Rep. Joe Crowley: IDC Could ‘Suffer the Consequences’

by Anthony O’Reilly

 

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) said last Friday that Queens members of the Independent Democratic Conference have about three months left to come back to the mainline Democrats, or they will “suffer the consequences.”

“They have until April to come back, or they will face a head-on primary by everyone,” Crowley, chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, told the Chronicle’s editorial board. “But I’m encouraging them to come back before that.”

The IDC is a group of eight breakaway Democrats who have shared power with Senate Republicans since 2011.

There are two members from Queens — state Sens. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst).

A spokesman for Peralta said in a statement, "Senator Peralta is focused on doing his job to make sure the people in his district are protected from congressional changes to the tax law, with potential cuts to health care, education and to address the changes due to the removal of state tax exemptions. As he already made clear, he supports the plan already in place for all Democrats to work together."

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Source: The Queens Chronicle (via Empire Report New York)