Diana Ayala: Difference between revisions

| name image = Diana Ayala, 2021.jpg

| office = Deputy Speaker of the [[New York City Council]]

| leader = [[Adrienne Adams (politician)|Adrienne Adams]]

| termstart term_start = January 5, 2022

|term_end predecessor = Position reestablished

|successor term_start1 = January 1, 2018

| predecessor1term_start1 = [[MelissaJanuary 1, Mark-Viverito]]2018

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|predecessor1 image = [[Melissa = Mark-Viverito]]

| imagesize successor1 = 200

|birth_date caption = {{birth date and = age|1973|9|24}}

| birth_date birth_place = {{birth[[Río datePiedras, andPuerto age|1973|09|24}}Rico]]

|death_date birth_place = [[Río Piedras, Puerto Rico]]

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| party education = [[DemocraticBronx PartyCommunity College]] {{small|(United[[Associate States)degree|DemocratAS]])}}

'''Diana Ayala''' (born September 24, 1973){{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} is an American politician, serving as a member and the deputy speaker of the [[New York City Council]]. Ayala represents the [[New York City's 8th City Council district|8th district]], succeeding former Council Speaker [[Melissa Mark-Viverito]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170913/mott-haven/diana-ayala-wins-new-york-city-council-primary-race|title=Ayala Declares Victory in Tight Race to Replace Melissa Mark-Viverito|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=2018-01-01|last=Pastor|first=Kate|date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194206/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170913/mott-haven/diana-ayala-wins-new-york-city-council-primary-race|archive-date=2018-01-01|url-status=deadlive}}</ref> The district includes [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse]], [[East Harlem]], [[Highbridge, Bronx|Highbridge]], [[Longwood, Bronx|Longwood]], [[Mott Haven]], [[Port Morris, Bronx|Port Morris]], and [[Randall's Island]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>[{{cite news |last=Krisel |first=Brendan |date=September 20, 2017 |url=https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/diana-ayala-wins-east-harlem-city-council-race |title=Diana Ayala Wins East Harlem City Council Primary] |work=Harlem, NY Patch}}</ref>

Born in [[Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico]], she and her family moved to New York City when she was a child. They lived in [[public housing]] after living in [[Homeless shelter|shelters]]. She received an associate degree in Human Services from [[Bronx Community College]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diana Ayala|url=https://hyperleap.com/topic/Diana_Ayala|url-status=live|access-date=|website=Hyperleap|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201211328/https://hyperleap.com/topic/Diana_Ayala |archive-date=2021-12-01 }}</ref>

Ayala ran against three other candidates in the Democratic primary for the open 8th city council district. Ayala had the support of [[Melissa Mark-Viverito]], the term-limited incumbent and Speaker. Ayala's main primary opponent was [[Robert J. Rodriguez]], an assemblyman. Ayala won the primary narrowly with 43.5% of the vote (4,012 votes) to Rodriguez's 42.23% (3,895 votes). In the general election, Ayala won 91.07% of the vote (13,617 votes), while her Republican opponent, [https://ballotpedia.org/Daby_Carreras Daby Benjaminé Carreras], won 5.26% (787 votes) and her Conservative opponent, Linda Ortiz, won 3.30% of the vote (494 votes).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Diana_Ayala|title=Diana Ayala - Ballotpedia|access-date=2018-01-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

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