The 33rd Council Office represents the communities of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Vinegar Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

We’re committed to being your 24/7 problem solvers on issues big and small. Please email district33@council.nyc.gov with any ideas, concerns, or questions.

We are here to help! Visit our Contact Us page to meet our team and get in touch with us directly.

District 33 Updates

  • ⚖️🎉 In April, we passed our bill to protect New York City workers by banning employers from restricting workplace discrimination or harassment claims.

    Employers were using a loophole to get around our human rights laws and shorten the length of time workers had to file in court.

    Every worker in New York City deserves to seek damages if they’ve experienced discrimination or harassment.

    I’m proud that the passage of our legislation will restore the true spirit of the City’s Human Rights Law and ensure that workers are protected in court and able to hold bad actors accountable.

  • We have so many neighbors who come out to help take care of our neighborhood trees! In Brooklyn Heights this Spring, we cleaned out & cultivated compost in dozens of tree beds to help keep our trees healthy!

    Sign up to steward the street tree on your block at treemap.lincolnrestler.nyc.

  • The Meeker Avenue Plume conditions are potentially dangerous & all businesses and residents near the contaminated area should get tested this winter.

    Sign up for free indoor air testing from the EPA.

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ABOUT LINCOLN

Born in the 33rd Council District, Lincoln was raised by and has worked with the communities that make up the district his whole life – from Greenpoint to Brooklyn Heights and from Boerum Hill to Williamsburg.

Lincoln spent most of his career as a public servant in New York City government, where he fought hard to deliver for those New Yorkers who always seem to be overlooked by our elected officials. He designed and implemented programs like IDNYC – providing the first U.S. government issued photo identification for many of our city’s 600,000 undocumented residents and negotiated the creation of safe, affordable bank accounts that have benefited thousands of “unbanked” New Yorkers. Lincoln formerly served as Executive Director of the New York City Employment and Training Coalition, a nonprofit coalition of community based organizations, union training funds, and community colleges that provide job training and job placement services to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers annually.

And over a decade ago, Lincoln helped form New Kings Democrats, an organization dedicated to bringing transparency, accountability, and integrity to Brooklyn politics.

Understanding what our district needs is integral to how Lincoln works—he wants to tackle the affordability crisis, revitalize small businesses, and deliver solutions to climate change. He ran for office because he’s committed to being a problem solver for residents and showing up on every issue, big and small.

Lincoln grew up in Brooklyn Heights and lives in Greenpoint with his partner. He graduated from Brown University and attended neighborhood schools.