Posted by The Rev. Al Sharpton is endorsing Democrat William Thompson Jr. for mayor of New York City.
Thompson is the leading Democrat competing to run against billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent.
The civil rights leader plans to campaign with Thompson over the weekend. Thompson is the city’s comptroller.
Even though he’s backing Bloomberg’s challenger, Sharpton has been careful in recent months not to criticize the mayor too harshly.
When Thompson’s office released a report this week showing that black unemployment has surged disproportionately during the recession, Sharpton would not directly blame Bloomberg.
Sharpton said everyone needed to come to the table and work together to solve the economic crisis.
Source: AP
