Citizens Union backs Repub in Queens
    A New York City-based group that usually backs Democrats announced today it is backing Republican incumbent Frank Padavan in a hotly contested seat in Queens.
Citizens Union also is supporting Democratic challenger Joseph Addabbo in another tight Queens race over long-time Republican Sen. Serph Maltese.
The group cited Padavan’s “long-held support for much of the Citizen Union reform agenda and effective representation in Albany.’’
Democrats are within two seats of capturing the majority in the Senate for the first time since 1965. The two Queens seats, both of which have thousands more Democratic than Republicans, are among the best chances the Dems have of picking up the seats they need to gain the majority.
Democrats already control four of the five Senate districts covering Westchester and Putnam, but Republicans are making spirited runs at Sens. Suzi Oppenheimer of Mamaroneck and Andrea Stewart Cousins of Yonkers.
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