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del.icio.usThe Independent Neighborhood Democrats club is hosting a forum for attorney general candidates tonight, so we took the chance to examine who the borough might fancy.
In a crowded race, Manhattan State Senator Eric Schneiderman might have some juice, at least according to one longtime political veteran who noted his “closeness” to state senators from Brooklyn, like John Sampson (D-Canarsie). “He’s enjoyed good relations with his colleagues,” the person said. The recently influential Working Families Party will also likely side with Schneiderman, another political observer noted, given the pol’s relationship with consultants Berlin Rosen, along with other mutual connections.
“He’s been one of the most progressive voices and very responsive to labor,” the political veteran added. “It doesn’t hurt that he has political consultants close to WFP.”
And it was the WFP that was very helpful, in “certain ways,” to county boss Vito Lopez last election, dispatching 32BJ, the property service workers union, to help Lopez-backed Maritza Davila, in the race for the 34th Council District in Williamsburg and Bushwick.
“This will help Schneiderman,” the political veteran said.
Meanwhile, Assemblymember Richard Brodsky might have some momentum of his own, thanks to support from his colleagues Joan Millman and Jim Brennan, a person familiar with the race said. Other candidates include
But an IND member insisted that the race, for now, is “wide open.”
The IND forum will be held tonight at 7 PM at the Kane Street Synagogue. 236 Kane Street. As of this writing, three of the four candidates expected to run said they will be in attendance.
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