerated. Santiago said he was inspired to run because of a “complete and utter lack of leadership at the moment.
Mapp is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a single mother at the tender age of 14. At the time, she supported her family by selling Avon products. She went on to serve proudly in the U.S. Army. When Mapp returned home from the military, she moved to New York and earned a college degree.
Her advocacy includes efforts to solve the housing crisis, address Harlem’s safe injection sites, combat open-air drug use, and decriminalize youth in the court system. She is also a vocal advocate against privatization of public housing and any RAD/PACT and The Trust legislation.
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