Kendall Stewart

Here’s an invitation for a May 4 fund-raiser for City Councilman Kendall Stewart, who had two staffers indicted for stealing taxpayer money meant for a nonprofit in their Brooklyn district, .

Stewart had steered money to the group in the past; he was not named in the indictment.  read more »

Here’s a shot of Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson seconds before Christine Quinn ordered the balcony cleared of the boisterous protesters who were yelling about the Harlem rezoning the Council was about to pass.

“Jackson you’re a snake. Jackson, you’re a sellout to your people,” one women yelled down from the balcony. Another man yelled out, “Uncle Tom!”  read more »

Councilman Kendall Stewart helped steer taxpayer money the Donna Reid Fund, which not only shares an address in Brooklyn with Stewart's chief of staff Asquith Reid, but allegedly was used to funnel money to Reid and another staff member.

But the relationship between Reid and the Donna Reid Foundation wasn’t a secret.
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I spoke briefly with City Councilman Kendall Stewart as he was leaving his office at 250 Broadway just now.  read more »

The unsealed indictment from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York names Councilman Kendall Stewart's former chief of staff, Asquith Reid, and another staffer, Joycinth "Sue" Anderson.

The charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering conspiracy and witness tampering and center around an organization called the Donna Reid Fund, which has received $356,000 in discretionary funds from the Councilman since April 2005.  read more »

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Assemblyman Dov Hikind said he’d like to see one of his fellow Democrats, state Senator Kevin Parker, replaced this November, according to two people who attended a meeting earlier this week where Hikind spoke.

Hikind was one of the guest speakers Wednesday night addressing Agudath Israel of America, a Jewish group based in downtown Manhattan that regularly hosts meetings with elected officials. According to an attendee there, Hikind referred to Parker as “a farce and a joke” and “he said he is going to unseat him this year.”

A second attendee, while less specific, confirmed Hikind’s unflattering remarks about his legislative colleague.

“I won’t pretend that the meeting didn’t take place or that he didn’t mention Parker’s name,“ said the attendee, who asked not to be named. “I wouldn’t say he spoke positively about him.”

According to this second source, Hikind said he was hopeful Parker would be defeated.

When reached on his cell phone earlier this afternoon, Hikind immediately hung up.  read more »

Here's City Councilman Kendall Stewart of Brooklyn discussing his plan to challenge State Senator Kevin Parker for his seat in next year’s election.

Stewart hasn’t created a committee for his state Senate run just yet. But he does have $1,188 in an account set up to bid for a position on the Democratic Party’s state committee. (That committee is also carrying $3,525 in debt.)

Kevin Parker, according to this filing, has $17,932.42 on hand in his campaign account.

Tomorrow morning, Marty Markowitz breaks ground for the tallest tower in Brooklyn.

Then, Charles Barron and Kendall Stewart hold a press conference on the Voting Rights Restoration Act.

And in the evening, John Crawford discusses his book The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell about his time as a soldier in Iraq.