Grimm fundraising email stirs up storm
Democrats charge reference to ‘housing projects’ is bigotry
The Michael Grimm – Domenic Recchia congressional race, already one of the most heated House contests in the country, is getting nastier by the minute.
In the latest development, a fundraising email sent out by Bill D’Ambrosio, first vice chairman of the Staten Island Republican Party, to GOP donors has stirred up a storm of controversy.
In the email, D’Ambrosio wrote that Recchia, a Democrat and former Coney Island councilman, will have to rely on votes from “Brooklyn housing projects” in order to win the election. D’Ambrosio also wrote that in order to pay back these voters, Recchia “will surely build low-income housing in our neighborhoods” on Staten Island.