Brooklyn City Council member Chi Ossé filed paperwork on Monday to challenge House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries .

Ossé , who represents Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant, had been rumored to make a run for the Brooklyn congressman's seat for several weeks. Centrist Democrats, including Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, recently have been criticized for not reaching the agreement intended to safeguard health care for millions under Obamacare during the historic government shutdown.

Since joining the City Council in 2022, Ossé, 27, is the only Gen Z politician on the City Council, the youngest member to be elected in New York history.

Jeffries represents the 8th Congressional District , which covers Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, Marine Park and

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