When Councilmember Robert Cornegy’s term expires at the end of this year, his successor will take over one of the most dynamic council districts in Brooklyn.
The district spans Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and the next legislator will have to contend with the recovery from COVID, as well as the existing crises of gun violence, a lack of affordable housing, deed theft, struggling small businesses, and deteriorating conditions in public housing.
