By Nelson A. King
Haitian-born community
leader, Gardy Brazela has
joined the crowded field of
candidates seeking election
in the Democratic Party Primary
in June to represent
the 46th Council District in
Brooklyn.
Gardy is the founder of
Friends United Block Association
(FUBA), the largest social
services provider in Canarsie,
Brooklyn.
The 46th Council District
includes portions of or the
entire neighborhoods of Bergen
Beach, Canarsie, East
Flatbush, Flatlands, Gerritsen
Beach, Marine Park, Mill
Basin and Sheepshead Bay.
Brazela graduated from
New York City public schools,
and earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in political science
and Masters in urban policy
administration at Brooklyn
College, City University of
New York (CUNY).
“The job of an elected official
is to serve the people,”
Brazela, who is married and
the father of three children,
told Caribbean Life on Sunday.
“My entire adult life has
been a life of service to the
community.”
Brazela was appointed a
Community Board 18 member
in 1997, and later named
chair of its public safety committee.
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In 2019, he became
board chair.
Brazela is the first Caribbean
American and Black
person to hold this important
decision-making position.
Additionally, since 2015, he
has served as 69th Precinct
Community Council president.
“In our areas of Brooklyn,
we want more police patrols,
not less,” Brazela said. “We
want more and better garbage
collection, and clean streets,
not less.
“We want better schools,
and we want our neighbors
to live together united as
we strive to re-build after
COVID,” he added.
“As a job creator, social
service provider, manager
of educational services and
opportunities,” Brazela continued,
“I know what must
be done, and I am ready to
make sure City Hall hears our
voices.
“Following decades of community
involvement, I know
what our communities need
and want,” he said. “Local
residents say they want a city
councilmember who’ll make
sure we have clean streets and
safe streets. Critically, they
demand excellent schools, and
the way to ensure excellence
is through continued cooperation
between the community
and local school administrators.
That’s my platform.”
If elected, Brazela said he
will continue the Lew Fidler-
Alan Maisel tradition of service
.“
They served us well, and I
would be proud to follow them
as a member of the City Council,”
he said.
“It is a crowded field, no
Haitian-born community leader, Gardy Brazela. Sunny Ou
question,” Brazela added. “I
am working very hard. People
in our neighborhoods
want real experience, and
they want a commitment of
service. Everything in my life
proves that I share those values
and beliefs.”
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