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Election 2021

Oct
02
Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis, campaign photo.Quanda Francis did not have it easy growing up in Brooklyn [https://quandafrancis.com/meet-the-candidate]. The
4 min read
Oct
01
Jo Anne Simon Is Running To Empower Women and Unify Brooklyn

Jo Anne Simon Is Running To Empower Women and Unify Brooklyn

Jo Anne Simon outside James Madison HS in Brooklyn, October 1. Liena Zagare/BklynerJust after 9:30 this morning outside
5 min read
Sep
24
Antonio Reynoso Endorsed By Jumaane Williams, Julia Salazar For Borough President Run

Antonio Reynoso Endorsed By Jumaane Williams, Julia Salazar For Borough President Run

Council Member Reynoso speaking at a press conference in Williamsburg a few years ago. (Photo: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – The
3 min read
Sep
14
Brooklyn Gun Buyback Takes 33 Guns Off New York Streets

Brooklyn Gun Buyback Takes 33 Guns Off New York Streets

Thirty three guns are now off New York’s streets thanks to a gun buyback held in Brooklyn on Saturday.
4 min read
Sep
11
EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorse Crystal Hudson For City Council

EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorse Crystal Hudson For City Council

Hudson (left) at the Atlantic Terminal Houses NYCHA development. (Photo via Hudson’s campaign)BROOKLYN – Tenant leaders from four New
3 min read
Sep
09
Alejandra Caraballo Runs For City Council To Uplift All In The Community

Alejandra Caraballo Runs For City Council To Uplift All In The Community

Alejandra Caraballo. (Photo via Caraballo’s campaign)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Alejandra Caraballo, 29, announced yesterday her run for City Council in
5 min read
Sep
09
“I don’t want any New Yorker to leave.” Scott Stringer Formally Enters Race for Mayor.

“I don’t want any New Yorker to leave.” Scott Stringer Formally Enters Race for Mayor.

Campaign photo.Brooklyn showed up for Manhattan neighbor and current City Comptroller Scott Stringer [https://stringerformayor.com/] as he formally
4 min read
Aug
18
Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, along with Toya Williford, Executive Director of The Mayor’s Fund
7 min read
Aug
10
Bushwick’s Commercial Tenants Rally for Rent Relief

Bushwick’s Commercial Tenants Rally for Rent Relief

Bushwick small business owners and community members rally in support of commercial rent relief. Photo by Sam Rappaport/Bklyner.Dozens
3 min read
Jul
28

Time to Put an End to New York City’s Racist Rezonings – OPINION

Photo by Donny Levit / BklynerThis past week an appeals court in New York reversed a state supreme court judge’s
3 min read