BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Appellate Division, Second Department, has upheld a lower court’s ruling that disqualified Athena Clarke from running for City Council in Brooklyn’s 46th District on the Protect Animals Party line.

Clarke, a first-generation American from Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica and the West Indies, is a former NYC public school teacher turned advocate after losing her job under the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

She is running for City Council in Brooklyn’s 46th District on a platform she describes as centered on due process, parental rights, public safety and government accountability.

Clarke filed her independent nominating petition with the New York City Board of Elections on May 23, 2025, seeking to appear on the November ballot alongside Curtis Sliwa, who was desig

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