Reform Assemblymember Robert Carroll calls decision to keep judicial delegates on ballot despite dubious petition signatures "politically influenced" while party leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn says he’s "xenophobic" for trying to block Pakistani representation.
Edu Hermelyn, husband of Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Rodneyse Bichotte and a party leader himself, quits his paid position after THE CITY asked about rules forbidding dual government and political roles. Another top mayoral aide is taking leave to run against a Bichotte foe.