Brooklyn GOP endorses Christine Parker for City Council
Parker Will Challenge Incumbent Laurie Cumbo for District 35 Seat
The Brooklyn Republican Party under the leadership of Executive Committee Chairman Ted Ghorra and Vice Chairman Brian Doherty has endorsed Christine Parker in her run for the District 35 City Council seat. Parker is the only Republican running against Democratic incumbent Laurie Cumbo. Other candidates in the race include Democrats Ede Fox and Greg Schwartz, and Green Party candidate Jabarai Brisport. District 35 includes Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Parker, a graduate of St. John’s University, lives in the borough and was the former Deputy Director of Advancement for the Cultural Museum of African Art. Prior to this, Christine was a business partner with a billion-dollar financial service firm located in New York City, specializing in business growth development, human resource management training and community development. Parker has also worked at NYC Public Advocate’s office focusing on the concerns of New York’s City foster care system.
The divorced mother of two college students says her hope is to build powerful and dynamic movements in diverse communities to create meaningful change through arts and education. Her goal is for the expansion of educational opportunities through school choice. “Choice,” Parker said, “should include opportunities for school vouchers in religious studies, charter schools and private schools.”