Flatbush Council candidate fudges resume
BY BEN VERDE
Flatbush City Council candidate
Kenya Handy-Hilliard
exaggerated her resume on
a mailer sent out to residents
of the 40th Council District,
Brooklyn Paper has learned.
The fl yers — which arrived
in locals’ mailboxes this month
and urged voters to support
Handy-Hilliard in the June 22
Democratic primary election
— touted the candidate’s years
of experience in national and
local government, including
working in the offi ces of Rep.
Yvette Clarke, Rep. Charles
Rangel, the city Comptroller’s
offi ce, and the Department of
Investigation.
At the top of one mailer,
Handy-Hilliard boasts of her
time working as Clarke’s senior
advisor.
“As a former senior advisor
to Congresswoman Yvette
Clarke, Kenya Handy-Hilliard
knows how to tackle the tough
issues facing our community,”
the mailer reads.
Handy-Hilliard’s LinkedIn
page, however, lists her position
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in Clarke’s offi ce as a “legislative
assistant” — a notably
less senior role in political offi
ces.
Clarke spokesperson Remmington
Belford also confi
rmed that Handy-Hilliard
worked in the offi ce between
2009 and 2014 as a legislative
assistant, never as a senior advisor.
The representative did,
however, endorse her former
legislative assistant in
the competitive primary to
replace Councilmember Mathieu
Eugene, who has held
the district for over 13 years.
Handy-Hilliard is also
supported by the Progressive
Democratic Political Association
of Central Brooklyn,
which Clarke runs along
with her mother, former Councilmember
Una Clarke.
Campaign fi nance disclosures
show that the Handy-
Hilliard campaign is paying
$1,000 a month to rent offi ce
space from the political club
— a steeply discounted rate
compared to standard offi ce
rental prices in New York
City, which is roughly $80 per
square foot.
New York campaign fi -
nance law states that any service
offered to a political campaign
at a discount — such as
offi ce space — is considered
a campaign contribution and
must follow the rules as such.
The city’s campaign fi -
nance handbook states that
the amount attributed to inkind
contributions is determined
by the price paid, and is
subject to contribution limits.
Handy-Hilliard’s campaign
is operating under Option A
of campaign fi nance thresholds
— capping contributions
at $1,000, meaning the $4,000
in discounted rent paid to the
Progressive Democratic Club
could raise red fl ags.
“The value of an in-kind
contribution may not exceed
the contribution limit,” reads
the city Campaign Finance
Board handbook.
Handy-Hilliard’s campaign
did not respond to multiple
messages seeking comment.
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