New York Daily News

State Dems: Boot Simcha from party

- Kenneth Lovett

STATE DEMOCRATS on Wednesday passed a nonbinding resolution that would kick Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder out of the party for caucusing with the chamber’s Republican­s — and giving the GOP the majority.

The resolution says: “Felder has repeatedly proven that he is not a true Democrat, but a political opportunis­t with no loyalty to the party, its platform or fellow Democrats.” It calls on the Brooklyn county committee to boot him as registered Democrat.

The Dems passed a second resolution that calls on the party to fully back, including financiall­y, Felder’s primary opponent, Blake Morris, or anyone who files to challenge the incumbent senator.

A spokeswoma­n for Felder quoted him asking, “Are they going to build a wall to keep me out?”

Another resolution that passed Wednesday supports the legalizati­on of marijuana in New York.

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