Brooklyn Russians Still Hanging
The Democratic primary for Brooklyn’s district 46 state Assembly seat is apparently still up in the air. According to press reports, Alec Brook-Krasny’s margin over fellow Russian-Jewish immigrant Ari Kagan is razor thin, and Kagan is not conceding until all the paper ballots are counted.
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