Public Employee Press

Union backs Siegel, 8 for council

District Council 37 has endorsed Norman Siegel for Public Advocate and eight candidates for City Council (listed below) in the primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Siegel, an attorney who is now in private practice, was executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. He said that, “The Public Advocate should be the people’s advocate. I will defend the people’s interests, encouraging hope and community self-determination.”

“Our Political Action Screening Committee made their recommendations to the Executive Board, which approved them Aug. 10,” said DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts. “We believe these candidates best represent the interests of our members and of all New Yorkers.”

City Council endorsements

Manhattan: District 2, Rosie Mendez (Lower E. Side, E. Village, Gramercy Park, Rose Hill, Kips Bay; part of Murray Hill); 4, Dan Garodnick (Upper E. Side, Central Park South, Grand Central, Tudor City, Waterside, Peter Cooper Village, Carnegie Hill, Stuyvesant Town, United Nations; part of Yorkville, Turtle Bay); 5, Daniel R. Quart (Upper E. Side, Beekman, Sutton Pl., Yorkville, Roosevelt I.; parts of Turtle Bay, Carnegie Hill); 8, Felipe Luciano (Manhattan Valley, E. Harlem in Manhattan; part of Mott Haven in the Bronx); 9, Rodney Carroll, a member of SSEU Local 371 (Central Harlem; parts of Morningside Hts., Upper W. Side, E. Harlem).

Bronx: 13, Jimmy Vacca (Pelham Parkway N. and S., Pelham Bay, Country Club, City Island, Throgs Neck, Allerton and Morris Park).

Brooklyn: 38, David Galarza, CSEA Local 1000 staffer; 41, Darlene Mealy, former TA Clerical-Administrative employee (parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill, parts of Brownsville, E. Flatbush).