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hrmjustin

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:05 PM Jun 2014

De Blasio huddles with I.D.C. to talk about reconciliation

Jimmy Vielkind

ALBANY—New York City mayor Bill de Blasio met on Monday afternoon with state senators from the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference to discuss the possibility of a reconciliation with the chamber's mainstream Democrats, three people familiar with the meeting said.

The talks were described as still in the preliminary phase, one person said, and come as an array of Democratic officials and allied groups—including de Blasio himself—has threatened to back primary challengers to the five I.D.C. senators unless they agree to some sort of rapprochement.

Last week, Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins told the Wall Street Journal that she had an “amenable” but “not conclusive” conversation with Senator Jeff Klein, the I.D.C.'s Bronx-based leader, about an alliance. She told the Journal that she held no personal animosity toward Klein, who soured relations with several of his former Democratic colleagues with sharp words and primary challenges after he seceded from conference in 2011.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/06/8547835/de-blasio-huddles-idc-talk-about-reconciliation?top-featured-3

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De Blasio huddles with I.D.C. to talk about reconciliation (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
Lie down w. dogs..... Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 #1
Well said! hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
EXCLUSIVE: SECRET OFFER ON THE TABLE TO REUNITE SENATE DEMS AND IDC: SOURCE hrmjustin Jun 2014 #3
Cuomo’s Senate Republican Ties Remain Strong hrmjustin Jun 2014 #4
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