Micah Lasher is rolling out a cross-endorsement with newly elected City Council Member Carl Wilson. Wilson, who won the April special election in Council District 3, is backing Lasher’s campaign for Congress in New York’s 12th District. Lasher is endorsing Wilson in return. The announcement primarily boosts Lasher’s congressional bid by converting support from Manhattan’s local political class into votes ahead of the June 23 Democratic primary. Wilson praised Lasher’s dedication, compassion, and policy creativity, saying he will represent Manhattan effectively in Congress. The endorsement adds another elected ally in Council District 3 and reinforces Lasher’s broad institutional backing, including prominent elected officials, former leaders, and multiple Manhattan Democratic clubs and labor groups.
"Assembly Member Micah Lasher is rolling out a cross-endorsement with newly elected City Council Member Carl Wilson, amNewYork has learned, adding another West Side ally as the latest public poll shows Lasher narrowly leading the crowded NY-12 Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler. Wilson, who won the April special election in Council District 3, is backing Lasher's campaign for Congress in New York's 12th District. Lasher is endorsing Wilson in return, but the political weight of the announcement falls mostly on the congressional race, where Lasher is trying to turn support from Manhattan's local political class into votes ahead of the June 23 primary."
"Over the past few months, I've gotten to know Micah along the campaign trail, and I have been extremely impressed by his dedication, compassion, and fearlessness, Wilson said in a statement. Micah is a natural leader with an incredible mind for creative policy designed to help New Yorkers. He will be a great representative for Manhattan in Congress, and I am proud to endorse him."
"The endorsement gives Lasher another elected ally in Council District 3, which includes Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and the West Village. It also reinforces one of Lasher's central advantages in the race, the breadth of his institutional support. His campaign's public endorsement list includes his former boss, Rep. Nadler, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Gov. David Paterson, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, City Comptroller Mark Levine, Council Member Gale Brewer, state Sens. Erik Bottcher and Brian Kavanagh, Assembly Members Linda Rosenthal and Deborah Glick, former Council Speaker Christine Quinn and several Manhattan Democratic clubs."
"That list also includes 32BJ SEIU, Broadway Democrats, Hell's Kitchen Democrats, Village Independent Democrats, West Side Democrats, Three Parks Independent Democrats, Eleanor Roos"
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