Quomo claims that these NYCHA tenants approve him. They say they never did.

By Samantha Maldonado, the city

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Jeannette Salcedo is still considering who to approve in the mayor’s race.

Thus, Salcedo, the President of the Local Association in Castle Hill’s Houses in Bronx, was amazed when someone asked her for a publication on Instagram by former governor Andrew Quomo with her name, which showed that she had approved the mayor.

“How did this happen?” Salcedo asked. “I didn’t approve of it. I didn’t. I don’t know who I support. My questions, as far as I’m concerned, didn’t answer.”

However, Salcedo’s name appeared with 26 other chairmen of the NYCHA tenants association in the campaign list published in May, which indicated that everyone approved him as mayor.

But this is not the case. Five presidents of the Tenant Association who appeared on the list told the city that they did not support the former governor, saying they still had to decide among the candidates.

The other two did not reveal whether Kuomo won their support or not, but they said they had never approved their names on the list.

Six presidents confirmed their approvals to Quomo, but one said from them that he did not know that the list would be public.

In a statement, Cuomo Campaign spokesman Esther Jenson said the list has been public for more than a month and questioned the allegations.

“Something smells here,” she said. “When the city reached out, we re -contacted the NYCHA tenants leaders and learned that some of them expressed a private feeling, intimidated by supporters of other candidates, while others simply did not welcome the attention that comes from the investigations in the press.”

More than half a million New Yorkers live in the development of NYCHA in the areas and providing the approvals of tenant leaders can serve as a grace for any mayoral campaign. And this is especially important for Kuomo, who was the secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development with President Bill Clinton and says that this experience makes him the most skilled candidate in the housing.

The Cuomo campaign was affected by the wrong steps, including a residential plan with destroyed sections written with the help of artificial intelligence. This was twice the adolescent of advertisements purchased by an independent committee, which the City Council said illegally coordinated with the campaign. Quomo appealed the decisions.

Salkedo said Kuomo’s campaign had contacted her and she told them she didn’t know enough to tell she would approve of it. Instead, she told the campaign representative whose name does not remember to put her on the list to learn more.

Salkedo has made a publication on social media, clarifying her position and saying that she has now crashed by considering Quomo as mayor, given the incident.

“When you talk to someone in a manual role, it is important to correct their words. You do not only accept their words and run with it,” she said. “At that moment, now you threw me to the left. I don’t want any parts of you.”

NYCHA leaders like Salcedo said they were eager to know what mayor candidates plan to improve aging and money -bound public housing funds that face devastating abbreviations of the federal government budget. Cuomo, the frontrunner of the competition, suggested to upgrade NYCHA through a five -year investment of $ 2.5 billion, turning more sites into private management and developing new outdoor apartments in campuses, among other ideas.

“Funky policy”

Two presidents of the Tenant Association said to the city that they found that their names appear on the list only after one of the mayoralty has turned and asked about it. A spokesman for the mayoralty explained that in both cases, the Community officer who had had a long -standing relationship with the presidents of the tenants association who unofficially communicated in the context of regular business.

One of those presidents who wanted to be anonymous to protect their residents from all kinds of strokes, said he was calling Kuomo’s campaign, but had never confirmed her support. She called the whole situation a “dirty policy” and said the campaign “exploded trust.”

“I didn’t really decide and I still don’t know who I voted for, because it’s not even an early vote,” she said, adding that she would have to “stand up to music” the next time he saw Mayor Eric Adams. Adams has announced that it will run for re -election as independent in November.

The President of the Leniers Association of Lehra Brooks, Throggs Houses Association, confirmed her support for Cuomo, but said she was blinded when she saw her name and title on the list. She said she found out when she called Adams’ office, who sent her a copy.

“I didn’t know they let us go as chairmen of the Tenant Association. I personally talked about me,” Brooks said. “I think this is some kind of funky policy.”

However, she supports Quomo, pointing to his management during the pandemic.

“He did an excellent job and I said yes, I will support. When I look at the state of how we are right now, he will be good, “she said.

Rashida Reed, President of the South Beach Houses Association in Staton Island, learned that her name was on the list when the city contacted it. She said she spoke to one of Kuomo’s campaign and did not tell them if she would support it or not.

“I haven’t decided,” Reed said. “I have to see what [the candidates] Stand. “

Kimberly is coming, President of the Redfern Houses Residence Council in Far Rockaway, was one of the people who just appeared on the Kuomo Support List.

“He came to visit our community and he talks to some of the residents,” she said. “I didn’t give any money or something, but we think he will be a great mayor.”

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Samantha Maldonado is a senior city reporter where she covers climate, resilience, dwellings and development.