HE’S BACK! Hynes to campaign on GOP, Conservative lines
Brooklyn’s longtime district attorney, who lost the Democratic primary election, plans to actively campaign on the Republican line, his spokesman said Thursday.
Charles “Joe” Hynes was unseated Sept. 10 by Ken Thompson, the first time in a century an acting district attorney was unseated in New York. Hynes’ name will appear on the ballot as a candidate for the Republican and Conservative parties, but he had said repeatedly he wasn’t going to actively campaign.
But his spokesman Jerry Schmetterer, who is taking time off from the district attorney’s office to help with the campaign, said the 78-year-old Hynes made the decision after an outpouring of support and encouragement. He said a fundraiser held Wednesday in Brooklyn raised $150,000.