Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday weighed in on this year’s most contentious race for City Council, throwing his support behind incumbent Democrat Justin Brannan over his Republican rival Ari Kagan.
Brannan, who currently represents a southern Brooklyn district primarily covering Bay Ridge, is running in the Nov. 7 general election against Kagan, after the two members’ council districts were combined in last year’s redistricting. Shortly after the districts were reconfigured, Kagan switched from the Democratic to Republican party and launched a challenge against Brannan.
