UFT strategist Dermot Smyth eyes City Council District 30 seat in 2025, gains Richards’ endorsement

With incumbent Robert Holden term-limited, there is already one Democrat looking for the party’s nomination to succeed him as the 30th City Council District representative in 2025.

Dermot Smyth, a Democratic contender running for New York City Council District 30, has made his platform known in recent months as Queens soon enters the final year of current term-limited legislators.