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The chaotic county confab started nearly three hours late, and ended not long after that with almost none of its business accomplished, and as party leaders relied on legal experts with criminal histories.

“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat,” said Will Rogers. The Brooklyn Dems under Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn are trying their best to prove Rogers right.

A handful of leaders voted behind closed doors ahead of the party’s big meeting in September, where newly elected members are expected to push for reforms. By: George Joseph & Yoav Gonen At a sparsely attended, closed-door meeting last Tuesday, Brooklyn Democratic Party executives passed a dozen rul…

Facing a legacy of division, the history-making Assembly member hasn’t said whether she will seek another term in September.

The borough’s political players hoped the Assemblymember would unite the party. Instead, as Democrats head into a vulnerable midterm election, New York’s biggest local political organization is in free fall.

In New York City, any day that the local Democratic Party machine loses is a good day. And while the bosses still are holding tight in the Bronx and Queens, the control of County (as they call it) in Brooklyn is hopefully on the ropes after some well-deserved primary defeats.

Insurgents won enough seats to threaten the leadership of Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and the machine that helped elect Mayor Eric Adams. Among those defeated Tuesday: her husband, who resigned a $190,000 city job to run for district leader.

Two Republican New York State Senators continue locking horns over the new 44th district seat.

A fight over neighborhood patronage gigs has led to threats, insults, accusations, lawsuits, and an effort to oust the party’s first female boss.

Zack Fink has more on the report.

It came as a shock to Alfreida Davis’ family members to learn that on Dec. 1, 2020 — a month after Davis’ death — a district leader in Coney Island filed an official form signing up the late matriarch for a seat on the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s county committee.

Brooklyn’s Democratic Party bosses will try any anti-democratic tricks they can to hold power amid an internecine fight with insurgent reformers. But there are some democratic steps we can take to try to ensure that the people of the borough aren’t taken for a ride.

A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, an immigration advocate and a financial tech worker all learned of their candidacies when contacted by THE CITY. Party reformers charge they were caught up in a scheme for power brokers to retain control.

Brooklyn’s new Borough President, Antonio Reynoso, has released a new “transition report” outlining his agenda and priorities for his young beepage, a

They’re volunteer positions with a history in patronage politics. Today, district leaders influence who can be judges, poll workers and members of each borough’s county committee.

District Leader Anthony Jones says the forged forms were part of a flood of ballot objections ordered by party higher ups.

“This is not my signature” said a young voter whose name and supposed sign-off are on papers filed to throw a political newcomer off the ballot. His neighbor says the same thing.

Two men tell THE CITY they did not sign petition objections submitted to the Board of Elections in their names and linked to a top Kings County Democrats lawyer. “You think we’re a bunch of idiots,” says one targeted office-holder in Brownsville.

Edu Hermelyn quit his job with the city public assistance agency within weeks, after THE CITY asked about his political post alongside spouse Rodneyse Bichotte. He’s now running for election.

Jefferson County’s new leadership team has been selected, and there are a few new faces running the three main committees.