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The Coming Council | City Council Watch

The Coming Council | Seth Barron In considering the run-up to the 2018 Speaker election, we have to remember that the next council will have a different composition from the current one…though not by much. Almost all of the existing councilmembers […]

by · June 19, 2016 · City Council Watch
City Council Watch: Brad Lander’s ‘Spouse Donors’ / Melissa Mark-Viverito’s Fav Terrorist

City Council Watch: Brad Lander’s ‘Spouse Donors’ / Melissa Mark-Viverito’s Fav Terrorist

Brad Lander’s ‘Spouse Donors’ | Seth Barron   Brad Lander of Park Slope raised eyebrows recently when he called backers of Yungman Lee, who is challenging Nydia Velazquez in the Democratic primary, “scumbags.”  Lander refused to retract the insult, saying […]