At a forum Monday with the Democratic attorney general hopefuls, the tone was mostly cordial with occasional friendly banter. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Westchester, for example, remarked that there was not a “bum” in the group during the breakfast forum attended by about 100 people at the midtown offices of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Mr. Brodsky added that all of his challengers are either “able or nice.” At that point, securities class action attorney Sean Coffey, who was seated next to Mr. Brodsky piped up, “What category am I in?” “Nice, able, able, nice,” Mr. Brodsky said with a laugh as he pointed to Mr. Coffey, and the other contenders, former state Insurance Commissioner Eric Dinallo, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, and state Senator Eric Schneiderman of Manhattan.

Throughout the one-hour breakfast moderated by Edward-Isaac Dovere, the founding editor of City Hall and The Capitol, Ms. Rice repeatedly referred to herself as an “independent voice.” People are “sick and tired” of the “overly partisan political process,” she said. And Ms. Rice was not shy about invoking the name of Andrew Cuomo, the gubernatorial candidate who political observers speculate favors her to take his place as attorney general. But Mr. Schneiderman also tried to play up his association with Mr. Cuomo. As chair of the Codes Committee, Mr. Schneiderman said he was “very proud” to have stood beside Mr. Cuomo when he announced legislation designed to create a 13-member board to oversee the state’s pension fund and pay-to-play.

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