My Brooklyn Report

We’ve been asked by the Mark Winston Griffith Campaign to publish an open letter to the electorate of the 36th NYC Councilmanic District, representing Bedford Stuyvesant and parts of Crown Heights.

Our decision to publish the candidate’s remarks are based on our initial posture during the primary contest. We want our readers to consider a candidate’s platform on the issues important to them.

In 1989, Bedford Stuyvesant arrived on the world stage.

Spike Lee filmed Do The Right Thing on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy St and Lexington Ave, right in the heart of Bed Stuy. The filmed portrayed a neighborhood and it’s residents struggle with social issues that threatened to alter the world they knew that was their BLOCK.

Inside this film are the reasons why Al Vann will continue as the Council Member representing the neighborhood and why Mark Winston Griffith lost the election.