Division Within Brooklyn Democratic Party Apparent As Former Party Boss Says F ing Progressives Should Be Overcome
arrow Former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio, center, before the start of the county committee meeting in September 2018. FRANK RUNYEON / GOTHAMIST
Days ahead of a court-ordered deadline for the Brooklyn Democratic Party to hold a full organizational meeting with county committee members, divisions between old school county loyalists and newer reform members have persisted with a string of legal battles and infighting spiraling into screaming matches.
On Monday, the Kings County Democratic County Committee sued the state in Brooklyn federal court over the court order forcing the county committee to hold an organizational meeting, alleging that forcing the party to follow election law by holding a virtual meeting “restricts and limits their discretion in how to organize themselves,” and “infringes upon the party’s right t