1199 Picks Rose, Ferreras for Council SeatsOne of the city’s most powerful unions, 1199 SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union , endorsed in two of the three February 24 special elections. On Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. , the health care group endorsed Debi Rose, the only woman in a crowded race that includes Ken Mitchell, formerly chief of staff to former councilman Mike McMahon For other persons of the same name, see McMahon. Mike McMahon may be:
In Jackson Heights the union endorsed Julissa Ferreras, former chief of staff to former councilman Hiram Monserrate Hiram Monserrate is a member of the New York City Council currently representing District 21, which comprises the Queens' neighborhoods of Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights. . The union did not take a position in the third special election, for the seat vacated by Joe Addabbo, whose former aide, Frank Gulluscio, was among the candidates just removed from the ballot. A spokeswoman for the union said they may endorse in that race "once the candidates on the ballot are clear." 
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