Bushwick is divided between the 34th and the 37th Council districts.

When the moderator warned local City Council candidate Antonio Reynoso that he had exhausted the three minutes allotted for his opening statement at a candidate forum on Tuesday night, he wrapped up his spiel. But one critic in the audience interjected that he had spoken far too long.

“He had six minutes, I timed it,” said State Senator Martin Malavé Dilan, clearing the way for a couple of his allies to address the crowd of three dozen people.