The creme de creme of Brooklyn’s elected officials showed up to the annual Democratic Breakfast at Junior’s in Downtown Brooklyn today, but it was the group of five minority black women that stole the show.
Led by democratic nominee for State Attorney General, Letitia James, the group also incudes Assembly members Tremaine Wright, Rodneyse Bichotte, Latrice Walker and City Councilwoman Alicka Ampry-Samuel, huddled together at the morning power breakfast.
James is currently the New York City Public Advocate and former City Councilwoman representing Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The long-term politician has a history of local activism and grassroots organizing.
Wright is a successful businesswoman and current state legislator. She did undergraduate work at Duke University and went onto the University of Chicago Law School where she studied under former President Barack Obama.
Walker and Ampry-Samuel, both of Brownville, are attorneys.
Bichotte has a B.S. in electrical engineering from SUNY Buffalo, a B.S. in mathematics in secondary education and a B.T. in electrical engineering from Buffalo State College. She also has a M.B.A from Northwestern University, and an M.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
