A former state Senate candidate who made waves during the pandemic by declaring that he despises “f -ing Brooklyn” has been handpicked by the borough’s Republican Party to run as its candidate in a high-stakes City Council race this year, according to paperwork reviewed by the Daily News.
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Assembly Member Inez Dickens (D-Manhattan), who’s challenging sitting City Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan for her Harlem seat, was among the first
The race for a newly-drawn City Council district in southern Brooklyn has taken a chaotic turn as one of the Democratic candidates is accusing her two primary opponents of quietly seeking the Republican nomination in addition to their party’s ballot line.