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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2014, 06:59 PM Mar 2014

Mark-Viverito Won’t Criticize Governor But Other Council Liberals Will Read more at http://observer

Ross Barkan

Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito repeatedly refused to criticize Andrew Cuomo today–but that didn’t stop at least one liberal council member from jumping on the governor after his latest dispute with Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Ms. Mark-Viverito, a liberal allied with Mr. de Blasio, refused to answer the Observer‘s question today about whether she believed Mr. Cuomo had abandoned his progressive principles in the wake of growing criticism from the left.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/03/mark-viverito-wont-criticize-governor-but-other-council-liberals-will/#ixzz2x72T7Utf

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