Tag Archives | Election08

Squadron Sworn into Senate, Swipes Serph’s Chair

Our new man in the NY State Senate, Democrat Daniel Squadron, was sworn into office today in Albany.  It was announced that Senator Squadron would take over the helm of the Cities Committee a post formerly held by Republican Senator Serphin Maltese. BHB’s Claude Scales is in Albany and will be filing a report later.  […]

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Snacks and Paper Ballots at P.S. 8

At P.S. 8 this morning,  some voters were issued paper ballots while a voting machine serving the 123rd District was being repaired. On the bright side, the wait was about 20 minutes (if you knew your district) and there were TASTY SNACKS!

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BHB Photo by Marc Hermann

The Great Debate Replay

For those of you who couldn’t make it out to BHB’s NYS SD 25 debate aka The Great Debate: Squadron vs. Chromczak on Tuesday night, you can view it in its entirety after the jump.

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8:08 p.m. - The candidates await the start of the debate.

The Great Debate Live!

Here are some Marc Hermann photos from tonight’s debate between NYS SD 25 candidates Daniel Squadron (D) and John Chromczak (R). We’ll have video of the debate up soon (if you can help Homer dub a mini DV and upload to the site let us know webmaster at brooklynheightsblog dot com).

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BHB Presents: The Great Debate – Squadron vs. Chromczak

Brooklyn Heights Blog will host a debate between NYS SD 25 candidates Daniel Squadron (D) and John Chromczak (R) on October 28 at the St. Francis College Auditorium at 8PM.  BHB Publisher Homer Fink will moderate. The candidates will discuss topics posed by us as well as the audience.  We’d like your help in formulating […]

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It’s On: Squadron Will Debate Chromczak

Breaking News: While details, date and venue still need to be determined the candidates for the NYS Senate Seat representing the 25th District have agreed to participate in a Brooklyn Heights Blog sponsored debate. Yesterday we learned that Citizen’s Union, sponsors of Connor-Squadron debates, would not do the same for the Chromzak-Squadron contest.  As in […]

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Does the November Election Matter?

We’ll readily admit that the NYS SD-25 is, to say the least, a Democratic “stronghold”.  In 2006, incumbent Sen. Martin Connor didn’t have a Republican opponent and Ken Diamonstone’s post-primary Working Families Party campaign was cursory at best.  In 2004, Connor ran in the November election against… NOBODY.  In 2002, he faced GOP contender Hyman […]

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The Homer Fink Show: GOP State Senate Candidate John Chromczak

This week’s The Homer Fink Show airs at a special time – Wednesday (9/10) at 7:30 pm.  Our guest this week is Republican NYS Senate Candidate John Chromczak. Chromczak discusses his November opponent for the SD-25 seat, Democrat Daniel Squadron, whether or not unicorns will dance if the Democrats gain control of the NYS Senate […]

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Thank You, Marty

Sen. Martin Connor served our neighborhood for 30 years during some of the darkest times to be a New York State Democrat.  Say what you will about his record, the fact remains that he served faithfully as our man in Albany for a generation.  For that we are grateful.   And while Martin Connor won’t be […]

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The Bid for the 25th: BHB Reader Choice Squadron Beats Marty

The Associated Press is projecting BHB Reader Choice Daniel Squadron as the winner of the NYS SD-25 Democratic Primary defeating incumbent Martin Connor. With 100% of the vote in,  results in the Democratic NYS SD-25 primary are: Squadron 12,912 54% Connor 10,980 46% Stay tuned… *As a point of reference here’s what Connor’s margin of […]

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