Mark Winston Griffith

Economy / June 19, 2026 The Battle for Black Brooklyn This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet. Ad Policy New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (third from left), with New York City Council member Chi Osse (second from right), speaks at a protest against rent increases and aggressive evictions in Brooklyn in 2022.

By Mark Winston Griffith New York Daily News | Jul 01, 2020 at 5:00 AM A New York City police officer, among a detail of police guarding City Hall, watches as organizers with City Workers4Justice–an activist organization for city employees–prepare to lead a rally and march calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to defund the police department, Thursday June 25, 2020, in New York.

The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. Mayor de Blasio with NYPD transportation (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Streets and sidewalks make up a majority of New York City’s public space. Like the parks and open spaces that make up the rest of it, these spaces should serve a common good, accessible for all to travel, to play, and to protest without harm. But there is ample evidence that this is not a reality.