Harlem socialist councilwoman Kristin R. Jordan not seeking re-election
the relatives of Lashawn McNeil, the man charged with murdering police officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora responding to a domestic violence call last year, as well as the officers’ families.Her critics had mixed feelings about the announcement.
Jordan blocked a housing project in Harlem that was to include space for a civil rights museum, according to reports.Jordan has reportedly called the NYPD “the biggest gang in New York City” and a “white supremacist institution.”They welcomed her departure but relished defeating Jordan at the polls. “The only sad thing about the news is we’re not going to be able to beat her in the primary. She saw the writing on the wall,” said Kevin Elkins, political director of the New York City District Council of Carpenters, a union that is backing Al Taylor.She defeated incumbent Bill Perkins, who was seriously ill at the time.
The council’s 51 seats are up for re-election this two-year cycle because of decennial redistricting.
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