New York Daily News

‘Working’ on finding nominee

- BY KENNETH LOVETT and JILLIAN JORGENSEN

WITH LETITIA JAMES snubbing its nomination Saturday, the minor Working Families Party has been franticall­y trying to figure out who to back for attorney general, sources say — and Mayor de Blasio openly urged her to reconsider.

James, the city public advocate, said this week that she is focused on securing the Democratic nomination for state attorney general and would not seek the Working Families Party line at Saturday’s nominating convention — a huge blow for the minor progressiv­e party that has long considered her a close ally.

It’s one that de Blasio, another ally of the party, urged her to rethink.

“My impression is that she has not made a decision that’s final. I would certainly urge her to take the line,” de Blasio said on WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer Show.” “I think it’s an important line in the general election, and if she is the Democratic nominee she would want that line.” Barring a change of heart, the party will now likely choose between backing Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout or a placeholde­r in hopes that James (photo) agrees to accept the line after the September primary, insiders said.

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