Unlike de Blasio, Gentile quickly endorses Clinton
Mayor Bill de Blasio might be hesitating the endorse Hillary Clinton, but another Democrat in New York City wasn’t shy at all about throwing his support behind the former Secretary of State’s bid to become the next President of the U.S.
Councilmember Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst), who is running to become the congress member representing the 11th Congressional District (Staten Island-parts of Southwest Brooklyn), announced his endorsement of Clinton on Sunday, just hours after she revealed via a Youtube video that she was running for the Democratic nomination for President in the 2016 election.
“Hillary has always been a champion of hardworking everyday Americans like those in Brooklyn and Staten Island. I trust Hillary to always fight for working families to ensure the path to the middle class stays paved for generations to come by raising the minimum wage, providing access to well-paying jobs, affordable housing, a good quality education and health care for all,” Gentile said in a statement on Sunday. “I know Hillary will build upon the hard-fought progress we’ve made to make sure ordinary citizens across America will always have a fair shot to get ahead. That’s how we’ll keep America moving forward.”
Gentile is running in a special election on May 5 for the Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island congressional seat that has been vacant since Republican Michael Grimm resigned from Congress in January after pleading guilty to tax fraud.