Charges Dropped Against Ousted Brooklyn Community Board Manager

COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn District Attorney has dropped charges of stalking and harassment against the former district manager of a Brooklyn community board.

Craig Hammerman, who had served on Community Board 6 for nearly 30 years, was accused of using his ex-girlfriend's Uber account to follow her to a hotel and breaking a restraining order she took out against him.

He turned down multiple plea deals, according to his attorney, including one that would have seen him admit to a violation in exchange for dropping the more serious charges. The D.A.'s office dropped all charges against him on Nov. 1, according to the attorney, Joyce David.

Hammerman served as Community Board 6's district manager, the highest paid member of the neighborhood advisory panel in Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus and Park Slope. He made $110,000 in 2016.

He resigned from his post last month as a closed-door committee was deciding his fate with the board.

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