Alex Bores Picks Up Big Endorsement from DC 37 Union

In the crowded race for the Congressional seat being vacated by the retiring Jerry Nadler, East Side Assembly member Alex Bores picked up a key endorsement from DC 37, the city’s largest public sector union.

The latest poll from the political action committee Dreams NYC, which opposed both Adrew Cuomo and Eric Adams in the mayoral race shows Bores at 20 percent with a razor thin lead over west side assembly member Micah Lasher at 19 percent and Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy at 18 percent. The difference is within the margin of error.

The union represents teachers, park workers, 911 dispatchers, and EMS workers among others.

“DC 37 represents over 150,000 workers who go to work every day to keep this city running and they deserve a representative in Congress who takes that seriously,” said said Henry Garrido, Executive Director of District Council 37.

Garrido said Bores “has been with us when it counts the most. Alex is focused on the real concerns of working families: good jobs, fair wages, and a government that actually works for the people it serves. That’s why DC 37 is proud to endorse him.”

The endorsement could help to counter the anti-Bores attack ads that the Leading for the Future Super PAC backed by Trump supporters funded by tech investors Marc Andreseen and Ben Horowitz, and Open AI president Greg Brockman have been running against Bores.

The PAC through its Think Big arm has spent $2.3 million in ads against Bores so far.

Bores, who holds a computer science degree, drew the ire of the AI industry because he was the leading sponsor of New York’s RAISE Act, which put some guard rails on how AI firm can operate. The law requires the largest AI labs to have a safety plan in place to prevent critical harms and to disclose safety incidents. The bill also says AI firms could face fines up to $30 million if the companies don’t live up to their own safety standards. It became the second state to put in place an AI safety bill after California where Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a similar law in September.

In the crowded 12th Congressional race still shows about a third of voters are still undecided, but only the top four in the ten person are in double digits.

Earlier polls taken in late February and early March had over 33 percent saying they were undecided, meaning the undecided have shrunken slightly as the leader board has been reshuffled.

Both of the early polls pegged Jack Scholosberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy a political first time candidate with something of a following on social media as the early leader. He had also picked up an early endorsement from former house speaker Nancy Pelosi.

One poll conducted by GQR and commissioned by candidate George Conway and first reported by City & State said Schlossberg was the early leader with 25 percent among likely voters in the primary. But 33 percent of those contacted in the telephone poll conducted by cell phone and land lines between Feb. 25 and March 2 said they were undecided

Conway, a relentless critic of President Donald Trump who only registered as a Democrat last year, is the ex-spouse of former Trump mouthpiece Kellyanne Conway. The poll his campaign commissioned said he was in second place with 16 percent of the vote and listed Bores in third place with 11 percent.

Another early poll by the Super Pac Leading the Future, which is running the anti-Bores attack ads, was conducted by Schoen Cooperman and also pegged Schlossberg as the early favorite with 23 percent of the vote with Conway at 13 percent and Bores at 11 percent.

Micah Lasher is the preferred candidate of the incumbent Jerry Nadler, who has endorsed him and Manhattan borough president Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Lahser also picked up a key endorsement from billionaire media mogul and former mayor Michael Bloomberg, who pledged to help what was viewed as a flagging campaign. Since then, Lasher has stepped up his direct mail and tv ads which has helped has jump started his campaign.

Conway in the latest poll appeared to be flat, with 13 percent listing him as their preferred candidate.

Tom Allon, publisher of “City & State” said, “I’m not surprised it is a three-way race.

“Bores is getting a lot of attention because of his tech background and AI regulation skills,” Allon said. “Lasher has been working his whole life building up a base on the west side and is he is favored by the establishment there. Schlossberg on the other hand, seemingly coming out of nowhere, has the advantage of his generational pedigree and being JFK’s grandson.” He also said he thinks the FX series “Love Story” about Schlossberg’s uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessett is having a positive impact.

But as in the two earlier polls, the single largest block of voters is “undecided” with 30 percent checking that box, meaning the race is still wide open. The district includes the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and mid-town Manhattan north of 14th St. With a a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+33, it is the most Democratic district in New York. The winner of the June 23 primary will be heavily favored to win in the November general election.