Last week, we posted an exclusive report on a possible challenger to Sen. Pedro Espada—community activist Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter.
Who else might throw their hat into the ring against the infamous Bronx senator? In December, City Hall News reported a number of possible contenders who’d floated the idea of running but then appeared to change their minds.
One name mentioned was Lilliam Perez, chief of staff for Manhattan Democrat Sen. Eric Schneiderman, who also represents Riverdale.
“It’s not my priority right now,” Perez said over the phone last week. “I’m not planning to run.”
But when asked if she would consider it somewhere down the line, Perez, who moved to Belmont from the Dominican Republic at the age of 12, said she wouldn't rule out the possibility.
“In politics, everything changes everyday, you don’t want to say never,” she said. “But I will say I’m not thinking about it at this moment.”
Perez first mentioned the idea of running to a Columbia Journalism school newspaper last fall.
