Judge says Brooklyn Democratic Party’s chair and rules are ‘null and void,’ orders new meeting

A judge has tossed out the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s purported leader and its most recent set of rules, setting the stage for what may be a final showdown between the old guard and reformers. Brooklyn Supreme Court justice Peter Sweeney on Tuesday nullified a set of party bylaws proposed by former party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and her allies and voided the questionably-legal election of Assembly Member Nikki Lucas as party chair. The party must reconvene its September organizational meeting to vote on Bichotte Hermelyn’s proposed bylaws, Sweeney ordered, before it can move to properly elect a new chair. For now, the party is operating under its 2024 bylaws and is temporarily headed by county committee chair Nydia Velázquez. [caption id="attachment_249867" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Nydia Velázquez is the county committee chair and temporary head of the party.

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