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As is the case with sister boroughs Manhattan and the Bronx, Brooklyn has not voted for a Republican in a national presidential election since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 79.4% of the vote in Brooklyn while Republican John McCain received 20.0%.
In 2011, during a months-long investigation by the Associated Press of the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims, the news agency concluded, "The department's primary watchdog, the New York City Council, has not held hearings on the intelligence division's operations and former NYPD officials said council members typically do not ask for details." [137]
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs . The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
We need a Council member who delivers and actually reflects our needs and values.” Ye supporters at a campaign kickoff event in Sunset Park on Jan. 26, 2025. Gregory P. Mango
New York City's 44th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been vacant following then-incumbent councilman Kalman Yeger's election to the New York State Assembly, pending a special election in early 2025. Yeger was among the Council's most conservative members and has run for office on both Democratic ...
A Brooklyn City Council candidate called New York City’s First Lady a “retard woman” and a whore Tuesday night as protests erupted in Borough Park over Gov. Cuomo’s order to shut down ...
Stringer, the former city comptroller, is second with 13%, followed by incumbent Mayor Eric Adams with 11%, Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos with 7% and current City Comptroller Brad Lander with 6%.
The New York City government's budget is the largest municipal budget in the United States, [2] totaling about $112.4 billion in 2024. It employs 250,000 people, spends $23.5 billion to educate more than 1.1 million children, levies $27 billion in taxes, and receives $14 billion from federal and state governments.