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By Nelson A. King
While Public Advocate-Elect
Jumaane Williams has hardly
completed his transition team,
a crowded field of candidates
has already emerged to replace
him as representative for the
45th Council District in Brooklyn
.As of over the weekend,
at least nine candidates have
announced that they are best
suited to represent the district
that comprises East Flatbush,
Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine
Park and Midwood.
The candidates are: Anthony
Alexis, Anthony Beckford,
Monique Chandler-Waterman,
Louis Cespedes Fernadez, Farah
Louis, Jovia Radix, Xamayla
Rose, Adina Sash and Rickie
Tulloch.
“More than 188,000 live in
the district, of which approximately
61 percent are either
African American or Caribbean
American,” the Bklyner said.
It said Trinidadian-born
Alexis has been supervising
city-funded seniors centers in
Brooklyn since 2016.
Before working with seniors,
Alexis began working for the
New York State Assembly in
1997 and later the New York
City Council, where he acquired
extensive governmental experience,
Bklyner said.
It said Beckford, who has
“lived in the district his entire
life,” founded Black Lives Matter
Brooklyn in January 2019, “an
organization he intends to use
to advocate for the Black History
Education bill.”
Beckford is also the leader
of the Brooklyn sector of
Copwatch Patrol Unit, a police
accountability group that documents
police interactions in the
community, as well as protests,
Bklyner said.
It said Chandler-Waterman is
a public servant, advocate and
activist, whose term as president
of the East 29th Street
Block Association “marked
her foundational work in civic
engagement, which is guided by
her desire to improve lives.”
“As an active, lifelong resident
of East Flatbush, Chandler
Waterman recognizes the
needs of the community and
works for everyday families and
residents,” the Bklyner said.
A native of New York City,
Cespedes Fernandez is also a
first-generation Cuban-American.
In 2017, Cespedes Fernandez
ran for City Council in the
45th District against Williams,
according to Bklyner.
It said his primary issues are
housing access security and
homeownership, education and
vocational training, homelessness
and un-employment.
Born and raised in Brooklyn,
Louis has been “an advocate
fighting for her community
since young,” the Bklyner said.
As the former deputy chief
of staff and budget director to
Public Advocate-Elect Williams,
“Louis supported the council
member and helped him make
critical decisions on which
organizations in the district to
fund,” the Bklyner said.
It said Louis “aims to continue
fighting for her community
around economic development,
affordable housing, and access
to quality education.”
Lawyer Radix is the daughter
of Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia
Hinds-Radix and Grenadianborn
dentist Dr. Joseph Radix.
Prior to pursuing her Juris
Doctorate (law degree), Radix
served as the Brooklyn Regional
Representative to New State
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
Radix has served in various
government and political positions,
and has served her community
in various levels of government,
according to Bklyner.
In addition, it says Radix
assists her family in the direction
and management of a
tutoring program facilitated by
the Barbados Ex-Police Association.
Radix is the Vice-President
of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic
Club Young Democrats.
“I was born and raised in the
45th Council District,” Radix, a
Hofstra University Law School
graduate, with a Master’s degree
in Public Administration and
a Bachelor’s degree in Political
Science, told Caribbean Life in a
recent, exclusive interview.
“This is the district in which
I attended public schools and
the community that shaped
the person that I am today,”
added, Radix, stating that she
has “learned the meaning of
public service” from her family,
as she watched her family “publicly
service the community in
food drives, tutoring, mentoring,
etc.”
Rose is a longtime Brooklynite,
born and raised in the
45th Council District. She
serves on the board of Community
Board 17.
In 2008, Rose worked for the
borough president’s office. During
that time, she also ran HIV
public health campaigns, jobs
programs and oversaw Community
Boards 3 and 16, as well
as the Business Improvement
Districts in Bedford Stuyvesant
and Brownsville, the Bklyner
said.
Anthony Beckford.
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