33rd Council District
It is the Battle of the Steves. Incumbent Councilman Steve Levin is hoping to win a second term, but his challenger, Community Board 2 member Stephen Pierson, is waging a toe-to-toe fight to unseat him. The district includes Greenpoint, Dumbo, Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Downtown, and parts of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
STEVE LEVIN
• Worked at the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council and later as chief of staff for then-Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
• Defeated incumbent Councilman David Yassky in 2009.
• 32, single, no children.
STEPHEN PIERSON
• Founder and director of Canteen, an art and literary magazine. Former professional poker player.
• Elected to Community Board 2 in 2012.
• Age 37, married, one daughter.
THE CAMPAIGN
• Levin has blasted Pierson for never voting in a local election.
• Pierson’s attacks have focused on Levin’s ties to his mentor, disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
• Both candidates vow to fight the high-rise apartment buildings planned for Greenpoint.
