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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2015, 04:02 PM Mar 2015

Bill de Blasio Will Raise Cash for Vincent Gentile

Ross Barkan

Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t win any popularity contests in Staten Island and southern Brooklyn–but he’s still throwing his weight behind a Democratic candidate for their House seat.

Mr. de Blasio, along with Democratic activist Bill Samuels and Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos, will host a fund-raiser for Councilman Vincent Gentile, a Brooklyn lawmaker, on March 19, according to an invitation obtained by the Observer. The fund-raiser at Mr. Samuels’ East Side home is likely to bring in a nice haul for Mr. Gentile, an underdog in the special election for the 11th Congressional District, but it could prove controversial in neighborhoods where Mr. de Blasio’s progressive brand of politics is reviled.

Read more at http://observer.com/2015/03/bill-de-blasio-will-raise-cash-for-vincent-gentile/#ixzz3Tv8z08IY
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Bill de Blasio Will Raise Cash for Vincent Gentile (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2015 OP

I hope Gentile is a better candidate than Recchia was Sanity Claws Mar 2015 #1

Gentile is a personal friend and is much better than Recchia. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #2

Sanity Claws

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1. I hope Gentile is a better candidate than Recchia was

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 04:13 PM

Mar 2015

I've met Gentile and I think he knows his council district well. However, I wonder whether he is well-versed in things outside of his local area.

hrmjustin

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2. Gentile is a personal friend and is much better than Recchia.

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 04:16 PM

Mar 2015

It will be hard but I think he has a shot.

This may also be a stepping stone to running for state stsenate again in 2016 if he doesn't win.

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