Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn wont seek another term as Brooklyn Democratic Party chair

New York Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn won’t seek another term as the head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party after a six-year run amid infighting in the party, she announced Monday evening.“I’m now up to my next chapter in life, and I’ve served as the Brooklyn Democratic Party chair for over six years.

And I’m very proud of what we’ve done.We’ve built a very strong organization,” she announced on NY1’s “Inside City Hall.”The state lawmaker who represents central Brooklyn also said the party’s executive committee will expand to be “more inclusive to have every day Brooklynites participate.”“So, I’m just really excited that I am leaving the party in that capacity, a stronger, more inclusive, more transparent party and I’m just really excited,” she said.  Bichotte Hermelyn’s shock announcement comes about a month after she pushed through a last-minute rule change in an attempt to stay in power as the new, lefty socialist wing of the party fought to take the reins.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused the party chair of trying to “circumvent the will of voters” after she proposed dramatically increasing the number of voting members who will pick the next party chair.A group of reform-oriented Dems, New Kings Democrats, won a swath of 22 district leader seats in the June primary — enough to oust Bichotte Hermelyn from her longtime leadership role if she hadn’t resigned.

“I very much oppose these proposed changes, by the current Brooklyn Democratic Party chair,” Mamdani said on Aug.24.

“I oppose them because they are an attempt to circumnavigate the will of voters.”The New Kings Democrats sued Bichotte Hermelyn over her attempt to rewrite the party rulebook, demanding a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge halt the move that ultimately passed.Dems at all levels of local government have slammed the eleventh-hour change, including state Party Chair Jay Jacobs, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Sen.

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