Letitia James, ladies and gentleman!

James, known to friends and family as Tish, has been a member of City Council for the past decade representing Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, and parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bed-Stuy (which sounds to us like an awfully large district). In yesterday’s runoff election for New York City Public Advocate, she defeated Democrat New York State Senator Daniel Squadron with nearly 6o% of the vote. James is endorsed by our own City Councilmember Elect Antonio Reynoso, and, if elected in the general election on November 5, will be the first black woman ever to hold citywide office in New York City.