Brooklyn pols break bread

A who’s-who of Brooklyn politicos gathered at Downtown Brooklyn’s Junior’s Restaurant last Friday morning to glad-hand over breakfast, just days before the midterm election.

Organized by longtime Democratic operative Steve Cohn (vice chairman of the state party) the annual event brought together some of the biggest names in borough politics, including Borough President Eric Adams, District Attorney Ken Thompson, Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, and others. along with candidates in Tuesday’s election.

Howard Golden, borough president from 1977 to 2001 and longtime Brooklyn Democratic boss, was also in the house, as was Rep. Edolphous Towns, 

Cohn spent 27 years as district leader for Williamsburg and Greenpoint, an unpaid but politically influential post representing the district in the state Democratic Party.

District leaders select the party’s county chairman and have influence over the picking of judicial candidates. Cohn stepped down in 2010, but he remains a power player — a long line of movers and shakers at the breakfast lined up to shake his hand.