City Councilman Domenic Recchia is dropping his bid for Brooklyn Borough President – paving the way for an outspoken Afican American state lawmaker to make history.
Recchia (D-Coney Island) now plans to challenge embattled Republican Rep. Michael Grimm, several friends told the News.
That decision puts state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Crown Heights), who has a burgeoning campaign war chest and strong support in central Brooklyn, as the overwhelming frontrunner to replace Marty Markowitz in the largely ceremonial post.
Adams, a retired police captain, has raised an impressive $420,000, records show.
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