The annual Somos conference kicks off Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and City & State will be there as the four-day event welcomes a newly elected New York City mayor and a bevy of New York City Council speaker candidates. It’s sure to be a “who’s who” of top city and state elected officials. Several groups and organizations, including City & State, will be hosting events throughout the conference as well.

Somos can easily turn into a whirlwind of meetings, networking, poolside fun and late-night partying. That’s why Bronx Assembly Member Karines Reyes, chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, which runs Somos, told City & State that she hopes attendees will be so busy with more than 60 legislative workshops scheduled that they will have little time for fun. At a minimum, att

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