Vanguard Independent Democratic Association (VIDA) threw the gauntlet down at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) this past Monday.
Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Community activist Marlon Rice , The B.R.O. Experience Founder & Executive Director Barry Cooper , and Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman in front of VIDA office on Monday, April 29.
Many of the newer residents are millennials and Gen Z, white and Black, who are more “anti-establishment” and unaware of Bed-Stuy’s historic ties to the fight for civil rights, VIDA President Henry Butler said. But beyond that lack of institutional knowledge, Butler is concerned for Black incumbents and believes they have been targeted by the DSA.
Zinerman, a centrist Democrat, said she was offended as a renter herself that others insisted she disrespected tenants’ rights. “I have a record of protecting tenants in this community. I have a record of protecting homeowners in this community,” Zinerman said. “But yet the people who are trying to convince everyone here and beyond that they’re for tenants, I haven’t seen anything. No receipts at all, just rhetoric.
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