Hynes Race-Baits Thompson in Yiddish

Blogger Failed Messiah reports that Brooklyn D.A. Charlie Hynes, running for re-election on the Republican and Conservative lines, has placed an ad in at least one Yiddish-language Satmar-owned newspaper race-baiting opponent Ken Thompson, who won the September Democratic Primary.

The Thompson campaign had the Yiddish ad translated into English and sent the translation to Failed Messiah.

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Thompson Gets an Important Endorsement

The New York Times Editorial Board has endorsed Ken Thompson, who defeated incumbent Charlie Hynes in the 2013 Democratic Primary, for Brooklyn District Attorney.

After losing the primary to Thompson -- by a wide margin -- and announcing the end of his bid for a 7th term in office, Hynes reversed himself, and is now campaigning against Thompson as a Republican/Conservative in the November 5

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Schumer Endorses Thompson

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, senior member of the New York delegation,
has strongly endorsed Ken Thompson for Brooklyn District Attorney, saying Thompson would effectively fight crime while delivering the change Brooklyn so desperately needs.

Schumer's endorsement follows Thompson's historic upset victory in the September Democratic Primary for Brooklyn D.A., making him the first

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"Time to Go Joe": "I'm in Again"

Ken Thompson, who beat 24-year incumbent Charlie Hynes 55% to 45% in the Democratic Primary race for Brooklyn District Attorney last month, learned in the newspapers today, just like we did, that his defeated opponent, after conceding the election, promising a smooth transition, and swearing to stop campaigning, has pulled a 180.

According to the New York Post, Hynes' reversal came after a

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Add Scheduling Conflict, Whip

Incompatible calendars touched off a volley this week in the hotly-adversarial Brooklyn D.A. primary race.

Democratic challenger Ken Thompson's campaign tried, on Monday afternoon, to reschedule the last in a series of three debates with Brooklyn District Attorney Charlie Hynes at the Brooklyn Bar Association on Tuesday, Aug. 27, citing a scheduling conflict.

Because there were three

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George All in For Thompson

At a reception this evening at his now-empty campaign headquarters on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Bergen Street in Boerum Hill, former Democratic Brooklyn District Attorney candidate Abe George introduced his core supporters to once-rival Democrat Ken Thompson.

George, pledging his full support to Thompson, announced that he will donate $20,000 to Thompson's campaign, calling on his

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Candidates Forum with Hynes and Thompson

At 7 PM on Wednesday, August 14, VOCAL- NY, Brooklyn Young Democrats and the Brooklyn Reform Coalition will host a Brooklyn District Attorney Forum with incumbent D.A. Charlie Hynes and challenger Ken Thompson, battling for the reform vote, at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street in Brooklyn.

Doors open at 6:30 PM.

See the candidates in person and ask them questions.

The Daily News'

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Failed Messiah Makes a Quirky Connection

In a recent post, muck-raking haredi Brooklyn blogger Failed Messiah, a foe of Brooklyn D.A. Charlie Hynes, attributed an insulting email calling him an "asshole" to the family of Dennis Quirk, who heads the New York State Court Officers Union and is a major Hynes campaign contributor.

Quirk, waggishly dubbed "The King of the Courts", is known for ad hominem attacks on sitting judges. Quirk

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George Quits the Race for Brooklyn DA

Abe George announced today that he is dropping out of the race for Brooklyn District Attorney to throw his support behind fellow Democratic challenger Ken Thompson, ensuring a one-on-one between longtime incumbent Charlie Hynes and Thompson.

George's exit makes it a tougher race for the 78-year-old Hynes, in office since 1990. George and Thompson were expected to split Brookyn's minority vote.

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Thompson to George: "Get out of the Race"

Brooklyn Daily reports that former federal prosecutor Ken Thompson, in a three-way Democratic primary battle with former Manhattan assistant district attorney Abe George and veteran Brooklyn district attorney Charlie Hynes, has called on George, who he says doesn't have the money to win, to get out of the race.

According to the Thompson campaign, George's staying in the race will only ensure

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Local Massage Parlor Sweep Nets 19

At a joint press conference today, Brooklyn District Attorney Charlie Hynes, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and City Council Member Vinnie Gentile announced the
arrest of 19 people allegedly engaged in promoting prostitution at a dozen illegal "massage
parlors" in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.

The sweep resulted from a joint year-long undercover operation by the Brooklyn DA's Special

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Abe George Fundraiser at Heights Casino

At 6 PM on Wednesday, June 26, the Heights Casino, at 75 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, will host a marquee June fundraiser -- with Rohit Desai and Pete Eikenberry -- for Democratic District Attorney candidate Abe George.

Food, drinks, and the chance to be part of what could -- outside of the mayoral election -- be the city's most important election this year.

RSVP to Luis Escobar at

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Prosecutorial Smackdown at the Dining Room

The three Democratic candidates for Brooklyn District Attorney clashed repeatedly over hot-button issues at a candidate forum at the Dining Room in Downtown Brooklyn on Monday night hosted by Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century (DL21C).

The 50 or so people who attended greeted Hynes with both cheers and jeers, and vocally agreed or disagreed with each candidate's points throughout the

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