Brooklyn assemblyman calls for removal of Board of Elections’ general counsel
Says board opposes translating voting materials into Russian
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Sheepshead Bay/Brighton Beach) on Friday called for the immediate resignation or termination of the board’s general counsel, Steven H. Richman, saying the board was reluctant to translate election materials into Russian.
Cymbrowitz learned that Richman asked the Board of Elections to recommend that Governor Cuomo veto legislation (A10609) requiring New York and other large cities to print ballots and other voting materials in Russian. Cymbrowitz was the bill’s sponsor.