[1][2] It became influential under editor Andrew McLean (1848-1922), a Scottish immigrant from Renton, West Dunbartonshire.
Its offices were located at Fulton and Adams Streets[3] near Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, in a section of buildings later demolished for the construction of Cadman Plaza.
[4] By 1912, ninety percent of the Citizen's distribution went to Brooklyn homes.
As a result of this strike, circulation of the Citizen fell by one third.
The Citizen refused to recognize the union, and the National Labor Relations Board ruled that an election must be held and recognized by the newspaper in September 1943.