by Emma Davey 
2021 will be a big year for New York City politics. The upcoming mayoral election has already seen a host of challengers hoping to inherit the seat that Mayor Bill de Blasio will leave behind, and city council races are unfolding in many districts as well, including our District 33.
Kicking off an upcoming series of interviews with the candidates who hope to represent our neighborhood, Greenpointers spoke with local activist and city council candidate…
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Funny story re Lincoln. A few yrs. ago his staff was handing out literature on election day to help him get elected to some office. I passed them in a bad mood and said the last person I would have voted for was the great emancipator and savior of democracy, Lincoln. The woman said our man is named Lincoln.
I said you called my bluff, looks like I have to vote for him!