Battles to fill Brooklyn’s vacant seats heat up
Elected officials, clergy members and community leaders stood on the steps of the Brooklyn Borough Hall on July 14 to endorse Latrice Walker, an aide to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, in her campaign for ex-assemblyman William Boyland Jr’s seat in Albany.
On Tuesday came word that former Congressman Edolphus Towns was endorsing one of Walker’s rivals, Lori Boozer. And the early part of this week is also when qualifying signatures are due from candidates hoping to be on the September primary ballot, and also when campaigns report their fundraising and spending totals so far to the state.
The primary for state offices is Sept. 9 and the general election is Nov. 4. All four statewide offices (governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller) and all state Senate and Assembly seats are up.