Fliedner
ran in the 2017 Brooklyn Democratic primary as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America
on a platform of criminal justice
reform, an end to broken windows
policing, and the shutdown of Rikers Island, issues shared more or less by his five competitors.
The largely amicable town board race will feature former town building inspector Paul Andreassen,
running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence party lines; longtime Saugerties
police officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local gover
police officer Donald Tucker,
running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's
Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local gover
Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and
Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is
running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local government.
But the decision drew immediate heat from
police reform groups, many of whom worked to get de Blasio elected when he
ran on a campaign of
reforming the relationship between
police and communities of color.