It is no accident Brooklyn has produced the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries are both proud sons of Brooklyn. The powerful and dependable block of voters that Brooklyn produces for the Democratic Party is legendary.

An insight into that power and engagement can be found in the notes from a recent official organizational meeting at which new leadership was ushered in, district by district, and Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn was re-elected.