{"id":520459,"date":"2022-12-03T02:26:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/assembly-democrats-plot-to-to-undo-will-of-brooklyn-voters\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T02:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:26:25","slug":"assembly-democrats-plot-to-to-undo-will-of-brooklyn-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/assembly-democrats-plot-to-to-undo-will-of-brooklyn-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Assembly Democrats&#8217; plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367e204456b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367e204456b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/assembly-democrats-plot-to-to-undo-will-of-brooklyn-voters\/#%E2%80%9CAssembly_Democrats_plot_to_to_undo_will_of_Brooklyn_voters%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Assembly Democrats&#8217; plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAssembly_Democrats_plot_to_to_undo_will_of_Brooklyn_voters%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Assembly Democrats&#8217; plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Word is the Assembly\u2019s huge Democratic majority means to vote against seating Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang, the Republican winner in Brooklyn\u2019s 49th District, unless he can satisfy their gripes about residency issues. They have the legal power, but it sure looks like disenfranchisement over sour grapes.<\/p>\n<p>Do Speaker Carl Heastie &amp; Co. really want to defy the will of the district\u2019s voters \u2014 many of them Asian?<\/p>\n<p>Chang upset 26-year incumbent Assemblyman Peter Abbate Jr., long-time chairman of the Assembly\u2019s Labor Committee and a favorite of public-employee unions.<\/p>\n<p>State law gave Abbate ample opportunity to challenge Chang\u2019s residency long before the Nov. 8 election. He didn\u2019t \u2014 though he raised the issue plenty during the campaign, repeatedly claiming his opponent lived in Manhattan and telling Chang to \u201cgo back where you came from.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?w=783\" alt=\"Lester Chang\" class=\"wp-image-24878903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1566 1566w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1175 1174w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=783 783w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=392 391w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lester-chang-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\"\/><figcaption>Lester Chang upset 26-year incumbent Assemblyman Peter Abbate Jr.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter<\/a>@lestercforny<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A pretty charged  thing to say to an Asian-American, don\u2019t you think? Especially when it seems that it was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2022\/11\/30\/brooklyn-republican-lester-chang-assembly-vote-unseat-special-election\">the endorsement of the Asian Wave Alliance<\/a> that put Chang over the top.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?w=795\" alt=\"Peter J. Abbate Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-24878901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1590 1590w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1193 1192w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=795 795w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=398 397w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/peter-abbate-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\"\/><figcaption>Peter J. Abbate Jr. is a favorite of public-employee unions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have no idea if this is mainly just an Albany lifer desperate for a chance to hold on, or a party faction (whether progressives or the Brooklyn Democratic machine) angry that  voters opted for a Republican, or what. Heastie will still have a supermajority no matter what; is saving Abbate (<em>maybe<\/em>) worth alienating Asian voters \u2014 not just in the district but city- and even <em>nation<\/em>-wide?<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to seat Chang will force a special election, where the insider would normally triumph. But this rank a power play could easily backfire, rallying huge Asian turnout for some other Asian-American Republican picking up the banner.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats claim to be the party of \u201cpreserve our democracy,\u201d but this ploy suggests it\u2019s more \u201cpreserve our privileges and power.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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