Braunstein picks up 32BJ endorsement
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Nathan Duke in Assembly, District 26
The state’s largest private sector union has thrown its weight behind Edward Braunstein in the race to replace state Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza.
Braunstein, a Democrat who works as a legislative assistant for state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) picked up a nod from 32BJ, a service employees union that has 70,000 members in the state.
“Edward Brounstein [sic] is someone working people from Queens and across the state can count on to advocate for their needs,” said Mike Fishman, the union’s president, in a press release.
Braunstein will face off against Democrats Steve Behar, a Bayside attorney, John Duane, a former assemblyman who is the brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D-Manhattan), and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.
Republicans in the race include attorney Vince Tabone and Rob Speranza, a former police officer who ran against Carrozza in 2008.
The founding fathers did not want “career politicians” that our state assembly has with Sheldon Silver as their leader. Braunstein is hatched from the failed NYS assembly organization and after his law school training wheels were taken off, he is a product of our failed political assembly here in NY. He will follow in those failed foot steps and lead us down the road of failure. Look at who he owes his campaigne to by the backers and lobby supporters that fund his existance. He will be in debt to them and not the constituants he represents. There are far too many other more qualified leaders.
How can he claim to be an “Independent Reformer” when the only job he ever had was an aid to Shelly Silver and his uncle Biran Meara is one of the biggest influence peddling lobbyists in the state. Almost all of his money is coming from special interests from outside the district and the campaign is being run by The Parkside Group which is also a lobbyist firm.
See you at the polls, “Dick”.
Seeing as how “Kenneth Dunlap” isn’t registered to vote here in Queens, I’m going to take his biased and jealous perspective with a grain of salt. I suggest everybody else do the same!
Ed Braunstein for Assembly – He’ll change Albany and deliver for our families.
It’s not a good omen when the group that’s endorsing you doesn’t know you well enough to spell your name correctly. I have a hunch that Braunstein isn’t as well known among the working class citizens in Queens as he is with Shelly Silver’s Manhattan organization.
Despite Braunstein’s initial party backing (which in this year may not be a plus), I believe that this race will be a competitive one.