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New York City Council member Ari Kagan speaks on opening day of Luna Park in
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New York City Council member Ari Kagan speaks on opening day of Luna Park in
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New York City Council member Ari Kagan speaks on opening day of Luna Park in
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New York City Council member Ari Kagan speaks on opening day of Luna Park in
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By Dave Goldiner | dgoldiner@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and Michael
Gartland | mgartland@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2022 at 5:56 p.m. | UPDATED: December 5, 2022 at 11:13
p.m.

Brooklyn City Councilman Ari Kagan officially became a Republican on Monday,
saying he will switch districts to run against a fellow incumbent next year.

Kagan, who was elected just last year to represent a Coney Island-based
district, said he has joined the Republican caucus in the Council and will
challenge Councilman Justin Brannan in a rejiggered district in nearby Bay
Ridge.

“Every month I was asking myself, ‘Why am I still a Democrat?'” Kagan said in a
press conference on the steps of City Hall. “It’s not about numbers or an
election. It’s about [sending] a message.”

The Daily News first reported Kagan’s plans on Sunday night.



Kagan, an immigrant from Belarus, was flanked by Republican Minority Leader
Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island).


New York City Council member Ari Kagan speaks on opening day of Luna Park in
Brooklyn, New York Saturday, April, 2, 2022.

Kagan stressed rising crime as the No. 1 issue behind his decision. He also said
Democrats were unresponsive to demands to moderate the party’s liberal stances.



“I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me,” Kagan said.

He said he will run in a neighboring 43rd Council district because he feels
betrayed by fellow Democrats in his own 47th district, which was dramatically
redrawn by an independent redistricting commission.



Unsurprisingly, Kagan’s move drew Bronx cheers from Democrats, who branded him a
turncoat.

“This is just pure political opportunism,” Brannan said.

“This drastic about-face seriously calls into question [Kagan’s] commitment to
[Democratic] policy priorities,” Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) said
in a statement.

Mayor Adams was more circumspect, saying ahead of the press conference that
Kagan “has to [do] what he thinks is best.”

Kagan’s move comes as Republicans have been enjoying a major revival in south
Brooklyn.

Three GOP candidates flipped Democratic districts in the area in the midterms,
although Democrats are threatening not to seat Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang,
claiming he really lives in Manhattan.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) also had a much bigger-than-expected victory
over former Democratic Rep. Max Rose in the NY-11 congressional district that
includes the neighborhoods represented by Brannan and Kagan.








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