City Hall News is reporting that upper west side Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell has endorsed Mark Levine for the State Senate seat being vacated by Eric Schneiderman. This is on the same day that Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, another candidate in the race, rolled out an endorsement by Mayor Bloomberg. UPDATE -- the Daily News today endorsed Mark Levine for the State Senate calling him "a sharp reform-minded former public school teacher -- is the class of the field."
Nice one!
ReplyDeleteDan O'Donnell is a progressive voice for the Manhattan's West Side who advocates for fair and sensible legislation in the State Assembly. It's great to have Assemblyman O'Donnell's support.
ReplyDeleteI nominate Dan O'Donnell, Assembly Speaker!
ReplyDeleteI have to apologize to the people of the State of NY; I've been biting my tongue, fearful that if I write what I truly think of Attorney Schniederman it will lead to Anna Lewis's defeat.
There are 2 BIG secrets in NYS. The one that is the least kept BIG secret is that Prime Minister Sheldon Silver is a Personal Injury Lawyer and he refuses to bring tort reform before the Assembly floor.
The second AND THE ABSOLUTELY BEST KEPT SECRET IS THAT THERE ARE 20 MEMBERS OF THE NYS BAR, 19 PRACTICING LAW IN THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE! If you had 20 farm owners (Ag still the biggest industry in NYS), 20 doctors or 20 Commercial Fisherman in the Senate you would say there is something fishy going on in NYS government. Instead we have those that live off the law practicing the law. We don't have a government for the people; buy the people, of the people. We have a government for the attorneys; buy the attorneys of the attorneys.
Do you honestly think that if Silver were replaced by a non-attorney that allowed tort reform on the assembly floor that tort reform with 19 attorneys practicing law, some from some pretty hefty size law firms, that tort reform is going to break committee in the Senate.
It's Schneiderman that has shot himself in the foot here, for he has shown his hand. No one seeking the office of Attorney General should be showing favoritism toward one candidate or another. It shows just what kind of Attorney General we will be electing. Do you think if he suspects wrong doing he will go after Espaillat, his 18 former fellow members of the NYS Bar or will he put that folder on the bottom? Why isn't there an indictment against State Senator George Winner (attorney George Winner)? Do you think another attorney in the Senate or Assembly will be prosecuted by State Senator-attorney Eric Schneiderman if he is elected Attorney General? I think not, like State Senator George Winner, they will be allowed to quietly retire, pardoned not by the Governor, not denied their $80,000 pension,never forced to give any money back to NYS, instead pardoned by Eric Schneiderman, AG!
The NYS bar already controls the assembly with Prime Minister Sheldon Silver at the helm, 20 seats in the Senate, now, if elected, one of those elite 20 is going to be AG!
Schneiderman is the last person we want to elect as AG and because of conflict of interest issues as a partner in the Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Law Firm; he should never have been elected to the state senate in the first place.
Eric Schneiderman needs to stop endorsing members of the "Good Ol' Boys Club", go back to practicing law at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and we need Anna Lewis because she is the complete opposite of the coin of her of the 19 practicing attorneys, to be elected to the NYS Senate
Schneiderman and Lewis are not colleagues; they are very much rivals and travel in very different circles, that’s why it may not be the end of the World, but she has to be one of the newly elected (no conflict of interest) members of the 2011 NYS Senate.
It burns me that Schneiderman is giving and receiving all of the endorsements, when he should be slithering back under a rock at the 1900 attorney Law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Hey Welsarth, it sounds like you should support Kathleen Rice for NY State Attorney General since she is an attorney in PUBLIC PRACTICE representing the People of Nassau County (and not an attorney in private practice working as a partner in the 1,900 lawyer law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart.
ReplyDeleteWow. The Daily News really hit the nail on the head by choosing Levine instead of Espaillada, or whatever that guy's name is. I think that Mark Levine will be an excellent senator.
ReplyDeleteAfter the New York Times endorsement in this race, that complainer Jeffrey Dinowitz must be having a major hissy fit over the Daily News endorsement.
ReplyDeleteRemember, Dinowitz tends toward diva-like or high-strung behavior to begin with (sort of like a nervous bride after being told the caterer has abandoned his post, for instance).
Mark Levine is an obvious choice for voters in Riverdale. And it's good to see that a big newspaper like the Daily News agrees. Hopefully the Upper West Side, Washington Heights and Inwood will support Levine along with the voters in Riverdale.
ReplyDeleteAssemblyman O'Donnell is a good elected official to have on your side.
ReplyDeleteSow now for beautiful plants next spring!
ReplyDeleteLast year, I ate some Espaillat fish. Couldn't sit down for a week.
ReplyDeleteMark Levine seems certain to be warmly embraced by the Riverdale Democtrats on this upcoming Primary Day.
ReplyDeleteOnly the nuts will embrace him. Everone who is a Dem will love Espaillat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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