Power & Politics: Republicans narrow the gap, gain ground in southern Brooklyn

It's been a few weeks since Election Day and many are still buzzing about what happened in New York. In Congress, Republicans narrowed the gap – winning 11 of 26 seats. Only one of those seats was in the city, NY-11, encompassing Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn.

Republicans were able to pick up three Assembly seats in southern Brooklyn as well.

One of those winners was Michael Novakhov, of District 45. He joined Kurt Semder on this week’s edition of Power & Politics.

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Power & Politics: Republicans narrow the gap, gain ground in southern Brooklyn

It's been a few weeks since Election Day and many are still buzzing about what happened in New York. In Congress, Republicans narrowed the gap – winning 11 of 26 seats. Only one of those seats was in the city, NY-11, encompassing Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn.

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