Bill de Blasio defended his campaign mailings featuring his wife, who is African-American, that Charles Barron said are exploitative and pandering to black voters.
“We have sent the mailings with my family to every part of the city, every community and I’m very proud of my family,” he told reporters outside City Hall this Read More
Eric Gioia’s campaign announced he was endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 16, which they said represents 120,000 members in the city.
"Eric has demonstrated that he gets results for working people," the president of the union, George Miranda, said in a public statement, echoing one of the campaign’s advertised slogans.
He was initially removed for under-reporting the number of petition volumes he submitted. Instead of saying he had 132, his paperwork indicated he had 131.
