NYC-CC33: NYC Primaries Meet the candidates (D) running in Council District 33

Two Democrats are competing in the primary for Council District 33, which includes Greenpoint and Williamsburg along with parts of Bed-Stuy, Downtown Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Incumbent Lincoln Restler is facing a last-minute challenge from Sabrina Gates, a deputy director at the Brooklyn Democratic Party. As is often the case in the left-leaning D33, there will be no Republican primary.


Lincoln Restler
Restler, a lifelong Brooklynite, got his start in politics in 2007, when he started work as a program analyst in the New York City mayor’s office under Mike Bloomberg. He was elected to the City Council in 2021, and handily won re-election in 2023.



Sabrina Gates
Gates, who has lived in northern Brooklyn for two decades, graduated from Georgetown University and spent several years working in the nonprofit sphere before getting involved in local politics.



https://www.brooklynpaper.com/nyc-primaries-2025-candidates-district-33/