Brooklyn Democratic Party powerhouse Frank Seddio was caught threatening to rip the “f—ing heart out” of a party activist and even wished the person a “terrible death” after a dispute over the selection of state judges.
In a statement released by the former Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman, stating “What I am is a fu–ing Sicilian who will take your f—ing heart out. You are absolutely done. Never f—ing call me again. Don’t go call me for anything. Drop dead,” and also raged as he was restrained by colleagues from charging district leader David Schwartz.
In the video, Schwartz can also be seen videotaping Seddio, who is still holding clout in the party as “chairman emeritus” and a district leader.
Amid the dispute, another executive committee, Doug Schneider, can be seen attempting to calm Seddio down.
“Frank, let’s go outside,” he tells Seddio.
According to the reports, the altercation took place at the end of a meeting of the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s executive committee at Nick’s Lobster House in Marine Park last week.
Boykin, a member of the reform-minded New Kings Democratic club, which has been pushing for changes to the party, who was also in the meeting claimed that “They were very angry with each other. Frank yells a lot.”
Boykin then later apologized to Schwartz for, “Frank’s bad behavior.”
According to the reports, Schwartz was attending his last meeting after he lost his primary for district leader to a candidate which was backed by Mayor Eric Adams’ team, Pinny Ringel.
Since then, the selection of judges across New York City has been a source of controversy including scandals on corruption that involved candidates and party leaders.
For instance, Ex- Brooklyn Democratic leader Clarence Norman, was convicted by the feds over an alleged selling scheme.
Furthermore, reports also revealed that “critics have been complaining that Democratic Party leaders have enormous sway over the selection process. Not only do they recommend a slate of judges to the judicial delegation, but many of the delegates at the convention have ties to the party and rubber stamp the leadership’s choices.”
On Tuesday, Morrison Cohen released a statement saying, “It’s a very archaic way of doing it. It’s very, very hard for an insurgent to win an election to the state Supreme Court in New York,” retired Appellate Court Judge David Saxe, now a partner with the law firm “The Democratic Party controls the delegates.”
In addition, during an interview on Tuesday, Seddio verbally attacked and threatened Schwarz, claiming that he was defending his integrity.
“Schwartz called me a liar,” Seddio claimed.
“My Sicilian came out. I value my integrity significantly.”
Reports also revealed that sources claimed that Seddio may have mistaken proxy votes from another district leader with his own, which triggered a misunderstanding that preceded the blow up.
