The people have spoken: Antonio Reynoso, who served as the City Council representative for North Brooklyn’s 34th District in his previous role, will succeed Eric Adams as Brooklyn borough president.
Reynoso, a south side Williamsburg native and organizer-turned-elected-official, beat out 12 other candidates in the June primaries after 11 rounds of ranked-choice voting to become the Democratic nominee. In the race for borough president, he won (by a landslide) against Shanduke McPhatter, an activist and Voices for Change candidate, Republican Menachem M. Raitport and Anthony T. Jones, who ran under the Rent is 2 Damn High party.
As the two-term 34th District City Council member, Reynoso focused on quality of life issues throughout Bushwick, Ridgewood and Williamsburg, serving as Sanitation Committee chair and successfully championing legislation concerning waste in overburdened districts, policing, tenant safety and more.
The North Brooklyn progressive spoke with Bushwick Daily to…
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Mary Ellen Cagnassola. Mary Ellen Cagnassola is an award-winning reporter with a flair for creative nonfiction and a love of all things strange and unusual. Born and raised in the Garden State, she is currently trying to have it all in New York City.
Mary Ellen Cagnassola is an award-winning reporter with a flair for creative nonfiction and a love of all things strange and unusual. Born and raised in the Garden State, she is currently trying to have it all in New York City.
