New Protest Movement Poses Challenges for Queens Progressives

Queens elected officials (clockwise from top left) Councilmember Francisco Moya, State Senator Jessica Ramos, Councilmember Danny Dromm, Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, have each tangled with an emboldened left in recent weeks.

Danny Dromm has long been seen as one of the more progressive members of the New York City Council, known in particular for his advocacy of public schools and the LGBTQ community. But recently Dromm has become a target of advocates and protesters with whom he has often sided.

After the Finance Committee that he chairs passed a budget that removed a billion…