{"id":21130,"date":"2023-03-09T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/chris-banks-kicks-off-his-2023-city-council-campaign-with-a-groundswell-of-community-support\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:40:40","slug":"chris-banks-kicks-off-his-2023-city-council-campaign-with-a-groundswell-of-community-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/chris-banks-kicks-off-his-2023-city-council-campaign-with-a-groundswell-of-community-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Banks Kicks Off His 2023 City Council Campaign With A Groundswell of Community Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Lloyd Reid for EastNewYork.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Banks<\/strong>, a longtime advocate for residents of East New York officially kicked off his 2023 City Council campaign and he revealed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforchrisbanks.com\/\"><strong><em>campaign website<\/em><\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/fusioneastny.com\/\"><strong>Fusion East Restaurant<\/strong><\/a>, in East New York.\u00a0 He announced his candidacy for City Council in Brooklyn\u2019s 42<sup>nd<\/sup> District, which covers the areas of East New York, including Starrett City, as well as parts of Brownsville, Canarsie and East Flatbush. \u00a0More than 100 supporters came out to celebrate the kickoff.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16102\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Chris-Kickoff-1-Resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"354\" \/>Chris Banks stated<\/strong>, \u201cwe need a strong partner in city government to work alongside our state and federal elected officials to provide the leadership the community needs for the future of the district. For the past two decades our community has been shortchanged in resources and funding, which must change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banks is running against <strong>Charles Barron<\/strong>, who is the current Council person in the district.\u00a0 Barron has been representing East New York in either the City Council or State Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/power-to-the-people-how-charles-and-inez-barrons-seat-switching-is-a-dangerous-game-thats-hurting-east-new-york\/\"><strong>for the past 21 years<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Barron was in the City Council from 2002-2013, and then after he was term limited out, he went over to the Assembly. where he served from 2015-2022. He returned to the City Council again in January 2022. Whoever wins this Council race will take over the office in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16100 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Chris-resized-vertical-portrait-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Chris Banks is a lifelong Brooklyn resident, born and raised in East New York. He is a former member of Community Board 5 where he has served as the co-chair of the Aging, Transportation, and Education committees, as well as serving as a member of the Executive Committee as the Sergeant at Arms.\u00a0 Since 2018 Chris has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Boulevard Houses Nursery Day Care where he oversees several City Contracts of more than $1 million.\u00a0 He also wrote the green jobs curriculum and performed community outreach for the Italian American Civil Rights Group based in Starrett City and East New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign is all about the future of the district. We want progress and change in East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie and East Flatbush, but we want to make sure that hardworking community members aren\u2019t pushed out in the process.\u00a0 This campaign is about homeowners, tenants, small business owners, seniors and youth, who call East New York home. Change and resources have to be brought in through meaningful legislation, which is what I intend to create, with transparent input from the community.\u201d, <strong>added Banks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit his campaign website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforchrisbanks.com\/\">voteforchrisbanks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/charles-barron-protege-supported-by-so-called-gentrifiers-who-have-no-connection-to-east-new-york\/\">Charles Barron Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Aligns With So-Called Gentrifiers Who Have No Connection To East New York<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/video-eny-community-advocate-chris-banks-points-out-how-lack-of-legislation-by-charles-barron-has-been-hurting-the-community-for-20-years\/\"><strong>VIDEO: ENY Community Advocate Chris Banks Points Out How Lack Of Legislation By Charles Barron Has Been Hurting The Community For 20 Years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/nikki-lucas-blasts-charles-barron-for-calling-our-sister-tish-james-out-of-her-name-in-a-time-when-james-is-fighting-the-powerful-nra-to-get-guns-off-our-streets\/\"><strong>Nikki Lucas Blasts Charles Barron For Calling \u201cOur Sister\u201d Tish James Out Of Her Name In A Time When James Is Fighting The Powerful NRA To Get Guns Off Our Streets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lloyd Reid for EastNewYork.com Chris Banks, a longtime advocate for residents of East New York officially kicked off his 2023 City Council campaign and he revealed his campaign website at Fusion East Restaurant, in East New York.\u00a0 He announced his candidacy for City Council in Brooklyn\u2019s 42nd District, which covers the areas of East [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":21131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bk-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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