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Election 2021

Jan
21
Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood
12 min read
Jan
19
The Brooklyn Borough President’s Race: The Big Spender, The Self-Funder, The Big Numbers, and The Dark Horse

The Brooklyn Borough President’s Race: The Big Spender, The Self-Funder, The Big Numbers, and The Dark Horse

On Friday, candidates across New York City submitted their latest campaign finance disclosure reports to the city’s Campaign Finance
8 min read
Jan
14
What Will It Take To Fix The City’s Most Troubled Police Precinct?

What Will It Take To Fix The City’s Most Troubled Police Precinct?

75th Precinct House. Mark Davis [http://www.ellebobo.com/]/BklynerLike many low-income communities, East New York was hit hard when
10 min read
Jan
12
Exclusive: Antonio Reynoso Scores Major Progressive Endorsement in Brooklyn Borough President Race

Exclusive: Antonio Reynoso Scores Major Progressive Endorsement in Brooklyn Borough President Race

Council Member Antonio Reynoso speaking at a press conference in Williamsburg in 2017. (Photo: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The New York
3 min read
Jan
06
Confusion After New York Democrats Facebook Page Endorses Brooklyn Council Candidate

Confusion After New York Democrats Facebook Page Endorses Brooklyn Council Candidate

City Council candidate Steven Patzer (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The Facebook page is called “New York Democrats [https://www.facebook.
5 min read
Dec
22
OPINION: Erasing the work of Women of Color & Disunity in the Brooklyn Democratic Party

OPINION: Erasing the work of Women of Color & Disunity in the Brooklyn Democratic Party

I am the first in my family to graduate from law school and the first to be a political activist
4 min read
Dec
10
The Fight for Brooklyn’s 37th City Council District Seat, Round Two 

The Fight for Brooklyn’s 37th City Council District Seat, Round Two 

Democrat Darma Diaz may have won the battle for Brooklyn’s 37th City Council District seat, but she hasn’t
5 min read
Dec
09
23 Progressive Women Endorse Brad Lander For Comptroller

23 Progressive Women Endorse Brad Lander For Comptroller

Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A group of 23 progressive women from across the city just endorsed Council
3 min read
Dec
08
Whitney Hu Ends Campaign for City Council District 38, Will Focus on Mutual Aid

Whitney Hu Ends Campaign for City Council District 38, Will Focus on Mutual Aid

Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn
5 min read
Dec
04
“F*cking Progressives”: At Brooklyn Democratic Party Meeting, Internal Divisions Laid Bare

“F*cking Progressives”: At Brooklyn Democratic Party Meeting, Internal Divisions Laid Bare

The Brooklyn Democratic Party’s Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday night lasted over four hours [https://www.youtube.com/watch?
7 min read