Brooklyn, NY – At a senior center on the Lower East Side, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver slammed the campaign ran against Congressman Nydia Velasquez.
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With Ms. Velazquez at her side in a roomful of approximately 200 seniors, Mr. Silver said that she has been in “a very bitter, deceitful campaign,” and added that “the reality is…for 20 years she has been a real performer in Congress,” citing Ms. Velazquez’s commitment to affordable housing and small business.
Ms. Velazquez’s main challenger this primary season is Erik Dilan, a City Councilman and a protege of Vito Lopez, the head of the Kings County Democratic Party and a colleague of Mr. Silver’s in the Assembly. Two other lesser-known candidates are also in the race. Asked to clarify what he meant, Mr. Silver told The Politicker, “I think there is some anonymous literature that is not identified in any way that takes some quotes or things and just throws them totally out of context.”
Asked to assign blame for the anonymous literature, Mr. Silver demurred.
“I don’t place blame on anybody, but obviously I think it is coordinated by some candidate who didn’t put her name on it.”
What a big chilel hasham! people should be held responsibility and respect elected officials especially incumbent official for 20 years…