‘I still consider myself a kid from the neighborhood’ How Brannan’s Bay Ridge roots inform his politics
SOUTH BROOKLYN — Councilmember Justin Brannan lays it all out there on Twitter. “Never took a poli sci class. Not a lawyer. Toured the world in a van. Love helping people,” he wrote in a thumbnail description of himself on his home page.
Brannan, born and raised in Bay Ridge, took a circular route to public service but said he wouldn’t have it any other way. He is now in his second year on the City Council.
“I still consider myself a kid from the neighborhood,” he said.