Progressives beware! Two NY super PACs raising $4M to back law-and-order candidatesBy Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding
March 22, 2022
Two new super PACs plan to spend $4 million promoting law-and-order candidates for the state Legislature in the June primary elections — and even some Democrats are warning that it could cost progressives dearly, The Post has learned.
The political action committees — Common Sense New Yorkers and Voters of NY — will back pols “who value public safety” and support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed rollback of bail reform and related anti-crime measures, said treasurer Jeff Leb, a lobbyist and political consultant.
“The supermajority of New Yorkers want safer streets and the far-left groups out there pressuring elected officials are out of touch,” he said.
“Legislators should vote the way their constituents elected them to do and they shouldn’t be pressured by Twitter.”
Common Sense New Yorkers held a Feb. 28 fundraiser at the members-only Casa Cipriani in Lower Manhattan’s former Battery Maritime Building that was attended by Mayor Eric Adams and Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, and has raised more than $1 million, Leb said.
The races for the seats now held by veteran Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Queens), who is retiring, and progressive, anti-cop Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou (D-Manhattan), who is running for state Senate, are among those on which the groups will spend their advertising money, Leb said.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/03/22/ny-super-pacs-raising-4m-to-back-law-and-order-candidates/
