Dan Goldman wins endorsements of ex-Rep. Steve Israel and Richard Ravitch in New York’s 10th congressional primary

Dan Goldman won endorsements from former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and ex-Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch on Wednesday in the crowded NY-10 Democratic primary race.

“Goldman’s skills, expertise, and courage are badly needed in Congress right now to stand up to Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress,” Israel said.

Both Israel, a Long Island native who once led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Ravitch, who ran the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are familiar names to mainstream Democrats, suggesting that Goldman may be hoping to bolster his support with the establishment wing of the party.

“Dan is exactly the type of leader we need uniquely qualified to save our democracy and our fundamental rights,” Ravitch added.

Goldman, a former lawyer for the Democratic effort to first impeach former President Donald Trump, placed in the top tier of candidates in early polls of the unpredictable race for the newly created open seat spanning lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

Goldman came under fire this week for remarks that appeared to stake out a moderate position on abortion rights.

He initially agreed with a reporter who asked if he agreed with allowing abortion before the point of fetal viability, the same standard courts accepted in interpreting the recently overturned landmark Roe v. Wade case.

Other candidates blasted that as a relatively restrictive stance, saying they back leaving all or almost all abortion decisions to the mother.

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Goldman later told the News that he “misspoke” and that he opposes restrictions on a woman’s right to choose.

NYC council member Carlina Rivera (D-Lower East Side) led one recent poll followed by Assemblywoman Yuh-line Niou (D-Chinatown), Goldman and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon (D-Park Slope).

Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) hopes to use his bulging campaign war chest to raise his poll numbers out of the anemic single digits. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped out of the race after bringing up the rear in surveys.

The district was created by a court-appointed special master after New York’s highest court tossed out a previous map as an illegal Democratic gerrymander.