Running for City Council in Brooklyn’s 46th District, Athena Clarke holds a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who were adversely affected by NYC’s COVID-era policies. Clarke was a tenured special education teacher when she lost her job for declining to take a vaccine four years ago.
Since that dark time, she has gotten married, had a daughter, taken her lawsuit against the Board of Education all the way to the highest court in the state, and launched her run for City Council.
I joined her campaign in Brooklyn for their final canvassing push before Election Day on Tuesday to talk with Clarke and some of her supporters.
