"You stood in the cold, knocked on doors, talked to our community, and believed in this campaign even when people said it couldn't be done," Abdelhamid said in a post on Instagram.
There are not many political insiders like former Governor Andrew Cuomo's long-time friend and election lawyer Martin Connor who are still active in the tumult of New York City politics. At 80, Connor, the former state senate minority leader, has been battling over ballot access for at least 54 years. The breadth of his experience makes him a specialized resource within the city's small bar of election lawyers.