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This year’s unusually competitive presidential primary has led some of Brooklyn’s own media elite to an unusual decision: for the first time, some local news outlets made endorsements in the national race.
“I don’t know how much difference it makes,” said Ed Weintrob, who publishes The Brooklyn Paper, a weekly. “But we felt collectively we should let people know what our thinking is. Hopefully they’ll consider our points.” More »
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New Yorkers volunteering for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign worked their way down Broadway Sunday encouraging Manhattanites to vote for their candidate. The gathering attracted many younger voters, most of whom stressed Clinton’s legislative record and public policy experience over opponent Barack Obama’s youth and focus on hope.
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Gregory Smith calls himself the gardener of a grassroots movement that drove a crowd of Brooklynites to march over the city’s most iconic bridge in support of Barack Obama.
But Smith was more of a cheerleader than a groundskeeper on Saturday, as he jumped up and down demanding marchers repeat the candidate’s buzz phrase — “Yes, we can.”
