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via FBYesterday, the Gounardes campaign for State Senate released its immigration platform, “Welcoming New Americans,” [https://www.andrewgounardes.com/immigration/] which sets forth policies that are similar to opponent Ross Barkan’s, but perhaps a bit less progressive, a bit less concrete. Running in the Democratic Primary in Southern Brooklyn’
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Democratic challenger Zellnor Myrie addressing Brooklyn residents (Via ZellnorForStateSenate [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/])Today, Zellnor Myrie, a candidate in the Democratic primary [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/] for the 20th District State Senate seat challenged incumbent Senator Jesse Hamilton to a series of debates across the district. The 20th district primarily covers Crown
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Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. All races in our immediate neighborhood involved Democratic candidates. Republicans in our area are running uncontested, so they
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookAssemblywoman Pamela Harris has deep Brooklyn roots. A lifelong resident of Coney Island — where she currently lives with her husband Leon — Harris made history last year, when she won a special election [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/11/pamela-harris-wins-46th-district-assembly-seat/#.V73GAsCAOko] to fill the 46th Assembly
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Photo by Alex EllefsonToday, a group of 21 elected officials from all levels of government threw their support behind Councilman Mark Treyger in his campaign for the open Democratic district leader position in Assembly District 46. Treyger’s endorsements includes Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President
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Photo by Alex EllefsonToday, a group of 21 elected officials from all levels of government threw their support behind Councilman Mark Treyger in his campaign for the open Democratic district leader position in Assembly District 46. Treyger’s endorsements include Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President
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Photo via Robert Carroll2016.com.The battle for Jim Brennan’s New York State Assembly seat is heating up, and so is the debate about a new direction for the local Democratic Party. Three candidates seeking to represent the state assembly’s 44th district — Rob Curry-Smithson [http://www.robcurrysmithson.com/
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“Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way.” (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus/], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fortgreenefocus/], and sign up for
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Councilman Mark Treyger and Chris Mccreight (Photos: Facebook)Thirty-three activists, advocates, and community leaders from Bay Ridge to Brighton Beach endorsed Councilman Mark Treyger for Democratic district leader in the 46th Assembly District today. The group, which crossed ethnic, geographic and issue-based constituencies, include seven clergy and members of the
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To keep local voters in the know, DPC has been interviewing candidates running in the New York State Assembly Race for District 44. So far, three Democratic candidates have announced that they’re running for Assembly Member Jim Brennan’s seat. Brennan has represented the district for 32 years, and
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The New York State Democratic Primary is coming up on September 13, where residents can cast ballots for District Leaders, State Assembly Members, State Senators, and County Judges. “It’s the elected officials that really matter for every person in Brooklyn,” Consuelo Mallafre Melendez (a.
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Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoDemocratic State Assembly candidate Kate Cucco [/cucco-announces-candidacy-46th-assembly-district/#.V5D5oZOAOko] has been interested in public service since she was a child in her native Ohio, when she often tagged along with her grandfather to United Steelworkers Union [http://www.usw.org/] events. The 31-year-old, who now lives in
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Former Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver (left), with Governor Andrew Cuomo in July, 2014. Silver, who served as speaker for 21 years, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison on federal corruption charges. Cuomo has been criticized for not doing more to change the
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Hillary Clinton celebrates with family. (Courtesy Instagram/LindsayAwesome [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZbZ-JDjSk/].)Last night, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was home to history as Hillary Clinton declared herself the first female major party nominee. Clinton held a rally at the Duggal Greenhouse [http://duggalgreenhouse.com/] (Building 268, 63 Flushing
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This picture of Hillary Clinton appeared outside the Brooklyn Plaza Medical Centerback in April. [/blog/2015/04/17/hillary-clinton-painting-spotted-on-lafayette-avenue/] (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Hillary Clinton [/?s=hillary+clinton] will be at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard] tonight as the presidential primary election results roll in . The Clinton campaign
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The Board of Elections has booted the official that it says is responsible for Tuesday’s disastrous Democratic primary [/blog/2016/04/19/entire-block-omitted-voter-rolls-says-poll-worker/]. Brooklyn Chief Clerk Diane Hasslet-Rudiano was suspended without pay by the the Commissioners’ Executive Committee of the Board of Elections following