Sunday, September 13, 2020

Democratic Socialists expected to shake up New York Assembly

The New York Post reports:
The socialists are coming — to the state Assembly.

A half-dozen insurgent candidates in Brooklyn and Queens — some backed by the Democratic Socialists of America — toppled veteran incumbents in Democratic primary races, including close allies of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx).

With Heastie’s backing, the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee poured more than $400,000 combined to prop up 46-year veteran Joe Lentol, Felix Ortiz and Walter Mosley in Brooklyn and Aravella Simotas, Michael Den Dekker and Michael Miller in Queens.

They all lost.
Good advertising for Florida: Democratic Socialists aren't fans of zero rate state income taxes.