Democratic Party officials in Queens voted on Friday not to endorse State Senator John D. Sabini, a Queens Democrat who has been in office six years, for re-election. Instead, they voted to back his challenger, City Councilman Hiram Monserrate.Top Queens Democrats Shun Incumbent
The decision represents an unusual move by a party organization to deny an incumbent its endorsement. And it was a significant blow to Mr. Sabini, a former city councilman and onetime chairman of the Queens Democratic Party.
For much of the last two years, Mr. Monserrate has put intense pressure on the party officials to gain their support. Two years ago, he challenged Mr. Sabini and came within 250 votes of beating him.
Michael H. Reich, the executive secretary of the Queens Democratic Party, said that the party’s leadership committee in the district had switched its support in part because of the strength Mr. Monserrate demonstrated in the 2006 election and because the ethnic politics of the district were increasingly favoring the challenger.
Some Democratic leaders have charged that Mr. Monserrate has put pressure on the party organization by threatening to challenge incumbent district leaders in his section of Queens.
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Well...any bets that the investigation of Monserrate in the non-profit waste of $1000s of taxpayer dollars will be dropped?
If the DAs need the support of the organizatons they will never go after Monserrate.
Monserrate threaten to team up with Bronx orgaization to run against Congressman Crowley. A lot of the Crowley district is located in the Bronx.
The Bronx machine also wants the Congressman to support Carrion for Comptroller over Queens' Katz, Weprin and Liu. Because of the increasing numbers of hispanic population in his district Crowley is freaking and they is why Sabini was dumped.
Treats of running against district leaders is part of the spin and fog put out by Crowley to get the leaders to go along with the switch.
The lazy district leaders do not want to work all summer in primaries
I guess Monserrate will now do as he is told by The Parkside Group and support the Willets Point project. I really hope Monserrate loses big time!!!
Michael H. Reich does not live in Queens and has no business being in a leadership role of the county organization. The others on the executive committee do not live in Queens either. They should get a real job!
John: When you live by the tweeding, you die by the tweeding...
Parkside group is about to be exposed big time. It will be a big story. "Follow the money and the member items.
The lazy district leaders do not want to work all summer in primaries
Look, guys most of the Queens leadership have 'summer' places on the Island or down at the Shore. They view Queens as a farm to be milked, but those places are the homes that the live.
That is why they are trashing our communities. THEIR kids dont go to school here, THEIR families are not putting their life savings here in homes.
It is a pity that they regard the rest of us a so much cows.
Maybe we should stampede.
"The public are idiots"
Crowley and the rest of the Queens Democrat and Republican organizations
and they are right how can we keep reelecting this jerks who do not even live in the community
The newest Rumor is that Monserrate was given Sabini's seat. Sear's was asked to step down for John and Sear's is being offered something else. Watch in the coming weeks how things go in that district. That is only a strong rumor and only a rumor right now.
A crooked former cop and a drunken nellie/queen....some choice!
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