Southeast Queens clergy members back Council incumbents
Posted on September 4, 2009 by Ivan Pereira in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, District 27, District 28, District 31, Mayor, Public Advocate
Clergy United for Community Empowerment, a civic made up of some of some of Jamaica’s vocal community activists, including Rev. Charles Norris, announced its endorsements for the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.
It backed Coucilmen Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and James Sanders (D-Laurelton) in their bids for a third consecutive term. Clergy United did not make an endorsement in the race for District 28, where incumbent Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) will be facing off against five challengers.
The clergy leaders also backed William Thompson in his bid against City Coucilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside), John Liu in the comptroller primary, Eric Gioia in the public advocate race and incumbent Helen Marshall in the primary for borough president.
The group stated in a press release:
Along with diversity, we are confident in the quality and qualification of those whom we have endorsed will help to raise the quality of life in [a] vast urban center and provide the needed resources necessary to care for the people we serve in the most diversified borough in this city.
