Brooklyn Judicial Races: The County Decides

Members of the Brooklyn County Democratic Organization met last night to discuss a number of judicial races coming up in that borough.

Corruption — or the suspicion of corruption — was a constant subtext in Brooklyn judicial politics for some time. It's what brought down former county Democratic leader Clarence Norman as well as Read More

Replacing Clarence, II

A couple more names of possible Brooklyn Democratic chiefs have surfaced from our Brooklyn correspondents.

Amazing how many people want what is, perhaps, the worst job in American politics.

Anyway, Assemblyman Vito Lopez is apparently telling people he has 18 of the required 21 votes sewn up. He’s a North Brooklyn powerhouse, but possibly Read More