Chapter 5 analyzes the progress of Dominican political empowerment borough by borough against the backdrop of ethnic competition and solidarity. It demonstrates that demographic concentration and socioeconomic advancement alone do not guarantee political representation. Leadership must grow, constituencies must be organized, community resources must develop, strategies must be built, and alliances and challenges must be fashioned in borough-based contexts of political reception that are not always open to new groups. These ultimately shape the pace of incorporation of the Dominican community into governing coalitions, just as they have historically mediated the political impact of previously arriving ethnic communities. This chapter explores how the Dominican political mobilization works in opposition to other ethnic and racial groups competing for the same political offices in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Further demonstrating that Dominican political advancement in New York City has been relatively rapid because of a specific and targeted multi prong model of adapting to conditions of demographic density, or lack thereof, power sharing and older group vacancy opportunities. The variation of the advancement across boroughs is analyzed in terms of the factors that facilitate or make progress more difficult.