Staten Island Democrats have chosen an attorney named Maria Guastella as their new Board of Elections commissioner, potentially providing
the sixth vote needed to break the long stalemate in appointing a new BOE executive director.
Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the
sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has
voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth...
Need I say more?