{"id":537190,"date":"2023-01-08T00:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brooklyn-gop-assemblyman-michael-novakhov-is-longtime-dem-donor\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T00:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:29:08","slug":"brooklyn-gop-assemblyman-michael-novakhov-is-longtime-dem-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brooklyn-gop-assemblyman-michael-novakhov-is-longtime-dem-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brooklyn GOP Assemblyman Michael Novakhov is longtime Dem donor"},"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-6a3d56cd5a118\" 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-6a3d56cd5a118\" 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\/brooklyn-gop-assemblyman-michael-novakhov-is-longtime-dem-donor\/#%E2%80%9CBrooklyn_GOP_Assemblyman_Michael_Novakhov_is_longtime_Dem_donor%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Brooklyn GOP Assemblyman Michael Novakhov is longtime Dem donor&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBrooklyn_GOP_Assemblyman_Michael_Novakhov_is_longtime_Dem_donor%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Brooklyn GOP Assemblyman Michael Novakhov is longtime Dem donor&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist in GOP clothing?<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Republican Assemblyman Michael Novakhov won an upset victory last year over longtime Democratic incumbent Steven Cymbrowit \u2014 but voters in the deeply red district may have elected a closet lefty.<\/p>\n<p>Novakhov, a radio entrepreneur who was born under Communist rule in the Soviet Union, spent years as a registered Democrat, only switching parties in August 2020 before his run for office, according to city Board of Elections data. <\/p>\n<p>The district Novakhov represents covers Gravesend with slices of Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach. Many of his constituents also settled there after fleeing Communist oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years Novakhov was a frequent Democratic campaign donor, Federal Election Commission <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=Michael+Novakhov\">records show<\/a>. During the 2016 cycle, he gave another $170 to socialist Bernie Sanders. There are no recorded donations to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>In his race against Cymbrowitz, Novakhov earned big-ticket GOP endorsements, including from gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin, Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, and Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay. He was even backed by the Brooklyn Conservative Party. <\/p>\n<p>His public positions, however, have often been less than conservative. One of the six campaign issues listed on his website is \u201csocial equity,\u201d and he has criticized Mayor Adams\u2019 plans to remove violent vagrants from city subways on the grounds that the plan didn\u2019t include <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelforNY\/status\/1598129979539480582\">\u201cmental health professionals.\u201d<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael was born under Communist rule in Soviet Russia and was able to escape to the United States to build a better life. As an immigrant-American he, like many others in his district, registered as a Democrat,\u201d a Novakhov spokeswoman told The Post. \u201cHe made a number of small dollar donations to the Bernie Sanders campaign, subscribing, with the intention of seeing if the messaging of the campaign to donors differed from that of someone who solely subscribed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/michael-novakhov-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Novakhov is a radio entrepreneur who was born under Communist rule in the Soviet Union.\" class=\"wp-image-25280611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/michael-novakhov-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/michael-novakhov-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/michael-novakhov-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Novakhov spent years as a registered Democrat, only switching parties in August 2020 before his run for office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, after years of frustration with the Democrat party and a continuing decline in representation of his district and the city, Michael proudly re-registered as a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After taking office, Novakhov hired Gregory Kirsopp, another Democratic donor, to serve as his chief of staff. Kirsopp previously worked for former Democratic City Council members Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GvCIJ\">according to his LinkedIn<\/a>. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In September 2021, Kirsopp hosted a fundraiser on behalf of Democratic Mayor Adams, who was then locked in a battle with GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa. Minimum donations for the event at the ritzy Salmagundi Club were $1,500. In a smiling photo with Adams <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUvCO5jL-S4\/\">posted to his Instagram<\/a>, Kirsopp said the event was an \u201cincredible honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incompetent and disorganized paper organization know as the Brooklyn Republican Party continues to debase itself. They shamefully ran a recent Democrat &amp; Bernie Sanders donor in a Trump district that Lee Zeldin won by almost 20 points,\u201d said Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>While Novakhov\u2019s district went for Zeldin, the assemblyman himself posted exuberantly about the triumph of his opponent, Democratic Gov. Hochul just this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud to have witnessed Her-story being made!!!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cm6_IQLO9_F\/?hl=en\">he said in an Instagram post<\/a> taken while attending the governor\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, he pals around with prominent city socialists like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/MichaelforNY\/status\/1591906728937156608\">Council member Chi Ossi<\/a> and has often liked and retweeted posts from comptroller Brad Lander and Manhattan\u2019s soft-on-crime District Attorney Alvin Bragg. <\/p>\n<p>Novakhov\u2019s own personal Instagram page features him prominently wearing a tongue-in-cheek <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwkNS5tljUd\/?hl=en\">Communist \u201cparty\u201d sweater<\/a> featuring images of Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin holding balloons. <\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Party grandees said they were aware of Novakhov\u2019s past but stressed that the party had to be a \u201cbig tent\u201d to keep winning elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we interviewed him he was a Republican and he was a Republican for nearly two years at that juncture and he changed \u2026 because people are fed up with the state of the city and the state of the state,\u201d said Brooklyn GOP leader Ted Ghorra.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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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