David Dinkins encouraged his fellow blacks to vote for a Hispanic candidate because he looked more like them than the Jewish one

David Dinkins, New York City's first and only black mayor, called on African-Americans to vote for Latino candidate Adriano Espaillat instead of Jewish politician Mark Levine because he looked more like them. Espaillat and Levine are both front runners in the race to fill Attorney General hopeful state Senator Eric Schneiderman's seat. The district includes the diverse population of the Upper West Side, Washington Heights, and Inwood, in Manhattan and Riverdale, in the Bronx. Levine called on Espaillat to denounce Dinkins' comment, but Espaillat did not repudiate the former mayor's words.