Jeremy Unger
New Councilmembers Justin Brannan and Carlina Rivera, both Democrats, discuss their first days in office.
Carlina Rivera of the Lower East Side and Bay Ridge’s Justin Brannan were waiting to learn their committee assignments, office locations and where they’ll get to sit in the chamber when the podcast came knocking.
‘Instead of focusing only the lower-income population, we need to create a system of stepping stones for our working class.’
The de Blasio administration’s fifth proposed rezoning will likely enter public review next week.
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