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By Santa Soriano-Vasquez
Next year, for the first time in history, women will hold most of the seats in the New York City Council, with Latinas likely to hold 10 of those seats, up from three. This historic tripling of Latina representation on the Council represents a political milestone – and it could also be consequential for issues facing the city’s Hispanic community. (For this article, the term Latina(s) and Hispanic women are being used interchangeably. It is worth noting that the term Latina/o/x includes Americans with Latin American ancestry from other linguistic groups as well. Several Latinas of Haitian descent, including Farah Louis, Rita Jo
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