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January 19, 2009
Quiet Hammerman Up for de Blasio's Council Seat
Runnin' Scared [Village Voice blog]
by Roy Edroso
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn alerts us that Craig Hammerman has declared for the city council seat presumably to vacated by Bill de Blasio, who is running for Public Advocate. Hammerman has for 15 years been the District Manager of Community Board 6, and is a member of the New York Hall of Fame. Nonetheless politically he has kept a low profile; he has been mildly critical of the Atlantic Yards project, but the most recent reference to that we could find was in early 2007, and in Brownstoner's October list of Brooklyn' Most Influnential People he was mentioned only for clamping down on local bars.
NoLandGrab: Close watchers of the fight over Atlantic Yards have seen Hammerman ratchet up his criticism of the project over time.
Posted by eric at January 19, 2009 10:15 AM