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An Incoming Class of Politicians Want To Restructure Policing

Two local city council candidates say how they would change how police operate in local communities.

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An Incoming Class of Politicians Want To Restructure Policing

Two local city council candidates say how they would change how police operate in local communities.
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Who’s running for city council in the 37th District?

A guide to the candidates running to represent Brooklyn's District 37
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Local Mutual Aid Groups Say They’ll Sit City Elections Out

'The work is political, but we don’t want so much to get caught in a lot of the Brooklyn party politics'
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City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

'I am fundamentally opposed to the privatization of public housing as an institution,' says Rick Echevarria
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Petitioning in Bushwick

An ongoing pandemic fails to stop a familiar political ritual
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Bushwick City Council Race Nowhere Near Over Yet

'Our campaign was going to win,' Ousted Candidates Plan For Next Year
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Brooklyn Supreme Court Puts Misba Abdin Back on the City Council Ballot for District 37

“Justice was served," candidate Misba Abdin says of a ruling overturning a Board Of Elections decision that nixed his campaign
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City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Cuomo’s Abrupt Cancellation of Special Election

Candidates accuse Democratic Party of 'blatant anti-democratic power grab' amid COVID-19 pandemic
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The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and "politics is still alive and well in Brooklyn"
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Council Candidate Rick Echevarria Confronts Alleged Bushwick Price Gougers

The District 37 candidate posted a video online in which he can be seen questioning the warehouse manager of a Bushwick wholesaler.

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