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Featuring: Jessica Ramos, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 13

New York City Mayoral Race: Jessica Ramos Discusses Her Candidacy and Vision

Published May 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:19

And I believe it's my time. Okay, tell me the story of your community. When and how and why did Colombians begin arriving in New York in big numbers? So Colombians started arriving at first in the 1950s, really to Jackson Heights. And then it just skyrocketed by the 70s. When my parents arrived, they came fleeing a lot of warfare, civil War turmoil between liberals and conservatives post 1940 in Colombia, which is when the civil war started. (05:19–05:31)

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