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Brooklyn Democrats Add Dozens Exec Seats After Vote

8/27/2026

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  • Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn oversaw a vote adding dozens of executive committee seats.
  • Twenty-one district leaders, including eight lame-duck members, supported; eighteen opposed.
  • Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Chuck Schumer urged reversal of the vote.
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Attorney General Letitia James also called for undoing the changes.
  • The meeting at Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Mill Basin barred journalists.