Earlier today, Democratic Assemblywoman Grace Meng continued adding endorsements of elected officials to her already sizable stack of supporters as she campaigns for Congress in northeastern Queens. Standing on the sunny steps of City Hall, four candidates for mayor next year enthusiastically declared their support: Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Speaker Christine Quinn, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

“As a relatively new member of the Assembly she has gotten things done by working with her colleagues, by bringing people together,” Ms. Quinn said at the event. “If there’s one legislative body in the country — probably more than any other — that needs that skill, needs that Grace (pun intended), that needs that likability, it’s Congress.” Read More