As for whom the union would endorse, he said, "Anything's possible."

Would it matter, she was asked, if the union endorsed a Republican?

In the 1986 elections, the union endorsed 320 candidates.

Then, as it did this year, the union endorsed more than nine candidates in some districts.

Three years ago, the union endorsed 203 candidates in 22 districts, of whom 144 were elected, the council said.

The union this year has endorsed 93 candidates in 10 districts.

The union did not endorse either candidate in the primary.

He said that the union would not endorse Giuliani.

Even unions now endorse Republicans, and they cannot guarantee the votes of members anyway.

The school boards and the teachers' union have endorsed such changes, which should boost the bill's chances in the Legislature.