Ken Fisher Featured in The Wall Street Journal on Brooklyn’s Political Climate

October 28, 2025

Ken Fisher, land use and zoning attorney of Cozen O’Connor and member of Cozen O’ Connor Public Strategies’ New York practice, was featured in The Wall Street Journal article, “How Mamdani’s Brooklyn Became the Heart of the Democrats’ Civil War.” In the piece, Fisher examines Brooklyn’s rapidly evolving political landscape, contrasting the national Democratic establishment—represented by Brooklyn natives and party leaders Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries—with the rise of Democratic Socialist and mayoral frontrunner, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani.

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