Freshman City Councilmember Kristin Richardson-Jordan announced Tuesday she won’t seek reelection an abrupt about-face that comes after a tumultuous first term for the left-wing lawmaker.
Bill Perkins, a hard-charging, reform-minded city and state lawmaker who was a leading voice in the passage of lead-paint inspection laws and an energetic force in Harlem politics across three decades, died Monday night in his Harlem home. He was 74.