After weeks of drama and intrigue, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who has led the Brooklyn Democratic Party since 2020, said exclusively on NY1 that she would step aside and no longer seek another term as head of the party.

“I am leaving the party in that capacity a stronger, more inclusive, more transparent party and I am just really excited,” she said on “Inside City Hall” Monday night. “We have a number of qualified candidates. We have legislators. We have former legislators and former state committee members who can also run for that position.”

The news is bound to shake up Brooklyn politics, which has been in turmoil for months.

Party leadership is expected to vote on a new leader Tuesday night. It is unclear if new candidates will emerge at the last minute.

Bichotte Hermelyn has been feuding with a group of so-called reformers in the party for years. Those reformers put forward their own candidate earlier this summer – Julio Pena – after they said they won a majority of seats on the party’s leadership committee during the Democratic primary.

Almost immediately, Bichotte Hermelyn attempted to outmaneuver them.

She put forward a rule change that expanded the leadership’s ranks, potentially giving her an advantage when the party was set to vote on a new leader.

But those changes are tied up in court, and it’s unclear whether the courts would side with her.

“There will be an opportunity to nominate other people, and there will be a democratic process where people will have a say, and you know, we get to choose who is going to be our next party chair,” she told NY1.

Bichotte Hermelyn has created controversy over the last several months.

Her rule change was widely condemned by top leaders of the Democratic Party in New York, like the governor, the mayor and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer.

Earlier this year, she rescinded her endorsement of the governor’s reelection bid following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s selection of Adrienne Adams for lieutenant governor. Bichotte Hermelyn eventually reversed course.

But after Monday’s decision, her future is uncertain.

In a video statement shared with NY1, she said she is not going anywhere.