Despite legal and socioeconomic obstacles and the national pride that foreign-born Dominicans must overcome to acquire full citizenship and voting rights, and the relatively short span of time they have been in the United States, the Dominican community has shown salient political behavior as it relates to electoral activism and political incorporation in NYC. Although borough-to-borough variation in total population and citizen voting age population is an important basis for ethnic electability in NYC, it is only the starting point. This book examines how a variety of “compounding” factors shaped the ways in which Dominican candidates sought to take advantage of their growing constituencies through a combination of methods that varied by borough. The original research of 26 interviews of individuals affiliated in significant ways with the development of Dominican and Latine political incorporation in the city offers a community centered vision. The fieldwork also conveys the impact of specific leadership incubators, such as community organizations like the Women’s Development Center or Alianza Dominicana, church community service and activism programs, as well as the interesting role CUNY, The City University of New York, has inadvertently played in the development of the network of Dominican leadership in NYC.