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    • The Broadway Triangle, Now Playing

      The underdogs: Legal activist Marty Needelman, City Council member Diana Reyna, and El Puente organizer Luis Garden Acosta. -- Photo by Aaron Short It may not ...

    • 34th District Election Live

      With nearly 50% reporting, BushwickBK is calling this race for DIANA REYNA, who at 60% is 25 points ahead of Maritza Davila even after rival ...

    • Diana vs. Maritza II: Rumble in the Bungle

      Religion has played a large role in this Council race. -- Photo by Aaron Short It all comes down to this.  Reyna!  Davila!  Rematch!  ...

    • Catholic Clergy Stumps for 'Lopez'

      We know Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is in bed with Dem Boss and State Assemblyman Vito Lopez over the Broadway Triangle, and they indeed have had a deep working relationship for many years...
    • Thompson Raised in Brooklyn Machine
      In case you thought Thompson might be some kind of Obama candidate... well, you're right...
    • Reyna Meets a New Constituency
      Diana Reyna speaks to a small group of "arts-identified" 34th City Council District residents. -- Photo by Aaron Short If you were at Tandem last night, meeting friends for potato tortillas and PBR, you may have come across a campaign event with Diana Reyna and about forty Bushwick-based artists and political activists. With the ...
    • A Guide to NYC's Nutbag Political Contenders
      Socialist Workers Party candidates Daniel Fein for mayor and Maura DeLuca for public advocate literally think Cuba is a model society. We here at BushwickBK have not and will not be endorsing any candidates for office. One reason is that we feel this is a condescending practice by media organizations; they do not trust their readers to make informed decisions based ...
    • A Conversation with Diana Reyna
      Political reform group New Kings Democrats has organized a night for the "arts-identified" community to chat with City Councilwoman Diana Reyna on the subject of "Arts and Government" at Tandem this Wednesday night...
    • On the Trail: Mayoral Candidates Salivate Over Bushwick's Latino Vote
      Left, Mayor Bloomberg is greeted by Vicente Trinidad of Latinos Americanos Unidos on Wyckoff Avenue; right, candidate Bill Thompson poses for a moment with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez at his HQ in East Williamsburg. -- Photos by Aaron Short It's only three weeks before the election to determine the city's next mayor, but you would not know it ...
    • Davila Resumes Her Council Race
      Maritza Davila, right, will run as Working Families Party candidate against Democrat Diana Reyna in the 34th Council District election. -- Photo by Aaron Short In the two weeks between falling about 250 votes short in the Democratic primary to incumbent Councilmember Diana Reyna and the Democratic primary runoff, Maritza Davila, Assemblymember Vito Lopez, and ...
    • Primary Runoff Turnout a Trickle
      The Times says primary runoff turnout is negligible, a fact confirmed by a visit to the IS 111 polling location on Starr Street and Central Avenue...
    • Bushwick Community Board 'Live': September 09
      CB4 DM Nadine Whitted and Chair Julie Dent. -- Photo by Aaron Short It's not by-the-minute this month, but Aaron recaps the highlights from the Sept. 09 CB4 meeting and gives us an update on political gossip. Lost in the commotion of the competitive Democratic Primary was Community Board Four's September meeting, the first of the new school ...
    • A Creative Lens on the 34th District Primary
      At the beginning of this election season, something about the 34th council district race had me a bit puzzled.  As a person who keeps an ear to the ground in local politics, obviously there was a hot primary contest shaping up between Diana Reyna and Maritza Davila, and all indications were that it would be a ...
    • Davila Clings on as 34th Ballots Recounted
      Diana Reyna hasn’t officially won the City Council seat, as Maritza Davila has not conceded yet. As of this morning, attorneys and volunteers for both camps are furiously monitoring the counting of paper ballots in downtown Brooklyn...
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