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Retired detective throws
hat in race for 46th District
By Nelson A. King
With several candidates contesting the
open seat in the 46th Council District
in Brooklyn, a retired New York Police
Department (NYPD) detective has thrown
her hat in the race, expressing strong confidence
that she would emerge victorious.
Barbadian-born Dr. Judy D. Newton,
who retired from the NYPD on April 30,
2012, told Caribbean Life on Sunday that
she’s focused on her campaign, “reaching
out to voters in the district and putting a
winning team together.”
The 46th District encompasses the
Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bergen Beach,
Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Gerritsen
Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill
Island and Sheepshead Bay.
Newton said her goals and aspirations
are “simple: To represent the people of the
46th District, especially working families.
“I’m running on a platform of rebuilding,
preserving, and restoring the community
and district by putting families
first,” she said. “I believe that the damage
done to families in the district by the twin
pandemics of poverty and COVID-19 are
also aggravated by high unemployment,
joblessness.
Newton said “the unintended consequences
and fall-out occasioned by these
issues need someone who can roll up their
sleeves and get to work, putting our families
interests first.
“My immediate priority will be to
address bread-and-butter, kitchen table
and pocket book issues facing families in
the district,” she stressed. “If I was not
confident of winning, I would not be running.
I could not sit idly by and watch my
community struggle in pain and go to hell
in a basket.
“The difference between my opponents
and me is that they do not fully understand
the serious issues and challenges
facing families in the district today. I do,”
added Newton, who is seeking elective
office for the very first time. “Just knowing
the challenges or issues is not understanding
them and their impact on the
community.
“Resumes and accomplishment lists
and accolades do not put food on the
table, keep children safe, and offer hope
and optimism for the future,” she continued.
“That’s why my campaign is about
putting families first and addressing
directly, confronting these challenges and
problems head on.”
Newton said her campaign recognizes
the need to address important issues, such
as access to quality, affordable healthcare
and education, among others, which
impact families in the district.
“These are macro issues,” she said.
“However, if we do not address local, retail
issues of hunger, poverty, rent relief, foreclosures,
evictions and other daily struggles,
then getting to the macro issues will
be moot. As the late Democratic House
Speaker Tip O’Neal once said: ‘All politics
is local.’”
Newton said the process for endorsements
is “just starting,” adding that, as
the race hardens, she’ll “earn the support
of many organizations and individuals.
“But I have to tell you that endorsements
do not win political races and
cannot replace the tried-and-true process
of direct voter contact,” she said, stating
that she sees her candidacy as “a call to
action.
“I’m not here to only speak to what
are the many ills that plague the 46th
District or to apportion blame. I’m here
to find solutions and work with the community
across the board to find common
ground,” Newton affirmed.
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