A heated City Council race in the Northeast Bronx will test whether a district that elected a Republican after decades of Democratic control has fundamentally shifted to the right.

Kristy Marmorato, the district's first Republican councilmember in 40 years , faces Democrat Shirley Aldebol, who spent decades as a labor leader. The race has become a battlefield for local disputes over development projects and national issues like immigration enforcement and cuts to Medicaid.

Aldebol argues that Marmorato's failure to negotiate with Democratic colleagues cost the district leverage on key land-use decisions, leading the Council to override her repeatedly. Marmorato says she did reach across the aisle.

Ultimately, the election will test whether the district's rightward turn reflected the l

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