Lincoln Restler | |
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Member of the New York City Council from the 33rd district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Levin |
Personal details | |
Born | March 19,1984 |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Brown University (BA) |
Website | Official website Campaign website |
Lincoln P. Restler (born March 19,1984) is a politician and civil servant from New York City,who is a member of the New York City Council for the 33rd district which covers Greenpoint,parts of Vinegar Hill,Williamsburg,Boerum Hill,Brooklyn Heights,Dumbo,and other Downtown neighborhoods in northern Brooklyn. Restler co-founded reform political club,New Kings Democrats,and was a New York State Democratic District Leader. He held several positions in municipal government before running for City Council.
Restler grew up in Brooklyn Heights [1] on Pierrepont Street with an older sister. [2] Restler is Jewish and attended the Reform Brooklyn Heights Synagogue in his youth. [3]
His father,Peter Restler, [4] founded the private equity firm CAI Funds.
He attended the Packer Collegiate Institute [5] and graduated from Brown University with a bachelor in Africana Studies and Latin American Studies in 2006. [5] [6] [7] [8] He was schoolmates with future political adversary and eventual Council predecessor,Stephen Levin. [9]
Restler became involved in politics while in undergrad with the Providence,Rhode Island City Council re-election campaign of David Segal, [7] and in the 2008 presidential primary supporting Barack Obama. [6] [10]
He worked for the City of New York as an employee at the Department of Small Business Services and Department of Consumer Protection. [11] Restler co-founded reform club New Kings Democrats in 2008,and worked in the Bill de Blasio administration. [1] [5] [6] [12] He worked on the de Blasio campaign and as senior policy advisor to the mayor. [11] [13]
In 2020,Restler resigned from the de Blasio administration and joined the St. Nicks Alliance. [14]
Restler was elected District Leader in the 50th Assembly District in 2010 when he was 26. [10] [15] [16] He was supported by U.S. Representative Nydia Velasquez and then-City Councilmember Tish James. [16] Restler lost the seat in 2012 to Chris Olechowski by 19 votes. [15]
In 2021,Restler ran for the New York City Council 33rd district and defeated seven other candidates to win the Democratic nomination,and ran in the November general unopposed. [17] He received endorsements from State Senators Julia Salazar and Jabari Brisport,the Working Families Party,Public Advocate Jumaane Williams,and Velasquez. [18] In the 7th round of ranked choice voting,he prevailed over closest candidate Elizabeth Adams 63.9%-36.1%. [19]
Location | Year | Election | Results |
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NYC Council District 33 | 2021 | Democratic Primary | √Lincoln Restler 50.3%% Elizabeth Adams 21.7% Victoria Cambranes 7.3% Sabrina Gates 5.7% Toba Potosky 5.6% April Somboun 5.2% Stu Sherman 4.1% Ben Solotaire 2.1% [20] |