Lincoln Restler

a politician and civil servant from New York City, who is a member of the New York City Council for the 33rd district which covers Greenpoint, parts of Vinegar Hill, Williamsburg, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, and other Downtown neighborhoods in northern Brooklyn

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Amid President Trump’s attacks on our country’s closest neighbor and ally, it’s critical that the cultural and business capital of our nation states plainly how much we value our relationship with Canada and the contributions of Canadian New Yorkers,
It’s inherently frustrating that we are a creature of Albany — from red light cameras to mayoral control [of schools] to rent policy, the mayor has to go up there hat in hand to get approval on basic public policies that govern New York City,
Historically most of the Democrats in the Legislature come from the five boroughs and care deeply about the neighborhoods they represent,

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