{"id":110787,"date":"2020-11-12T06:53:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T03:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brooklyn-sen-kevin-parker-is-running-for-nyc-comptroller\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T06:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T03:53:10","slug":"brooklyn-sen-kevin-parker-is-running-for-nyc-comptroller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brooklyn-sen-kevin-parker-is-running-for-nyc-comptroller\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brooklyn Sen. Kevin Parker is running for NYC comptroller"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Brooklyn Sen. Kevin Parker is running for NYC comptroller<\/strong>”
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\n This brawling candidate will give new meaning to grapp<\/a>ling with finances if he\u2019s elected city comptroller.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker \u2014 whose volcanic eruptions include attacking a Post photographer, punching a traffic agent and telling a GOP spokeswoman to \u201ckill yourself\u201d \u2014 announced on NY1 Wednesday night he\u2019s putting up his fists to become the city\u2019s chief fiscal watchdog.<\/p>\n

Parkers joins other Democratic candidates making a bid to succeed Scott Stringer to become the city\u2019s watchdog: Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander, Manhattan state Sen. Brian Benjamin and Queens Assemblyman David Weprin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need people who have leadership and who can bring practical solutions to the table to get us out of this pandemic,\u201d Parker said on NY1\u2019s Inside City Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so, as we look at the issues around housing, economic opportunity, police reform, how we in fact engage our young people, how do we in fact protect our seniors from third-party transfers and give them the kind of health care they deserve, I think my background and my experience\u2026will bring both the leadership as well as the vision that we\u2019re going to need going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Parker, who has served in the senate for 17 years representing Flatbush, Midwood, Park Slope, Kensington, Ditmas Park and Windsor Terrace, will have to address his rap sheet and trail of angry and violent outbursts if he wants to analyze spreadsheets worth billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

Parker was sentenced in 2011 to three years\u2019 probation for roughing up Post photographer William Lopez during a 2009 dustup.<\/p>\n

The senator was convicted of two counts of criminal mischief for smashing Lopez\u2019s camera and damaging the lensman\u2019s car, and was also ordered to attend anger-management classes, pay a $1,000 fine and make restitution to The Post for the equipment broken.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Parker was arrested for allegedly slugging a traffic agent. The charges were dropped in return for Parker promising to attend anger-management classes.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Parker told a state Senate GOP spokeswoman via Twitter<\/a> to \u201cKill yourself!\u201d after she called him out for his questionable use of a governmental parking placard. He admitted he has to work out his rage problems and even said he\u2019d take up First Lady Chirlane McCray\u2019s advice and sign up for her Thrive NYC mental-health education courses.<\/p>\n

Parker did not return a request for comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In Albany and New York City political circles, Parker is known for his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality and sporting dapper attire.<\/p>\n

\u201cKevin has an engaging, charismatic personality. He can be funny. But he can also\u00a0 be a bully,\u201d said one Albany insider.<\/p>\n

\u201cParker for comptroller?! Really?!,\u201d\u00a0 the stunned state official said.<\/p>\n

Parker currently chairs the Senate\u2019s Committee on Energy and Telecommunications.<\/p>\n

His prior stints include serving as intergovernmental aide to former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall and a project manager for the state Urban Development Corporation. He also worked on municipal finance in the chairman\u2019s office at UBS PaineWebber and served as a staffer for the Manhattan borough president and two legislators.<\/p>\n

The primaries will be held in June 2021.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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