Mayor, DA races loom large over Dyker Heights council debate
Bill de Blasio and Ken Thompson weren’t in the room during the debate between Democratic Councilman Vincent Gentile and his Republican-Conservative opponent John Quaglione, but they might as well have been.
The names of the Democratic candidates for mayor and Brooklyn district attorney loomed large over the debate that was sponsored by the Dyker Heights Civic Association and in Saint Phillip’s Episcopal Church Hall Monday night.
“If we have Bill de Blasio as mayor and Ken Thompson as DA, we will be in for tough times in Brooklyn,” Quaglione said, adding he believes the two left-leaning candidates will usher in an era of rising crime rates and lowering standards of living for residents.