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For New York Latinos, the battle for representation has not been fully won. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept into office in part thanks to Hispanic voters, but some Latino leaders have said they\u2019re being taken for granted. The mayor\u2019s disputes with Reps. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez and Adriano Espaillat, even after both supported his candidacy, didn\u2019t help. And it\u2019s not much better outside of the city, with only Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado in statewide elected office.<\/p>\n

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Yet Latinos have been building a strong bench, in politics and elsewhere in the public sphere. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is eyeing a run for the White House. Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez are set to bring fresh ideas to Washington, D.C. State legislative candidates like Brian Romero and Jonathan Rivera are on the rise. And many more Hispanic New Yorkers are making their mark, as governmental appointees, business and nonprofit executives, and leaders of labor unions and institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n

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The Latino Trailblazers list, researched and written by City & State\u2019s Amanda Salazar, puts a spotlight on dozens of outstanding Hispanic leaders across the state.<\/p>\n

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New York\u2019s Hispanic leaders who are turning heads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,36],"tags":[7,38,39],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-state","category-publishers-section","category-trailblazers","tag-new-york-state","tag-publishers-section","tag-trailblazers"],"yoast_head":"\nThe 2026 Latino Trailblazers - Business Relocation Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=739\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 2026 Latino Trailblazers - Business Relocation Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York\u2019s Hispanic leaders who are turning heads.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=739\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business Relocation Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-14T10:24:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3174a35dc160ba2a2c93ee7892afb9e0\"},\"headline\":\"The 2026 Latino Trailblazers\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-14T10:24:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/1241399523dd30df163b3756b3dc8b7a.png\",\"keywords\":[\"New York State\",\"Publisher's Section\",\"Trailblazers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New York State\",\"Publisher's Section\",\"Trailblazers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/businessrelocationdigest.com\\\/?p=739\",\"name\":\"The 2026 Latino Trailblazers - 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