NYS AFL-CIO Covers Its Bets in Special-Election-Season Donations

 

By David Lombardo

A recent $10,000 donation to the Senate Republicans by the NYS AFL-CIO comes at an awkward time on the political calendar.

Earlier this month the organization announced its support for Democratic Senate candidates Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda, who are running in the April 24 special elections, but the large contribution to the state Senate Republican Campaign Committee was recorded today with the state Board of Elections. The race between Mayer and Republican Julie Killian could determine control of the Senate for the remainder of the session.

While the NYS AFL-CIO has traditionally given to candidates of both major parties, this latest donation comes less than two weeks before their endorsed Democratic candidates are on the ballot. The contribution also comes less than two weeks after Senate Republicans gave a thumbs-up to language in the budget that critics described as a protection for unions against a potentially detrimental Supreme Court case.

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Source: timesunion.com (via Empire Report New York)