City Council primary preview: Races to watch in Brooklyn and Manhattan

You Decide with Errol Louis

We are less than a month away from June 27, Primary Day in New York City, where close to two dozen City Council seats will be on the ballot. Among the most-watched races is in Harlem with incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan dropping out of the race in May. Two state lawmakers and one of the exonerated Central Park Five are the remaining candidates. Another tight race is in Brooklyn’s District 43, which was redrawn in last year’s redistricting process to create a heavily Asian district.

Ariama C. Long, a reporter from the New York Amsterdam News, sat down for a conversation about the District 9 Democratic Primary and the candidates looking to fill Richardson Jordan’s shoes. She and NY1’s Errol Louis also touched on the housing issues that are plaguing Harlem.

After that, Annie McDonough, the deputy City Hall reporter for City & State New York, joined Errol to discuss the primary race in District 43 and the fairly new names that are on the ballot.

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