Progressive Democrats Slam Brooklyn Party Boss' Attempted Rule Change
Reformers say the changes would let Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn add loyalists and preserve control of the borough party.
- On Monday, reform-aligned district leaders filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn Supreme Court seeking to block Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn from pushing through sweeping rule changes at a Tuesday executive committee meeting.
- Bichotte Hermelyn proposed boosting the executive committee from 42 to over 68 members, a move critics label a power grab to maintain control after reform candidates won the June Democratic Primary.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Governor Hochul joined other high-profile Democrats in urging reconsideration, with Schumer stating, "the party should not change the rules in the middle of the game."
- Justice Jill Epstein declined to grant an emergency temporary restraining order Monday, calling the request "premature," allowing the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club meeting to proceed Tuesday.
- Attorney Mark Hanna indicated legal challenges could be renewed after the meeting, while broader questions remain regarding the validity of any rule changes approved Tuesday.
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Brooklyn Party Boss Bichotte Hermelyn stirs up controversy
New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the first Black woman to hold a position as Brooklyn’s party chair, has proposed a controversial structural change to the Kings County Democratic County Committee and the move has sparked a huge backlash among Brooklyn’s political reformers. “We’re in a new moment, with a new generation of Democratic energy and progressive victories showing what is possible when more people see themselves…
Mamdani accuses BK Dem leader of attempting to bypass ‘will of voters,’ jumping into party’s internal feud
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Brooklyn Democrats’ rule-change vote moves forward via judge’s ruling as pressure mounts on incumbent chair
The Brooklyn Democrats’ escalating leadership war landed in court Monday, where a reform-aligned challenger whose allies say he has the votes to become the county party’s next leader sought to block sitting Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn from pushing through a sweeping package of rule changes Tuesday. That meeting can go ahead after Justice Jill Epstein...
A ‘naked power grab:’ BK Dems rally against proposed rules change
Reformers inside the Brooklyn Democratic Party rallied Monday, casting the county organization’s current leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn as a Trump-like election denier in a last-minute bid to prevent her from pursuing what they described as an audacious power grab in the party. “We are here because the 2020 MAGA playbook of trying to steal an election is being used not by Donald Trump, but by the Democratic county leader here in Brooklyn,” st…
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