Brooklyn politics and local reform debates in 2014 campaigns
The piece surveys Assemblyman Felix Ortiz positioning against rivals, Nydia Velázquez’s looming primary, and local race dynamics. It notes a campaign flyer praising public housing, waterfront jobs, locavore efforts, small business help, and a bid to spur entrepreneurship via H.R. 2451. it also covers Steve Levin’s CAG talk on Douglass-Dwin pool funding and Velmanette Montgomery backing a Brooklyn Hospital plan for LICH, with LICH’s future tied to SUNY Downstate RFP talks.