NYC-WTC_000230761

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001

Payback time: Freddyfsi^^ man gives Mark cool embrace * I u. I « J ■«

D ennis Rivera did the ex­ 700 pumped-up unionists who got to to do and doing what you. pected yesterday, but in a cheered wildly when Ferrer want to do. We loved Fredt^y very unexpected way. slipped on the 1199 T-shirt Riv­ Green is kind of the 10sef ■ Rivera threw the considerable era handed him. He’s the Democrat, 'and^vt'e hl-''' political weight of his union, When Rivera backed Green ways go with the De/nocrat.^blft'' Local 1199 of the Service Em- yesterday, there were fewer than no one's running 'ardund-saying'- I ployees International Union, be­ 50 obviously ------------------ how wonderful hind Mark Green's race for the bored 1199 it’d be if Mark’s i mayoralty against Mike members whose elected like we I Bloomberg — but in the process tepid applause did when we gave new content to the term echoed leader’s their pro AICHAEL I thought Freddy | “pro forma.” Rivera’s union, the city’s larg­ forma words of endorsement. (RAMEfi est, with 210,000 mostly low- been one of And there „ those most of- paid minority members, is wide­ wasn t even a T- fended by what he charged was ly credited with helping Freddy a racially divisive Green ad slam- . Ferrer come within a whisker of Surveying the palpable lack of ming Ferrer in the campaign’s , knocking off Green in the Demo­ enthusiasm, a unionist slumped last days, and all he would say cratic mayoral runoff. against the small room's back about that distress yesterday ‘ When Rivera backed Ferrer in wall recalled Rivera's rally for was, “There’s no need to rewrite early September, a large audito­ Ferrer and said, “It’s the differ- history. |Green and 1 still] dis- rium could barely hold about ence between doing what you agree on the ad, but we’re look-J’’

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