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Hillary Clinton stumped in Brooklyn Saturday, wooing Latino voters and exercising some restraint when presented with some New York delectables. Strawberry or pineapple? — Hillary Clinton could have gotten any kind of cheesecake at Junior's — the venerable Flatbush Avenue diner. Alas, not even a taste. "I learned early on not to eat in front of you," Clinton told photographers. "So I'm sitting here just pining, pining for a bite." Bite or no bite, the Democratic front-runner found backers in her surprise visit. Later Saturday it was a Latino-centered crowd. She sprinkled her stump speech with calls for immigration overhaul, noting her rival Bernie Sanders has opposed it. Loud applause greeted calls for bankruptcy protection in Puerto Rico. "When I was a Senator from New York I considered myself a Senator also representing Puerto Rico and I will keep fighting for Puerto Rico," Clinton said. A fifth of New York State is Latino and N...

NEW YORK – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today calling on Congress and the Obama administration to put the people of Puerto Rico over the interests of financial firms in any legislation to address the Puerto Rican debt crisis: “There is a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico that Congress and the administration must address as soon as possible. But let me be clear: Establishing an unelected oversight board that would be given the power to inflict even more economic pain on the 3.5 million American citizens in Puerto Rico would be a move in exactly the wrong direction. It must be defeated. “The economic situation in Puerto Rico will not be improved by closing more schools, firing more teachers, laying-off more workers, slashing pensions and suspending the minimum wage. Instead, Puerto Rico must be given the time it needs to restructure its debt and grow its economy in a fair way. “Congress must act immediately to give Puerto Rico the same authority granted to ...