Brian Lerer on WNYC.

Now another appearance by a candidate in the New York City mayoral primary to answer my questions and yours.

Today it's Democratic State Senator Jessica Ramos of Queens.

Her district is in North Central Queens, Elmhurst and East Elmhurst, Corona, Jackson Heights.

Her campaign website leads with the line that in our city, there is room for everyone.

Her bio page that comes after that says she's a proud daughter of Colombian immigrants

and that growing up in Astoria, she learned the values of hard work, community, and resilience

from her parents who faced every challenge with grit and determination. The site promises

a new day for New York City mentioning five ways she would try to make it that, a new day of affordable

housing for all, safe and reliable public transit, protections for all workers, a clean and resilient

future, and a new day in which universal child care and quality education are non-negotiable.

So we'll talk about the campaign with Senator Ramos and also

touch on some of the news the governor and legislature are making in Albany right now. There's a

bunch of that as it's the new legislative season in the last couple of weeks and also the impact

of Trump deportation program so far in her heavily immigrant district.

Senator Ramos, nice to have you back on the show. Welcome back to WNYC.

Good morning, Brian. It's great to be back.

So the first page of your campaign website, which simply says,

The Fight for the Heart and Soul of New York City begins today. In our city, there's room for everybody.

Are you saying with room for everybody, bring on the immigrants no matter how many?

I'm saying that in our city, we are so diverse and dependent on so many different groups of New Yorkers that we are fighting for

a city where no one feels like they should have to leave because they can't find the quality

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