{"id":538372,"date":"2023-01-10T02:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/harlem-dem-inez-dickens-in-bid-to-topple-socialist-kristin-richardson-jordan\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T02:42:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:42:58","slug":"harlem-dem-inez-dickens-in-bid-to-topple-socialist-kristin-richardson-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/harlem-dem-inez-dickens-in-bid-to-topple-socialist-kristin-richardson-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"#Harlem Dem Inez Dickens in bid to topple socialist Kristin Richardson Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a22fa7f74e2a\" 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-6a22fa7f74e2a\" 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\/harlem-dem-inez-dickens-in-bid-to-topple-socialist-kristin-richardson-jordan\/#%E2%80%9CHarlem_Dem_Inez_Dickens_in_bid_to_topple_socialist_Kristin_Richardson_Jordan%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Harlem Dem Inez Dickens in bid to topple socialist Kristin Richardson Jordan&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHarlem_Dem_Inez_Dickens_in_bid_to_topple_socialist_Kristin_Richardson_Jordan%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Harlem Dem Inez Dickens in bid to topple socialist Kristin Richardson Jordan&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Assemblywoman Inez Dickens has had it with a soft-on-crime, tough-on-cops politician in her Harlem district \u2014 and is willing to give up her Albany post if she can oust the councilwoman, who has likened the NYPD to a white supremacist \u201cgang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dickens this week will announce a bid against hard-left Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan in the June Democratic primary election. <\/p>\n<p>Dickens, 73, who is a former councilwoman, is a centrist\u00a0Democrat\u00a0who supports tightening the state\u2019s controversial cashless bail law. She presents a clear contrast with Richardson Jordan, 36, who has called the NYPD \u201cthe biggest gang in New York City\u201d and a \u201cwhite supremacist institution.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The primary will be held on June 27. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?w=718\" alt=\"Inez Dickens.\" class=\"wp-image-25298638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1436 1436w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1077 1077w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=718 718w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=359 359w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\"\/><figcaption>Harlem Democrat Inez Dicken, currently a state assemblywoman, will challenge first-term incumbent Councilwoman Kristin  Richardson Jordan in a primary election for the 9th Councilmanic District. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo many people have asked me to run \u2014 small business people, NYCHA residents,\u201d Dickens told\u00a0The Post Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about displeasure with the current occupant,\u201d added Dickens, who will make her candidacy official with a Thursday kick-off event. <\/p>\n<p>Dickens previously served in the Council from 2006 to 2017 before her election to the Assembly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how to do the job. I\u2019ve done the job before. I have the contacts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dickens slammed Richardson Jordan for supporting defunding the police, self abolition or \u201cself-policing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kristin Richardson Jordan.\" class=\"wp-image-25298676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, running for re-election this year , faces a Democratic primary challenge from Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richardson tweeted that that \u201cwe\u2019re going to defund the police down to zero dollars\u2026.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Her other infamous tweets include sending sympathy to the relatives of Lashawn McNeil, the man charged with murdering police officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora responding to a domestic violence call in January, as well as the officers\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p>The councilwoman also blamed Ukraine and the US for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Dickens said the Harlem community and the NYPD have worked to improve relations. She said Harlemites are not anti-cop \u2014 they just want good policing, not rogue or abusive policing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community wants respect from the police and wants to give respect to police. When we call 911 we want police to respond,\u201d Dickens said. \u201cWho\u2019s going to self police?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The assemblywoman also said revising bail reform by giving judges more discretion to set bail and detain repeated criminal offenders is a must.<\/p>\n<p>Dickens said non-white residents are disproportionately impacted by crime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous what\u2019s going on. Crime in h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening in communities of color. We\u2019re going a disservice to our own communities,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Dickens is a lifelong resident of the 9th councilmanic district that takes in much of Harlem and Morningside Heights. <\/p>\n<p>Her father and mentor is the late Harlem businessman and Assemblyman Lloyd Dickens, and her uncle, Thomas Dickens, also was an assemblyman and state Supreme Court justice. <\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s taken a strong interest in supporting small businesses and minority-run firms. <\/p>\n<p>But Dickens is not the only one challenging Richardson Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Al Taylor has also thrown his hat in the ring, along with Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park 5 defendants who was wrongly imprisoned until exonerated decades later in the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger rape case. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Inez Dickens, Charles Rangel.\" class=\"wp-image-25298739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/inez-dickens-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harlem Assemblywoman Inez Dickens with former Congressman Charles Rangel. She\u2019s making a second run for the City council in a bid to topple first-term incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEveryone agrees we need a new council person,\u201d said Manhattan Democratic leader Keith Wright, whom Dickens succeeded in the Assembly. \u201cInez is a very capable and competent candidate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Wright, though he has not made an official endorsement, has been assisting Salaam\u2019s candidacy. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kristin Richardson Jordan.\" class=\"wp-image-25298775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kristin-richardson-jordan.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan\u2019s anti-cop rhetoric has stirred controversy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some politicos believe Richardson Jordan\u2019s election last year was a fluke. She defeated former Councilman Bill Perkins, who struggled with health issues, in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson Jordan had no immediate comment but previously told The Post she was ready for a potential challenge for Dickens. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Assemblyperson has had the opportunity to fight and represent the people of Harlem for almost 20 years. During that time, our black and working-class communities faced mass displacement. Those who remained have struggled to access affordable housing, quality education, decent healthcare, as well as safe streets. The old way of doing things hasn\u2019t worked,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur office has centered the community in every aspect of our work and re-directed needed resources into the district. \u2026We launched the first ever \u2018Summer of Hope\u2019 to prevent violence in our community by providing resources and family activities on the streets of Harlem for 60 days straight. We don\u2019t have a \u2018self-policing\u2019 policy, we have a community care policy. We look forward to continuing to put forth a new vision to persevere Harlem and letting the people decide who best represents their interests in next year\u2019s election.\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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