At the Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg last night, Democratic District Leader Lincoln Restler packed a room full of supporters and announced his reelection campaign. Mr. Restler has carved out a higher profile of an office he admitted is “an elected position that you’ve probably never heard of” by being a public thorn in Brooklyn Democratic leader Vito Lopez’s side, which he continued doing in his kick-off speech.

“Here in Brooklyn, we have had an old-school political machine that’s controlled politics in this borough longer than any of us have been around,” he said. “Three of the four last … leaders of the Brooklyn Democratic Party have been indicted on charges of corruption, the current boss is under multiple federal investigations.” Read More