More ‘Racist’ Literature Hits Brooklyn Assembly District

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Will Bredderman

A second racially loaded piece of campaign literature is circulating in a hotly contested Brooklyn Assembly district–this one openly accusing Ben Akselrod, challenger to Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowtiz, of racism.

The flyer appeared in the Marlboro Houses, a predominantly black New York City Housing Authority development partially in the district, and alludes to a mailer Mr. Akselrod sent out when running against Mr. Cymbrowitz in 2012–which mistakenly used the word “negrohood” rather than “neighborhood.” Mr. Akselrod has maintained that the mistake was a typo, and his campaign treasurer–whose mailing address was on the mailer–resigned over the incident.



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