Moderate Dems, biz groups join primary fight against socialist state senatorsBy Zach Williams
August 18, 2022
It’s not just New York City Mayor Eric Adams — moderate Democrats and business groups alike say a trio of far-left state senators have gotta go.
“I don’t support ‘defund the police.’ He does,” Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx) said of his $10,000 donation to Miguelina Camilo, who is challenging Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx) in next week’s Democratic primary.
It wasn’t always this way — a dozen years ago, Dinowitz chipped in $500 to help Rivera unseat then-state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.
“It’s important for everybody, for the electeds, to work as a team,” Dinowitz said. “I’m not confident that would be the case with him [Rivera].”
Dinowitz isn’t alone. A who’s who of establishment Dems and business allies have dumped tens of thousands of their own dollars on the campaigns of Camilo, Angel Vasquez and Conrad Tillard, who are respectively opposing Rivera, Robert Jackson (D-Manhattan) and Jabari Brisport (D-Brooklyn).
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/ny-dems-biz-groups-join-primary-fight-against-socialist-state-senators/
