Peter Fontanes

Here’s a clip from a breakfast in Lower Manhattan this morning hosted by the Hispanics in Real Estate and Construction, where likely mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner conceded nothing on what one organizer said was “one of the most important items on our agenda.”
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You got to wonder what's really behind the public campaigning for the state comptroller position, a job which is quietly being sewn up behind closed doors.

But at a press conference on the City Hall steps a few moments ago, supporters of Assemblyman Felix Ortiz gave it their best shot, saying that electing him would bring "balance" and "representation" not just to the face of Albany, but to the places where the state pensions are invested.

Why hadn't previous comptrollers, most recently a Democrat from Queens and an African-American from Manhattan, invested more in the Hispanic communities?

"It's the same old same old same old," said Peter Fontanes, chairman of the New York State Hispanic American and Migrant Association. "Photo-ops, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty, as they say, it doesn't happen."  read more »