Yonkers City Council President, Democratic candidate Mike Khader has received several endorsements, Yonkers Democratic City Committee in a unanimous vote, the men and women of Teamsters Local 456 and the Westchester County Independence Party endorsement just to name a few. But there is one endorsement and support, Khader has refused, and that is of Joseph Spiezio.

Seeing the toxicity Spiezio's support brings with it, as in Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas' administration, his connection to Republican County Executive Robert Astorino, Khader who has done work as a lawyer for Spiezio has been going to great lengths to distance himself from the controversial King of Trash.

True Yonkers Democrats were in an uproar when Mayor Thomas, who is known in Democratic circles as the Turncoat Democrat, was seen playing a prominent role at one of Khader's fundraisers. Rumor spread fast throughout the Yonkers City workers that the election of Khader with Spiezio ruling like he rules in Mt. Vernon would lead to privatization of DPW with Spiezio company takeover and dissolve the union. Not to mention the detail expose by the Journal News of possible criminal and unethical activities of Thomas and Spiezio in Mount Vernon. 

The political circles of Yonkers are now saying that Khader disinvited Spiezio to one of his latest fundraisers and when Spiezio tried to make a large donation, Khader gave Spiezio back his check and was heard saying we do not need your kind of help around here.

Khader who received some bad press for his alleged connection to Joe Spiezio has been making it publicly clear, other than a few lawsuits still pending in which he represents the reputed Deputy Police Commissioner of the MVPD (none having to do with the City of Mount Vernon), he has no dealings and will not be representing Spiezio in the future.

There are those who thought Spiezio was bankrolling Khader's candidacy to get back into Yonkers political circles, that he had been run out of before his takeover of Mount Vernon.

When asked on a local Westchester radio show, Mike Khader informed;

"Let me be clear, Joe Spiezio is not an advisor in my campaign, he's not a consultant to my campaign, and after I will this election and I'm the City Council President, he will not be part of my administration.