H H H H H H PRIMARY VOTERS’ GUIDE 2021 H H H H H H
Caribbean L 34 ife, June 4-10, 2021
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District 30
Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village,
Woodhaven and Woodside
Current Council Member: Robert Holden
(incumbent)
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Juan Ardila
Ardila, a Maspeth native and
son of immigrants, has been
in public service his entire
adult life. Ardila is currently a
program coordinator at a legal
nonprofit and worked for a city councilman for
two years. (www.juanforthepeople.com) Robert Holden
A native of Maspeth, Holden
has more than 35 years of
experience as a civic leader and
Community Board 5 member.
As councilman, Holden has
focused on quality of life issues, technology and
animal welfare. (www.holdenforcitycouncil.com)
District 33
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, the Navy Yard,
Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Greenpoint, Vinegar
Hill and Williamsburg.
Current Council Member: Stephen Levin (termlimited)
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Elizabeth Adams
Adams is a former
educator who wants to bring
a community organizing
approach to the City Council.
A public school alum and child
of a union household, she has worked alongside
neighbors (and in Levin’s office) to stop the
North Brooklyn pipeline, bring Open Streets to
the district, and educate people about changing
voting laws. (www.elizabethadams.nyc)
Victoria Cambranes
Cambranes is a selfdescribed
“District 33 lifer”
and community activist who
hopes to bring her “people-first
approach” to the City Council
while re-prioritizing the city’s budget for middle-
and working-class families. She is a member of
North Brooklyn Democratic Socialists of America,
Community Board 1’s Women’s Issues Committee,
and more. (www.victoriaforcouncil.com)
Sabrina Gates
Gates is a member of the
Kings County Democratic
Committee and a resident of
Brooklyn Heights for over two
decades. Having long served the
city’s nonprofit sector, Gates plans to prioritize
affordable housing, small business, education,
health, and arts, while working directly with the
community. (www.sabrinagates2021.com)
Toba Potosky
A resident of Cadman Towers
in Brooklyn Heights, Potosky
feels there’s a disconnect
between City Hall and the rest
of us. Potosky got his start in
community housing 16 years ago, advocating for
affordable housing — one of his top priorities if
elected to City Council, as well as safer streets,
and transit infrastructure. (www.toba2021.com)
Lincoln Restler
Restler is running because he
wants to be a 24/7/365 resource,
organizer, and problem solver
for the district. In 2008,
he helped found New King
Democrats and in 2010, he was elected District
Leader of Greenpoint and Williamsburg. He
plans to focus on citywide issues like affordable
housing and local issues like safe streets. (www.
lincolnforcouncil.com)
Stu Sherman
As a legal service attorney,
Sherman assist with housing,
immigration, public benefits,
health care access, and more.
He paid for law school by going
on Who Wants to be a Millionaire — something,
he argues, no New Yorker should have to do.
Sherman aims to end over-development, help
small businesses and more. (www.stu2021.com)
Ben Solotaire
As a community liaison
and director of participatory
budgeting for Levin, Solotaire
says he knows the needs
of the district first-hand. If
elected to City Council, Solotaire hopes to help
the district rebuild from the pandemic, create
a waterfront that is resilient and accessible,
and will prioritize affordable housing. (www.
bensolotaire2021.com)
April Somboun
A Marketing and
Communications Strategist,
Somboun is involved with
groups like the North Heights
Community Group, the
Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory
Committee, and more. If elected, she hopes to
advocate for smaller, more diverse developers
who won’t ignore the community’s voice.
(www.aprilsomboun.com)
District 34
Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Ridgewood.
Current Council Member: Antonio Reynoso
(term-limited)
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Jennifer Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez is an organizer,
activist, and ally. She has
served the district as a
community organizer
and the chief of staff for
the incumbent, and if elected she plans to
expand participatory budgeting to make
government more inclusive and welcome
more community-based solutions. She also
vows to view issues through a “feminist lens.”
(www.jennifergutierrez2021.com)
Scott Murphy
Murphy is a volunteer
in the community where
he serves as a healthcare
worker with the Ridgewood
Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
He’s seen firsthand his district’s challenges:
from affording rent, to getting to jobs that pay
a living wage, and more. If elected, he vows to
shake up the status quo and get the job done.
(www.murphyfornyc.com)
Andy J. Marte
If elected, Marte’s top
priorities include preserving
affordable housing and
NYCHA, protecting North
Brooklyn small businesses and
protecting senior citizens and city hospitals.
Marte, who claims to be the only candidate
who grew up in the district, tried last year
to unseat state Sen. Julia Salazar. (www.
marteforcouncil.com)
Lutchi Gayot
Gayot is a small business
owner in the district looking
to bring about “common
sense” economic policies to
ensure small business owners
recover from the pandemic successfully. As
a lifelong Brooklyn resident, he also hopes
to protect tenants and homeowners from
foreclosure and eviction (www.lutchigayot.
com)
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