DC 37 Releases Endorsement List
By Colin Campbell
District Council 37, the citys largest municipal workers union with 121,000 members and 50,000 retirees, has released its list of endorsements for the public advocates race, several borough presidency battles and a plethora of City Council contests across the city, providing a nice boost as their candidates race towards the September 10 Democratic primary.
For public advocate the union unsurprisingly backed Councilwoman Tish James, who has emerged as the favorite pick for the citys major unions. But for Manhattan and Queens borough president, DC 37 went its own way, endorsing Upper West Councilwoman Gale Brewer and Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie respectively.
In the various Council races, the union sometimes endorsed candidates whove amassed the overwhelming share of labor support, such as Costa Costantinides and Rory Lancman in Queens, or Atonio Reynosos bid to defeat controversial former Assemblyman Vito Lopez in Brooklyn. But the group has also chartered its own path in many of the open-seat districts, including John Duane in Queens, Ola Alabi in Brooklyn and Noah Gotbaum in Manhattan, all of whom face opponents endorsed by the labor-backed Working Families Party, for example.
The DC 37 Delegates endorsed this list of very qualified candidates because of their proven record in support of fight[ing] against privatization and in support of public education, housing, health care and other issues important to the men and women we represent who work so hard to serve New York, said DC 37?s executive director Lillian Roberts in a statement. We firmly believe that these candidates will best represent the interests of New Yorkers.
Read more and get list at http://politicker.com/2013/06/dc-37-releases-endorsement-list/