As expected, Councilman Bill de Blasio announced that he’ll be running for Brooklyn borough president in 2009. De Blasio has been a councilman since 2001 and says he wants to be borough president because Brooklyn is the epicenter of new development in the city. A lot of cultural and business and political change is happening in Brooklyn. And the next borough president will have an opportunity to shape those changes. De Blasio, who’s been picking a fight with bad-boy architect Robert Scarano and cozying up to bloggers in anticipation of the announcement, is the second councilman to announce his candidacy for borough president after Charles Barron; Councilman Domenic M. Recchia Jr. has also said he’s considering a run. It’s a little early to be taking bets, but how’s the field looking to you from here?
Councilman Joins Race for Top Seat in Brooklyn [NY Times]