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BHB Exclusive: Jo Anne Simon Talks About Her Campaign for the 52nd AD Seat

In advance of the Brooklyn Heights Blog’s presentation September 2 of one of the few public discussions on the 52nd Assembly District Race, an important political contest in New York City this year, the BHB sat down with longtime Cobble Hill resident Jo Anne Simon to discuss her candidacy for the seat that outgoing Assembly […]

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Brooklyn Heights People: Assemblywoman Joan Millman

Joan Millman has been a teacher, a librarian, a district leader, and for the last 13 years, an assemblywoman. Though the educational jobs preceded the political ones, she sees little difference in the skills required for success in both. “I think without even being aware of it, teachers do a lot of things that are […]

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Biviano in 2009 with U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (Marc Hermann/BHB)

Millman Should Stand Against Crooked Albany Politicos Says BHB Ten’s Doug Biviano

Former City Council candidate/Brooklyn Heights resident/BHB Ten 2009 member Doug Biviano challenged Assemblymember Joan Millman to stand against “corrupt” politicians in Albany,  in a statement released to the press today.  Biviano also praised NYS Senator Daniel Squadron saying, “State Senator Daniel Squadron recently called Albany an ‘embarrassment’. He’s right. But it’s not an embarrassment just […]

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