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On Sunday, Aug. 9, Anthony Weiner waded into one of this year’s most contentious City Council primaries by endorsing Bob Zuckerman for the 39th District in Park Slope at Dizzy’s Diner on Eighth Avenue.... READ MORE»
The usually ultra-liberal Brooklyn political club, Independent Neighborhood Democrats, endorsed a 27-year-old candidate who doesn't support same-sex marriage and who opposes abortion... READ MORE»
Public advocate candidate Bill de Blasio said last night that he's 99 percent sure he won't endorse any of the (many) people running for the Brooklyn City Council seat he's vacating. Among those candidates is Bob Zuckerman, a former president of the Stonewall Democrats, where de Bla... READ MORE»
Steve DiBrienza, a former City Councilman known for... READ MORE»
Democratic Representative Ed Towns of Brooklyn, who had an unexpectedly strong primary challenge two years ago, won the endorsement of a local Democratic club, the Independent Neighborhood Democrats, last night. I.N.D. is located in the 52nd Assembly District (Park Slope, Cobble Hill, etc.) and could conceivably have gone for Towns’ challenger--the younger, Obama-supporting Kevin Powell. ... READ MORE»
City Council candidate Bob Zuckerman of Brooklyn is having his kick-off campaign event at the Ritz next month. The elected officials lending their names to the event’s invitation include Tom Duane, Deborah Glick, Danny O’Donnell, Matt Titone, Micah Kellner. While those people are from Manhattan and Staten Island, and may not translate to many votes in Brooklyn, it does position Zuckerman as an establishment candidate, whoever else end up getting in the race. Invite after the... READ MORE»
Former Stonewall Democratic Club President and City Council candidate Bob Zuckerman thinks the current City Council has spent a little too much time passing unneeded legislation. “I may introduce one resolution if I’m in the City Council, and that is to ban resolutions,” Zuckerman says in this clip, taken outside a holiday party last week. The Council, Zuckerman says, “really needs to focus on important issues that affect people’s lives, not things like... READ MORE»
Bob Zuckerman, past president of the Stonewall Democratic Club and prospective City Council candidate in Brooklyn’s 39th District, thinks the job of a Council member should be considered full-time. (It's currently part-time.) At a hearing yesterday, Zuckerman brought the issue up again and said he now has a web site, FullTimeCouncil.com. From the site: “New York City Councilmembers earn a base salary of $112,500 per year. The median household income for New... READ MORE»
Here's more on yesterday's election from two local players, including somewhat contradictory takes on a little-noticed Brooklyn judicial race. Gary Tilzer, campaign manager for Diana... READ MORE»
Bob Zuckerman, a past president of the Stonewall Democratic Club and prospective City Council candidate for Brownstone Brooklyn (Park Slope, Carroll Garden, Kensington, etc) has a proposal for his maybe-future colleagues: Quit your second jobs. “If you’re getting paid the kind of salary that a Councilman is getting paid--which for many of them, because they’re committee chairs, is over $100,000--you should be focusing 100 percent of your time and energy serving... READ MORE»
There's been some chatter about who exactly will be running for Yvette Clarke's City Council seat, now that she's heading to Congress. Una Clarke, Yvette's mother, told me recently that more than 20 candidates had contacted her about running for the seat. I'm still waiting for that list. But more than 20? No way, said Bob Zuckerman, prominent member of Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, a club that will be hosting a candidate forum on... READ MORE»
