Voters select history-making mayors in Port Chester, Tuckahoe

Voters elected the first Latino mayor in Port Chester and the first woman and person of color to be mayor in Tuckahoe.

News 12 Staff

Mar 17, 2021, 10:19 PM

Updated 1,304 days ago

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Voters elected the first Latino mayor in Port Chester and the first woman and person of color to be mayor in Tuckahoe.
Tuckahoe Mayor-elect Omayra Andino, a self-proclaimed Newyorican, broke a glass ceiling Tuesday night by becoming the first person of color and first woman to be elected as Tuckahoe's mayor.
"It's Women's History Month so that really resonates with me, I feel like I'm standing on the shoulders of women like Susan B. Anthony," she says.
Over in Port Chester, where 63% of the population is Latino, Luis Marino is now the village's first Latino mayor to be elected.
While he's spent decades in public office, Andino is a newcomer - winning her first election in 2018.
Andino will be sworn as Tuckahoe's mayor on April 5.