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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Carpenters, Laborers unions endorse Manhattan DA Bragg for re-election
The New York City District Council of Carpenters, Laborers' International Union of North America and Mason Tenders are officially endorsing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for re-election. These unions were major supporters of ex-Assistant District Attorney Diana Florence in her 2021 run against Bragg, where she ultimately finished fifth. Now, Florence is running again in a long-shot bid for Bragg's seat, this time as an independent. Bragg, who's running for a second term, has previously scooped the support of heavyweight unions 1199SEIU, United Federal of Teachers, DC37 and the Hotel Trades Union, and Manhattan congressional Reps. Nadler, Espaillat and Goldman. 'I am proud to stand alongside New York's working people to ensure they are not exploited or abused, and can earn a fair wage in safe conditions for doing the important work that each of us relies on every day,' Bragg said in a statement. Bragg tackled many high-profile cases in his second term, including Trump's hush-money conviction and the indictment of Luigi Mangione for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 'For the past four years, Alvin Bragg has used his position to fight for working people time and again,' District Council of Carpenters President Paul Capurso said, referencing the DA's efforts targeting wage theft in the construction industry. Florence formerly worked under Former Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. but resigned in controversy amid allegations she withheld evidence about a cooperating witness in a case. 'At a time when the justice system seems to cater too often to rich, politically connected insiders and elites, Alvin brings a refreshing fairness and a commitment to doing the right thing to one of the most important law enforcement agencies in the country,' Mason Tenders Business Manager Dave Bolger said, citing Bragg's creation of a Worker Protection Unit. Maud Maron, a former Legal Aid attorney, is running against Bragg as a Republican.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
McKee confirms he is running for governor again. Here's when he will make his announcement.
PROVIDENCE – News flash from Governor Dan McKee's campaign team: The Democratic governor intends to officially announce his bid for reelection to a second full term in the state's top office on March 3. Spokesman Mike Trainor said there will be more details in the coming weeks. But in the wake of a less-than-stellar fundraising quarter, when potential rival Helena Foulkes bested McKee by more than double, Trainor told The Journal that McKee raised "well in excess of $125,000" at a fundraiser this past Monday. Of note: Trainor said Dan A. Bianco, Jr., the New England Regional Manager of the Laborers' International Union of North America, which had a huge funding role in McKee's last campaign, delivered introductory remarks at the fundraiser, seemingly putting to rest some speculation that the Laborers were shopping for another candidate. McKee, 73, ascended from the lieutenant governor's office to the executive suite in March 2021 when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo resigned mid-term to become U.S. commerce secretary. He narrowly won the Democratic primary for his first full term in November 2022 and, despite some gains in areas he chose as priorities like municipal road repairs and school attendance, he's taken unrelenting heat for the Washington Bridge fiasco, the RIBridges computer system hack and other controversies. McKee's campaign on Friday hailed a new online poll that showed 44% of voters approve of the job he is doing. While that was an improvement over a poll last summer that pegged his approval rating at 38%, McKee's 44% approval rating was the lowest of any governor in the most recent Morning Consult poll and 40% of voters polled disapproved of the job he is doing. The Morning Consult survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2024. During that same period, Foulkes – who has been gearing up for a second run for governor – raised more than $241,120 in fourth-quarter campaign donations, compared to McKee's $107,647 fundraising haul, according to reports filed with the state Board of Elections. Foulkes, a former top executive at CVS, ended the year with $1.04 million cash on hand, compared to McKee's $552,084. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Governor Dan McKee will officially announce his reelection bid March 3
