Recchia, Grimm spar over 9/11 compensation fund cuts
US Rep. Michael Grimm isn’t even up for re-election until next year, but if the pre-campaign activity is any indication, the race between the Republic incumbent and his likely Democratic challenger is going to be a dogfight.
Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr. (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst), who announced earlier this year that he intends to run against Grimm (R-C-Brooklyn-Staten Island) in 2014, wasted no time in blasting the incumbent following a New York Post article on June 1 in which it was reported that Grimm refused to sign on to legislation that would end funding cuts to the 9/11 victims compensation fund because he was miffed at not being invited to a press conference where the bill as discussed.
Recchia said Grimm’s actions smacked of “self-aggrandizing, petty politics.” Grimm called Recchia “a complete empty suit and utter hypocrite.”