Christine Quinn Urges Supporters To Back De Blasio

The de Blasio campaign had a "unity rally" today where they pulled out a bunch of former Quinn supporters, a few former Thompson supporters and a whole bunch of de Blasio supporters and had a party:

Standing before the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, a mass of elected officials and unions, including the labor-backed Working Families Party, officially endorsed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for mayor today.

They join Rev. Al Sharpton and other labor leaders who announced their support for Mr. de Blasio yesterday.

Many of the endorsers had backed Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who was defeated in last Tuesday’s primary, or were otherwise neutral. Her loss allowed them to get behind Mr. de Blasio as the second-place finisher, Bill Thompson, holds out hope he can make the runoff.

A full list of the Democrats and left-leaning organizations who have endorsed Mr. de Blasio since Tuesday:

Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU
Peter Ward, President of the Hotel Trades Council
Working Families Party (WFP)
Congressman Jerry Nadler
Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Former Congresswoman and City Comptroller Liz Holtzman
Planned Parenthood of NYC Political Committee
Assemblyman and Chair of the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus Karim Camara
Assemblywoman Deborah Glick
Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder
Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz
Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa
Assemblyman Rafael Espinal
Assemblyman Dick Gottfried
Assemblyman Michael Miller
State Senator Daniel Squadron
State Senator Kevin Parker
State Senator Brad Hoylman
State Senator Gustavo Rivera
State Senator Joe Addabbo
State Senator Martin Dilan
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez
Councilwoamn Tish James
Councilman Donovan Richards
Councilwoman Margaret Chin
Councilman Erik Dilan
Councilman Danny Dromm
Councilman Steve Levin
Councilman Jimmy Vacca
Councilman Dan Garodnick
Former Councilman and Assemblymember Guillermo Linares
City Council Democratic nominee Ritchie Torres
City Council Democratic nominee Menchaca
City Council Democratic nominee Corey Johnson
City Council Democratic nominee Helen Rosenthal
City Council Democratic nominee Reynoso
City Council Democratic nominee Mark Levine
Democratic nominee for Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson
United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A
Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 1180 President Arthur Cheliotes
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 891 President Robert Troeller
International Union of Operating Engineers Local Unions 94, 94A, and 94B President Kuba Brown
District Leader Paula Melendez
District Leader Corey Provost
District Leader Frank Gulluscio
Former Community Board 1 Chairperson of Lower Manhattan Julie Menin

And then Christine Quinn also publicly supported de Blasio in the race for City Hall:

Speaking for the first time since her concession speech following her devastating loss in the mayor’s race, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn asked her supporters to rally around the presumptive Democratic nominee, Bill de Blasio.

“Please rally behind the Democratic nominee as quickly as possible,” she told reporters at a press conference at City Hall, where she appeared upbeat–though clearly tired–two days after the loss.

Many of Ms. Quinn’s most prominent endorsers have already rallied around the public advocate, who has narrowly surpassed the crucial 40 percent needed to avoid a run-off. But thousands of paper ballots have yet to be counted, and second-place finisher rival Bill Thompson has repeatedly refused to concede until the votes have been tallied.

Ms. Quinn–flanked by many of her mayoral supporters, as well as some members who’d backed her opponents–declined to say whether she thought Mr. Thompson should step aside, but made clear she expects Mr. de Blasio to win the party’s nomination.

“That’s a decision for him to have to make,” she said. “I think clearly I’ve made very clear I’m gonna enthusiastically support the Democratic nominee. I think it’s clear to most folks that that person is going to be Bill de Blasio, but that’s a decision for Bill Thompson to make himself.”

Other than Lew Fidler and Dov Hikind, who is still publicly backing Thompson?

Even the UFT has remained largely silent on the runoff question since primary night.