The Working Families Party, which has been the target of some animosity from the right this campaign season, called the NYPD after receiving a suspicious letter containing some so-far unidentified white powder late this afternoon, a source close to the labor-backed party confirmed.

The letter arrived at the WFP’s HQ on Nevins Street in Brooklyn and was opened by a WFP employee. The party’s offices were not evacuated, but the police did respond to the scene.

“We’re trying not to get too distracted and we’re taking our instructions (from the police),” the source said. “We’ve got an election to win.”

UPDATE: WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor called with an update. He said the the party’s offices have been evacuated and the place is crawling with emergency services personel, cops and firefighters.

Actually, he said, the entire street was shut down and the handful of people who came into contact with the powder – including WFP political director Bill Lipton – had to be decontaminated.

Cantor called this an “unfriendly attack” and a “dirty trick.”

“Even the cops said: Is someone trying to disrupt you? We had no idea. But this is fairly standard,” Cantor told me. “In the meantime, we’re very focused. Hopefully, it’s only tonight.”

The WFP had a training session planned for tonight with some 70 people expected to attend. Party officials didn’t let this powder indicident stop them from holding the event, moving it to a nearby Korean deli.

I’m told they managed to save the campaign lit, too.

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