"Community organizer Jibreel Jalloh of Canarsie, Brooklyn, filed Wednesday to challenge Assembly Member Jaime Williams in the June 2026 Democratic primary for District 59. "We are knowing this true affordability crisis in our city, and I believe we have a lack of leadership right now that doesn't address that," he told City & State. "This campaign is going to be focused on the future, on bringing down the cost of living.""
"Jalloh is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit The Flossy Organization, which focuses on grassroots activism on a number of issues facing southeast Brooklyn, such as gun violence, climate change and transportation struggles. He is also an Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University. Jalloh would be a more progressive alternative to Williams, a right-leaning Democrat who has represented the district since 2016."
Jibreel Jalloh filed to challenge Assembly Member Jaime Williams in the June 2026 Democratic primary for District 59. He centers his campaign on addressing an affordability crisis and lowering the cost of living. Jalloh founded and leads The Flossy Organization, a nonprofit focused on grassroots activism on gun violence, climate change and transportation in southeast Brooklyn. He is an Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University. Williams, a right-leaning Democrat in office since 2016, has faced criticism from Democrats for conservative positions including vocal support for Curtis Sliwa’s mayoral campaign and opposition to the City of Yes zoning overhaul. District 59 covers waterfront communities in Canarsie, Mill Basin, Georgetown and Bergen Beach and leans Democratic in registration while shifting more Republican in the 2024 presidential election.
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