Melissa Mark-Viverito Won't Rule Out Bid for Puerto Rico Governor as She Aids in Hurricane Recovery

By Jillian Jorgensen

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has long been coy about what she will do after her term ends in December.

But after Hurricane Maria, one thing is clear: Whatever comes next, it will involve Puerto Rico.

“Without a doubt,” Mark-Viverito told the Daily News in an interview in the hard-hit neighborhood of Las Mareas. “Without a doubt, because this is for the long term.”

Mark-Viverito was on the ground in Puerto Rico with a group of City Council members — several of whom are vying to take her job come January — to help out with relief work and deliver supplies.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)