Bob Zuckerman | The New York Observer

Group Grope in Slope: Weiner Says He's Dizzy for Zuckerman

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:21:33 -0400

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.

For the outspoken 45-year-old congressman and one-and-a-half-time mayoral candidate, who grew up a few blocks away from the site of the event, the endorsement didn’t have much of an obvious political benefit. Mr. Weiner described it as payback...

I.N.D. Picks Towns for 'Bacon'

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:08 -0400

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.

The president of the club, which opted not to endorse Towns or either of his two...

Zuckerman-for-Council at the Ritz

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:55:11 -0500

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.

A Council Candidate's Resolution to 'Ban Resolutions'

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:01 -0500

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...

Candidate Petitioning to Make City Council Full-Time

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:10:52 -0500

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...

What Yesterday's Election Means (or not) for Racial Progress, Gay Rights and Democracy

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:07:20 -0500

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 Johnson:

"Diana Johnson who was elected to the Brooklyn Surrogate Court last night is the first Afro-American Surrogate ever elected in New York State. It is also the first time since the beginning of Tammany Hall over 100 years that Kings County Democratic Organization has been...

A Candidate's Suggestion to Council Incumbents: Quit Your Day Jobs

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:17:08 -0400

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...

Yvette's Mystery Replacements

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:11:15 -0500

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 January...