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September 14, 2006
Big win sends Hakeem to Assembly
The Brooklyn Papers
By Gersh Kuntzman
The race for an Assembly seat in Prospect Heights — the epicenter of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development — was won in a landslide by a supporter of the project.
Hakeem Jeffries took the three-way contest with a stunning 64 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Community Board 8 member Bill Batson, a Yards foe, got 24 percent, and Freddie Hamilton got 11 percent.
“Atlantic Yards is important, but it is not the only issue in this district,” said Jeffries.
Posted by lumi at September 14, 2006 11:16 PM