State Sen. Brian Kavanagh: ‘Brooklyn will not be lost in the shuffle’
B’klyn’s new waterfront state Senator serves Lower East Side, too
The Brooklyn waterfront’s new state Senator Brian Kavanagh wants residents of the 26th District Senate seat formerly held by Daniel Squadron to know that “Brooklyn will not be lost in the shuffle.”
Kavanagh announced on Thursday that he has resigned from the New York State Assembly, where he represented the 74th District on Manhattan’s east side, and has taken his oath of office in the Senate, where he will be representing the Brooklyn waterfront from Greenpoint to Carroll Gardens as well as lower Manhattan.
In a special election held during November’s general election, Kavanagh defeated Republican challenger Analicia Alexander with 85 percent of the vote.