Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman poses outside a subway station on June 17, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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Jamaal Bowman, a native New Yorker and former middle school principal, is now running to take the embattled politician’s NY-16 district seat representing parts of the Bronx and Westchester.
Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman greets people outside a subway station on June 17, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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“I did that for about three years, and because my job there was to monitor metal detectors and capture students in the cafeteria when they were late to first-period class, and because I was seeming more like a correctional officer than an educator, I decided to organize parents, teachers and students and write a proposal to open up a new district community public school in the North Bronx.
The people of the 16th Congressional District need more than status quo representation — the time for courageous progressive action is now and that is what Jamaal Bowman will bring to the Bronx.”
