Watch Simcha Felder’s victory speech.

As Democratic President Barack Obama swept to a re-election victory Tuesday night, Brooklyn voters sent a Republican and a conservative Democrat to Albany to represent their newly drawn Senate districts.

The shadow of last week’s hurricane hung over Election Day in Brooklyn, as voters in areas hit hardest by the storm headed to the polls today.

Throughout the U.S., lower-income voters tend to favor President Barack Obama’s re-election. But in Brooklyn, one of the borough’s poorer neighborhoods is also one of those most likely to vote Tuesday for Republican Mitt Romney.

As soon as Loretta Lucas became a citizen in 1971 after emigrating from Jamaica, she registered to vote. A staunch believer in the power of democracy, she has exercised this right ever since. For her, voting is essential to securing a good future for her family and the country. “Its an investment. Its the future,  Read more »

The controversy between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city’s Orthodox Jewish population over a circumcision ritual has once again injected itself into the state Senate race in Brooklyn’s District 17.   On Sept. 13, the New York City Board of Health passed a regulation mandating that parents sign a consent form before engaging in “metzitzeh  Read more »

Cortelyou Road marks the border of Census Tract 520, which is among the most diverse in the U.S – and part of State Senate district 17, the so-called “super-Jewish” district that is a bastion of conservative, Orthodox families.

The Brooklyn Supreme Court reversed the Board of Election’s previous decision that the collected signatures were invalid.

Most sixteen year olds spend summer vacation driving their first cars and their parents crazy. Ahsan Ali, 16, is not your average teenager.

By Alana Abramson A decision to regulate an ancient circumcision ritual has hit home in Brooklyn’s District 17, inserting the issue into the local state Senate election and sparking concerns about religious freedom and government intervention.   On Sept. 13, the New York City Board of Health passed a resolution requiring parents to sign a  Read more »

By Alana Abramson After Wednesday’s presidential debate, Simcha Felder’s campaign sent out a press release applauding Mitt Romney, claiming that his performance “showed America why he belongs in the White House.”   At first glance, that might seem like odd praise, coming from the Democratic candidate for State Senate in Brooklyn’s District 17.  But it’s  Read more »