Brooklyn’s Democratic boss is taking a step back for the happiest of reasons. But AMBichotte isn’t done with politics. errollouis reports
Photo: Jasmine Clarke Kings County Democratic Party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn would like to inform her friends — and especially her enemies — that rumors of her political demise have been greatly exaggerated. She also wants to let folks know why she’s been doing more online meetings than usual these days.
Born in Brooklyn as the daughter of a Haitian immigrant, Bichotte Hermelyn graduated from LaGuardia High School, picked up an MBA and engineering degrees, and settled into neighborhood-level politics in Flatbush, eventually winning an Assembly seat that had long been held by Rhoda Jacobs, a Jewish incumbent in an increasingly Caribbean community.
“I didn’t do press conferences. I didn’t do signing of bills. I did a couple of events, but I had to stop with those events because I could not be around too many people. I have a hypersensitive smell thing and I get nausea,” she says. “It’s been tough, because I had every single pregnancy symptom — the swelling of the feet, the throwing up, this, that. I’m 222 pounds right now.
When the smoke cleared, the progressive Assembly insurgents had all lost. In East New York, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas clobbered the DSA’s Keron Alleyne, 70 percent to 26 percent, and in Bushwick, longtime incumbent Erik Dilan eked out a narrow victory over DSA candidate Samy Nemir Olivares by fewer than 200 votes. In Crown Heights, Brian Cunningham handily defeated Working Families Party candidate Jelanie Deshong, 55 percent to 18 percent, in a crowded field.
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