Bay Ridge Democratic leader makes his pick for mayor
As one of the youngest Democratic Party leaders in Brooklyn, Kevin Peter Carroll said he doesn’t like to waste time. The precocious political personality has already made his pick for mayor. Carroll, 26, has endorsed Sal Albanese, the former Bay Ridge city councilman who is vying for the Democratic nomination against political heavyweights like Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and Comptroller John Liu.
For Carroll, the Democratic District Leader of the 64th Assembly District (officially called state committeeman), the choice was easy. “Sal’s an independent thinking person. We need someone in City Hall with a Bay Ridge sensibility,” he told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Carroll is quick to point out that while he has personally thrown his support to Albanese, his political club, Brooklyn Democrats for Change, has not made an endorsement yet. Carroll founded the club in 2004.