A Midwood assemblyman will vacate his seat after three-and-a-half decades in office, he announced on Wednesday.
Democrat Dov Hikind revealed he will not seek re-election in an eight-minute video, but the long-time pol said he is not ready to quit politics or advocacy just yet, and looks forward to his next steps.
“It has been an incredible 36 years of doing what I have been doing, serving people, making a difference in people’s lives, not being afraid to stand up and fight for the things that are important to me and our community,” he said. “Now other opportunities, wonderful things that I’m looking forward to being involved in, but basically continuing what I’ve done all my life — to fight, to stand up, to speak out, not to be afraid, in fact, only to be afraid of god but nothing else.”
Hikind has no specific future plans to announce right now, his spokesman said.
