NYC: GOP City Council caucus grows as Borelli nets Dem defector
ITY HALL — The power of New York City Council’s minority party grew Monday as a Brooklyn Democrat announced he’d be switching sides.
City Councilman Ari Kagan (R-Brooklyn) joined Republican members of the city’s legislative body — City Council Minority Leader Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore), City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Queens), City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) and City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) — on the steps of City Hall to announce he’d be joining their conference.
“Over the last several years, in my personal humble opinion, [the] Democratic Party in New York began moving to the left with such a speed that I could not even keep up,” he said. “It’s not me leaving the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party very quickly started to leave me.”
The shifted councilman, who took office after the 2021 election and represents part of southern Brooklyn, pointed to issues like crime, education and quality of life for his change of heart.
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