Treyger Challenges McCreight for Democratic District Leader

The unusual degree of interest in an unpaid Democratic district leader position in the 46th Assembly District (AD) this year points to an internal power struggle between the Bay Ridge and Coney Island sides of an Assembly District straddling the Belt Parkway.

In February, even before Mark Davidovich announced he wouldn't run again as male Democratic district leader in the 46th AD, Bay Ridge Democrat Chris McCreight, a political strategist who has run campaigns for Sal Albanese and Vinnie Gentile, announced for the position. 

Then, in a surprise move this month, Democratic City Council Member Mark Treyger jumped into the race.

District leaders, who serve two-year terms, sit on the state committee and county executive committee. Typically regarded as grassroots operatives, they recruit candidates, supervise volunteers and staff polling sites.

Democrats elect one male and one female State Committee person in each of the state's ADs, 21 of which are in Brooklyn. 

Dilia Schack is the female district leader in the 46th AD.

Why would Treyger, a City Council Member, run for an unpaid district leader position? He says he wants to recruit more more "diverse" political candidates -- bring in "new faces and new voices." 

Coney Island and Bay Ridge, Treyger says, really aren't that different.

This all seems to point back to Bay Ridge favorite Kate Cucco's loss to Treyger pick Pam Harris in the special election to replace Alec Brook-Krasny. 

The Brooklyn Eagle article.