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A reader forwarded this invite to a reception the Queens Democratic Party is hosting on April 23 in honor of Hotel and Motel Trades Council President Peter Ward, whose union broke ranks with its usual progressive labor allies and backed the party's NY - 6 candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, over her main primary rival, Assemblyman Rory Lancman.
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De Blasio's Democratic and progressive allies rushed to his defense, including the labor - backed Working Families Party, whose Hudson Region Political Director Ari Kamen said:
That just so happens to be the position pushed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the Senate Democrats, a host of labor unions and their progressive allies.
He worked like hell to get the Working Families designation and when he couldn't get it, his union allies said that they might set up a separate party to draw off progressive labor votes from Nixon, the Working Families candidate.
Faced with defections from liberal supporters, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his labor allies are striking back, threatening to sabotage a progressive third party for potentially giving its ballot line to his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon.
Two powerful unions allied with Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that they were withdrawing from the Working Families Party, a small but influential alliance of labor unions and progressive activists.
Catsimatidis said he gave at de Blasio's urging, during an election cycle in which the mayor was spearheading a coalition of labor and progressive allies dedicated to helping Democrats retake majority control in the Senate.