Dems bounce Liz Crowley as AD leader

Queens Chronicle: Even her cousin’s being Queens County Democratic chairman does not appear to have spared Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) from party discipline.
Crowley will be unable to run to retain her position as a district leader in the 38th Assembly District after party officials succeeded in challenging enough signatures on her nominating petitions.

Her cousin, Joe Crowley (D-Queens and the Bronx), also is the congressman representing the 7th District.

The move is the second major political setback Crowley has been dealt by party leadership since she lost her primary challenge to party-supported Grace Meng in the race for the 6th Congressional District.

Within a week of coming a distant third behind Meng in the June 26 primary, Crowley saw Council Speaker Christine Quinn hack her district’s discretionary funding by more than $286,000 for fiscal year 2013, dropping her to second-to-last among all council members.