Diamondstone Will Run For City Council

Only a few short weeks since Ken Diamondstone bowed out of the SD-25 race to make way for challenger Daniel Squadron. Now he is diving right back in to the political action of Brooklyn by announcing his run for the 33rd Council District. The seat is currently held by David Yassky, but he is being term-limited out. Diamondstone will face quite a bit of competition with several candidates having already announced their intentions for CD-33. However, as Azi points out, things are looking good for Ken here in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint/DUMBO/Brooklyn Heights area.

From The Observer:

In the announcement, Diamondstone’s campaign said he will “make history by becoming Brooklyn’s first openly gay representative to any legislative body in New York State.”

He has reason to believe he can do it.

When he ran for State Senate in 2006, Diamondstone was seeking to represent a district that covers lower Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn. Diamondstone lost the Manhattan portion of the district to Connor by 2,163 votes, but he carried the Brooklyn portion by 1,384 votes.

The 33rd Council district overlaps with that area of Brooklyn.

With all of the good things Ken has done for his neighborhood and all of Brooklyn, voters will certainly recall his good name when they cast their ballots next year. The announcement was just made this morning, so there is no Council campaign site up yet, but you can still check him out at the original Diamondstone for Senate site.