A Wedge Opening in Brooklyn's Ultra-Orthodox Community?

Last month, when Democrat Ken Thompson, running to unseat
longtime incumbent Brooklyn D.A. Charlie Hynes, won the endorsement of Democratic State Assembly Member Dov Hikind, who represents the overwhelmingly Orthodox
Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, the Hynes campaign took notice.

Hikind is a power broker
in the Orthodox Jewish community, which has traditionally voted en bloc and has been