Co-founder of Bushwick’s Mayday Space sets eyes on assembly seat
A Bushwick-based community organizer is planning to challenge Assemblyman Erik Martin Dilan in 2020, as the primary field in Brooklyn’s 54th Assembly District continues to grow.
Sandy Nurse, 35, is a cofounder of Mayday Space, a grassroots organizing and events center on St. Nicholas Avenue. She is also executive director of BK ROT, a nonprofit composting service founded in Bushwick in 2013 and staffed by young people of color.
“The work that I’ve been doing … I have never seen that work supported by the local assemblymember. I’ve never met this person,” Nurse told the Brooklyn Eagle. “There’s an opportunity to be very, very proactive in channeling resources to the district.”