Council Member Robert Holden is looking to form a bloc of like-minded moderate colleagues in the City Council to provide a counter to members on the “far left”.
Holden submitted paperwork to the Council Speaker’s Office to form the “Common Sense” caucus about two weeks ago and is confident it will be approved in the coming weeks, he told the Queens Post Friday.
He said about 10 to 12 current council members have expressed interest in joining the caucus.
Council Members Kalman Yeger of Brooklyn and Joseph Borelli of Staten Island are working alongside Holden to create the caucus.
Queens Council Member James Gennaro has also been named as a potential caucus member in published reports, though Holden declined to provide names of members who may join.
The moderate caucus would provide a direct counter to the Council’s progressive caucus, which was formed in 2009 and currently has 20 members. The Council’s other five caucuses are the Black, Asian and Latino caucus; the Irish caucus; the Jewish caucus; the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender caucus; and the women’s caucus.
Holden said he hoped to form the Common Sense caucus four years ago but didn’t have support from the council leadership.
This time around, Holden said there’s growing momentum for more moderate politics because “people are fed up”.
“People see that the city is out of control under de Blasio’s socialist positions,” Holden said. “We need to go back to the center.”
19 comments:
I sure hope so!!
A good half this City Council are racist, outright crazy, progressive, communist or any combination of above.
Some kind of emergency brake is needed or our rights, city and any quality of life is going to be completely scuttled and buried. I'm glad so many are starting to realize the danger and reality of the situation and its road to hell.
Also: This mayoral election needs to be recalled, Adams lived in New Jersey. You cant trust a liar, nor should a team of organized liar's and bamboozlers have big power.
We already had years of a racist Boss Tweed 2.0 and this now all looks so much worse !!
"Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear" - Jon Anderson
Good luck Mr. Holden but children don't like to be told no !
Let the red pills rain !
Let's Go Brandon, FJB...
Holden moderate? If he's moderate then so is Stalin.
Idiocracy is literally coming to life, before our very eyes.
To save the City the current NYC City Council must be abolished !
We must shed these worthless idots then discard them like the human refuse they are.
Term Limmits and recalls must be installed and used !
Throw the Bums OUT !
"Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid
As a moment regained and regarded both the same
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid
A clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you"
It seems the Yes fans have all come out.
Love Yes !
It’s getting a little old seeing these clowns described as “progressives” or “liberals” when they’re flat out Communists.
"A man who reads nothing at all is more well informed than a man who reads nothing but newspapers" - Thomas Jefferson
Trump: You're gonna win so much you're gonna get tired of it
Jiden: You're gonna lose so much you're gonna get tired of it
Let's Go Brandon !
Much vigilance is needed in times like these.
I really didlike that the entire left establishment can't criticize a single one of their own.
McCarthy and Alex Jones get more and more right every day.
@"McCarthy and Alex Jones get more and more right every day."
Your mental cognition is getting weaker every day too. What a coincidence.
Beetle Juice Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot makes these NYC idiots look normal !
"Political genius lies in extracting success even from the people's ruin."
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
He's got one more term, then he's history. He can go back to picking up garbage in Juniper park.
@Picking up garbage in Juniper park.
You are trash and contribute nothing dumb ass troll.
Mr. Robert Holden you should run for the NY Senate !
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