The New York Young Republican Club is proud to endorse Council Member David Michael Carr as the next Minority Leader for the New York City Council. Council Member Carr, a member of the New York Young Republican Club, who represents the 50th Council District in Staten Island and Brooklyn, is the right choice to succeed the retiring and current Minority Leader Joe Borelli.
We thank Minority Leader Borelli for his many years of service to this City and his ongoing fight for Common Sense, and we have no doubt he will do great work in his next chapter. One of Minority Leader Borelli’s finest qualities was his extensive knowledge of the history of this city and its institutions, government, and culture. These are all qualities that Council Member Carr carries with him. This institutional knowledge and care are critical as Republicans carry the torch for the long and hard work to make our party a viable and victorious alternative in local races.
Council Member Carr has years of experience in the Council that precede his terms in elected office. He is a lifelong Staten Islander and New Yorker, and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the Council, the City, its challenges, and the shared wisdom that an extensive knowledge of history provides.
Council Member Carr has a great mind for policy, but what truly sets him apart is the all-too-rare quality of character. As the next Minority Leader, David Carr will lead with small-d democratic instincts, including and empowering the best skills and talents of the six members that make up the Republican Minority Conference. As a member of the New York Young Republican Club, he shares the party-building value that is instrumental to our success and is our guiding light.
With a Minority Leader Carr, who could lead the conference through the year of 2029, we will exceed the modern historical number of seats (7), we will see a Republican Council Member in each and every Borough, and we will see the development of a viable alternative in this City to the weak leadership, and even worse ideas of progressive Democrats, and the accommodationist and defeatist approach that characterized the party in the past.
Council Member Carr will continue the fight for Common Sense in our great city. We urge the six members voting to vote for Council Member David Michael Carr as the next New York City Council Minority Leader.