Announcements Deutsch Announces He’s Running Against Clarke in NY-9 Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Yesterday afternoon Southern Brooklyn Councilmember Chaim Deutsch announced that he will be running for Congress. This announcement brings the number of individuals running for the Central Brooklyn seat – New York’s 9th Congressional District that stretches from Park Slope to Sheepshead Bay – in the
Announcements This Republican Candidate Insults Blacks And Mexican-Americans — and Wants Muslims In “Internment Camps” MIDWOOD — A Republican candidate for Congress in Brooklyn has insulted women, African-Americans, Mexicans, and LGBT people in a torrent of offensive tweets — and said that his potential Muslim constituents in the diverse 9th Congressional District belong in “internment camps.” The candidate, Leibish Earl Blumenfrucht, who also goes by Earl Blum,