Our democracy is only as strong as the people who fight for it, yet in Brooklyn, the Democratic Party is undermining the very grassroots organizing that could build a better future.

This September, the Brooklyn Democratic County Committee will convene in Downtown Brooklyn for the only organizing meeting of the two-year term. We will not meet again until 2026 (see Proposal 3). This meeting is critical – not just because we are in a presidential election year, but because these meetings present the rare opportunity to change how our party works to better engage and activate Brooklyn Democrats.

UPDATE: The Judicial Convention happened, and as expected, the Judicial Delegates nominated all the party's selections for Supreme Court seats. Read on for details.

With all the political news this summer, you might have missed that our local party is choosing 10 judges who will likely serve on Civil Court and the NY Supreme Court for the next decade. Here’s our summary of what’s happening.

Nominations for three new Civil Court Judges

The NY legislature recently passed a law adding more judges to the Civil Court, including three seats in Brooklyn. Normally candidates run in a primary for these positions, but since the law took effect after the primary, the 42 District Leaders (DLs) of the Brooklyn Democratic Party were empowered to choose the nominees, who will almost certainly win these positions in the general election this November.