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2009 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2009

Contact:
Zita Allen, Communications Director
Molly Charboneau
Rudy Orozco
212-815-1535

DC 37, the city's largest municipal employee union, endorses candidates for New York City Council and Staten Island Borough President races

The Executive Board of District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union with 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees, voted to endorse the following candidates for the New York City Council and Staten Island Borough President races for the Tuesday, September 15th Democratic primary election. [See list below.]

The vote by the DC 37 Executive Board follows the recommendations of the DC 37 Screening Committee.

"The DC 37 Executive Board endorsed this list of very qualified candidates because of their proven record in support of the issues important to the men and women we represent who work so hard to serve New York," said DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts. "We firmly believe that these candidates will best represent the interests of the labor community of our city and our state. Our endorsement brings with it a pledge to work diligently on their behalf with our powerful, sophisticated field operations to get out the vote. We have a proven record of successfully supporting our endorsed candidates".

Roberts added, "I want to thank the DC 37 Screening Committee and the DC 37 Executive Board for their hard work and deliberations throughout this election season and most especially for their selections of our endorsed candidates."

District Council 37 is New York City's largest public employee union, with 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees.

District Council 37 Endorsements
for the September 15th Primary, 2009
New York City Council
   
Manhattan
 1PJ Kim (Gerson)
 2Rosie Mendez
 3No Recommendation (Quinn)
 4No Recommendation (Garodnick)
 5Jessica S. Lappin
 6Gale A. Brewer
 7Robert Jackson
 8Melissa Mark-Viverito
 9Inez E. Dickens
 10Miguel Martinez
   
Bronx  
 11G. Oliver Koppell
 12Larry B. Seabrook
 13James Vacca
 14Fernando Cabrera (Baez)
 15Joel Rivera
 16Helen D. Foster
 17Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
 18Annabel Palma
   
Queens  
 19Jerry Iannece (Open Seat - Avella)
 20S.J. Jung (Open Seat - Liu)
 21Julissa Ferreras
 22Peter F. Vallone
 23Mark Weprin (Open Seat - Weprin)
 24James F. Gennaro
 25Helen Sears
 26James Van Bramer (Open Seat - Gioia)
 27Leroy G. Comrie, Jr.
 28Thomas White, Jr.
 29Karen Koslowitz (Open Seat - Katz)
 30Elizabeth Crowley
 31Marquez Claxton (Sanders)
 32Frank Gulluscio (Ulrich)
   
Brooklyn  
 33Stephen Levin (Open Seat -Yassky)
 34Diane Reyna
 35Letitia James
 36No Recommendation (Vann)
 37Erik Martin Dilan
 38Sara M. Gonzalez
 39No Recommendation (Open Seat - DeBlasio)
 40Mathieu Eugene
 41Darlene Mealy
 42Charles Barron
 43Vincent J. Gentile
 44Simcha Felder
 45Jummane Williams (Stewart)
 46Lewis A. Fidler
 47Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.
 48Michael C. Nelson
   
Staten Island  
 49Debbie Rose
 50James Oddo (R)
 51Vincent Ignizio (R)
R =Republican  
   

 

 

 

 
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