Greenpoint Gazette.   By Talisa Chang Sep 10, 2009

In the past few months, Doug Biviano’s grassroots campaign as a reform candidate has picked up considerable steam. Biviano has strived to set himself apart from the three ‘machine’ candidates, Steven Levin, Jo Anne Simon, and Evan Theis, emphasizing his lack of ties to special interests. The major tenants of Biviano’s campaign include health care reform, affordable housing, and money for schools, senior centers, and other public institutions. Biviano insists on looking at the broader context, seeing problems such as military spending, special interest groups, and corruption on both a local and national level as issues which play out in local communities in real ways. A Brooklyn native, Biviano lives with his wife and three children in Brooklyn Heights.

...“Everybody’s in it so much for themselves that very few politicians are working on behalf of the people. I come from a different place. Life can be so wonderful without making a million dollars. Like last Friday, going out with my family and coming home with a bucket full of clams. Most of those things are free,” Biviano said.

...“Who do you want to be broken down on the side of the road with? I think a guy like me. Who do you want to be in this economy with? I think a guy like me. Because I can do more with less. And I’m going to do it. That’s where I come from. I don’t need to do it for my own advancement. We need somebody who’s going to help the community right now, and I’m going to do it. I’ve got the tools to do it.”

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