Fox wins support of unions in council bid
City Council candidate Ede Fox, one of several Democrats looking to succeed Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Fort Greene-Clinton Hill-Prospect Heights), is hoping that endorsements from unions will move her to the head of the pack.
Fox, former chief of staff to Councilman Jumaane Williams, recently received endorsements from the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1181, ATU 1056, and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 9. She officially accepted the endorsements during an announcement outside of her Prospect Heights campaign office.
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, represents more than 9,000 active members who are unionized school bus drivers, school bus escorts, school bus mechanics, and MTA bus drivers throughout New York City. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056 represents more than 3,500 active and retired bus operators and mechanics in the Transit Authority’s Queens Division of buses. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 9 is an organization of painters, decorators, wall covers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge and structural steel painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers and architectural metal glassworkers, paint makers, paint makers and allied trades.
Fox is running for the council seat in the 35th District, a district that includes Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant. James, who has represented the district since 2003, is running for public advocate.