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What happened at the Brooklyn Democrats' 13-hour meeting


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Think you’ve got it bad with a few hours of back-to-back Zoom meetings? That’s got nothing on the 13-hour marathon virtual meeting of the Kings County Democratic Committee on Wednesday, which was plagued by delays and incorrect vote tallies. But by the end, a group of reformers had won their first-ever county committee vote victory, a watershed moment for the group and for the county party.
The county committee approved a new slate of rules proposed by the reformer group New Kings Democrats, which has been advocating for over a decade to make the Brooklyn Democratic Party more transparent and, in their view, democratic. It’s a sign that the Brooklyn Democratic machine, which has long controlled the county’s politics with leaders and kingmakers, may be losing its once-firm grip on local political power.  ....

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After Grueling Late Night Meeting, Brooklyn Democrats Approve Party Reforms


After Grueling Late Night Meeting, Brooklyn Democrats Approve Party Reforms
The new rules represent a significant structural reform to the party.
Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee Chair Carlo Scissura at Wednesday’s virtual meeting.
After a punishing virtual meeting that lasted nearly 13 hours and was filled with delays, technical problems, miscounted votes, and accusations of impropriety, the Brooklyn Democratic Party voted early Thursday morning to enact new rules that reformers said would make the party more transparent and accountable. 
The rules, long sought by New Kings Democrats (NKD) and other progressive political clubs, create new oversight requirements for the party’s troubled finances, add a second yearly meeting of the party’s rank-and-file County Committee, establish clearer meeting procedures and reform a byzantine proxy voting system that enabled party bosses to wield immense power over the decision-making processes. ....

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