Meet The Candidates

Exclusive video from Patch of your candidates running for city council, borough president and the office of the district attorney.

C. Zawadi Morris, Patch Staff

Posted Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:43 pm ET|Updated Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:49 am ET

On Monday, the Brooklyn Movement Center joined Brown Memorial Community Development Corporation and FUREE to kicks off a 2013 voter engagement campaign with a candidate meet-up at Sanders Studio in Clinton Hill.

The coalition invited candidates currently running for city council in the 56th and 57th districts covering most of Central Brooklyn, along with all the candidates running for Kings County District Attorney and the candidates for Brooklyn Borough President.

By all accounts, the event was a success: Of the 14 invited candidates, 12 attended the forum.

Each of the aspiring local representatives were given three minutes to share with the audience their platform for the upcoming race and how they will distinguish themselves from their opponents if elected.

Running for NY City Council (35th District), representing the neighborhoods of Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant were:
Olanike Alabi
Laurie Cumbo
Ede Fox
Jelani Mashriki
Frank R. Hurley

Running for NY City Council (36th District), representing the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant and parts of Crown Heights were:
Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
Kirsten J. Foy
Conrad Tillard
Robert Waterman
Akiel Taylor

John Gangemi, Sr. attended as a candidate running for Brooklyn Borough President. Eric Adams, who is the second candidate, was unable to attend.

All of the candidates running for Kings County District Attorney attended, including Abe George, incumbent Charles J. Hynes and Ken Thompson.

[See 40-second video clips of each attendee]