Bay Ridge

Incumbents reign in Southwest Brooklyn

November 5, 2014 By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis was among the incumbents cruising to victory in races in southwest Brooklyn. She is pictured with two of her key supporters, New York State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long (left) and Brooklyn Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas
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The electorate may be angry across the country, but Southwest Brooklyn voters opted to stay with the tried and true and decided to keep incumbents in office.

All of the local incumbents running to keep their seats in the State Legislative kept them.

In the State Assembly, Democrat Alec Brook-Krasny, representing the 46th Assembly District (Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Coney Island-Brighton Beach) defeated Republican challenger Stamatis Lilikakis 58.3 percent to 41.1 percent. Brook-Krasny earned 8,512 votes while Lilikakis, a first time candidate, had 6,089 votes.

Two other incumbents whose districts include parts of Bay Ridge, Republican-Conservative Nicole Malliotakis and Democrat Felix Oritz, cruised to victory in their respective races.

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Malliotakis (R-C-Staten Island-Bay Ridge) trounced Democrat Marybeth Melendez, 73.34 percent to 26.66 percent, with the incumbent garnering 14,339 votes to her opponent’s total of 5,213 votes. Malliotakis represents the 64th Assembly District.

Ortiz, who represents the 51st Assembly District (Sunset Park-Bay Ridge), had one of the best showings of Election Night percentage-wise, earning a whopping 88.03 percent of the vote. His opponent, Sandra Palacios-Serrano, trailed far behind with just 11.97 percent. Ortiz had 7,430 votes to 1,010 votes for Palacios-Serrano.

Assemblymember William Colton (D-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) continued his history of being a proven vote-getter by winning a landslide victory over Republican Joseph Baranello, 70.99 percent to 29.01 percent. The incumbent garnered 6,148 votes to his opponent’s total of 2,512 votes. Colton represents the 47th A.D.

Peter Abbate, a Democrat who has represented the 49th A.D. for nearly 30 years, also enjoyed an easy win on Election Night. He earned 76.24 percent of the vote to opponent Henry Lallave’s 23.76 percent. Abbate had 4,573 votes while Lallave had 1,427.

State Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southwest Brooklyn), who on the campaign trail touted his record of getting funding for local schools and parks, fighting for improved transportation services and working to bring jobs to Brooklyn, was rewarded by the voters with another term in office. He represents the 22nd State Senate District.

Golden garnered 69 percent of the vote to Democrat James Kemmerer’s 31 percent. The incumbent earned 22,598 votes while the challenger had 10,152.

Kemmerer, the owner of a tech company, was making his first run at public office.

Golden, a retired cop who was first elected to the state senate in 2002, campaign on his record, telling voters at debates that said he successfully fought to get the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bring back the B37 bus on Third Avenue, worked on legislation to attract businesses and jobs to Brooklyn and used his senate discretionary funds to provide free flu shots for senior citizens and to fund for summer concerts in parks, a Haunted Halloween Walk in Owl’s Head Park, the Senior Idol talent contest.

Golden recently announced that he had obtained $68,000 in state funding for security improvements for five of the Catholic schools in his district, St. Anselm Catholic Academy, St. Bernadette Catholic School, St. Ephrem Catholic School, St. Patrick Catholic Academy and Holy Angels Catholic Academy.

The funding allocated to each of these schools will in part support the purchase of new surveillance cameras, intercom system, new lighting, the replacement of metal exit doors, new and improved alarm systems, roof exterior doors and other safety controls, according to Golden.

“In partnership with school leadership, we have identified and funded the needs that require immediate attention at these schools. I remain focused on making sure that the security in our schools is both modern and effective,” Golden said.


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