Technically speaking, this is a public service announcement for the Sept. 9 immigration forum being co-hosted by Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.

But it looks awfully like an endorsement to me – especially that smiley handshake at the 20-second mark.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat-controlled (and taxpayer-funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader’s colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

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