Gwynne Hogan/ THE CITY
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Lenny Markh gained notoriety two years ago for one of the more audacious moves in Brooklyn political history: registering himself alongside his wife, Mariya, to represent four residents of a Red Hook houseboat. Markh had discovered that the houseboaters were the sole Kings County residents of a newly created state Assembly district, drawn through a…
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When Brooklyn Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn rushed to the criminal court arraignment of City Councilmember Susan Zhuang after Zhuang appeared to bite a police officer during a heated protest against a proposed Bensonhurst homeless shelter, it made for a head-scratching spectacle. Bichotte Hermelyn had railed against neighborhoods that pushed back on hosting shelters, especially in…