Local 802 has made its first round of endorsements for some of the offices up for election this year, after interviewing close to 100 candidates. 802 members will soon receive letters with information about the candidates the union has endorsed in their district.

The union has been providing help with the petitioning process to several endorsed candidates, and will be continuing to ask members to help with our “2001 Get Out The Vote” operation. If you would like to volunteer for political action, please call Heather Beaudoin at (212) 245-4802, ext. 176, for further information.

The candidates Local 802 had endorsed during June and July are:

PUBLIC ADVOCATE
Scott Stringer

MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
C. Virginia Fields

QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Carol Gresser

BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Ken Fisher

MANHATTAN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS
Rocky Chin (District 1)
Christine Quinn (District 3)
Gale Brewer (District 6)
Oliver Koppell (District 11)

QUEENS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS
Arthur Cheliotes (District 19)
Rudy Greco (District 25)
Melinda Katz (District 29)