HIGH SCHOOL CUSTODIAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING $ 30,000 The custodian of Brandeis High School, Milan O’Bradovich was arrested Monday for stealing $30,000 that was supposed to be spent on keeping the Manhattan school clean, officials said. Mr. O’Bradovich’s arrest comes on the heels of last week’s arrest of 16 custodians in Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx on charges of stealing more than $500,000 in city funds through a kickback scheme. Mr. O’Bradovich’s case is unrelated, officials said.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

SNYDER ANNOUNCES HER BID FOR DIS TRICT ATTORNEY Before an estimated crowd of 700 supporters at a fund-raising breakfast early yesterday morning, a former State Supreme Court Justice, Leslie Crocker Snyder, announced her candidacy for district attorney of New York County, challenging her likely opponent, Robert Morgenthau, to a series of debates across the city.

Mr. Morgenthau, who at 85 is seeking his ninth term as Manhattan D.A., said through a spokesman that the question of debates will be dealt with only after Ms. Snyder acquires enough signatures to qualify for the Democratic ballot in the September primary. Ms. Snyder, 63, raised about $400,000 at yesterday’s event, bringing her campaign war chest to about $1.4 million, her staffers said. Mr. Morgenthau has raised slightly more than $1 million so far.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

BLOOMBERG GETS ENDORSEMENT OF COURT OFFICERS UNION Mayor Bloomberg picked up an endorsement from the city’s court officers yesterday in a campaign event at Foley Square outside the Federal Courthouse. The New York State Court Officers Association union represents 1,500 court officers across the five boroughs and about 1,200 of its members live in the city, the president of the union, Dennis Quirk, told The New York Sun. The union backed Mr. Bloomberg in the 2001 primary but refrained from endorsing anyone in the general election.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

MAYOR MEETS WITH WORKING FAMILIES PARTY Mayor Bloomberg hopes to make a case for the Working Families Party endorsement when he appears before a group of its members in Manhattan today. The WFP calls itself a grassroots, community- and labor-based political party with chapters throughout New York state. The party had a surprisingly good showing in the last Council election and has said that it has not yet decided to endorse anyone in the Democratic Primary.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

YASSKY , REYNA BACK MILLER IN MAYORAL RACE The two City Council members who helped negotiate the massive rezoning of northern Brooklyn that was agreed to last week are endorsing the Council’s speaker, Gifford Miller, in his bid to unseat Mayor Bloomberg. Mr. Miller’s campaign announced yesterday that Council Members David Yassky and Diana Reyna were backing the speaker.

The council members, whose districts are in Brooklyn, praised Mr. Miller’s commitment to the rezoning and revitalizing of the Brooklyn waterfront. The Council negotiated increased incentives for developers to build more affordable housing and increased the amount of park space from the mayor’s original plan.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

FERRER GETS FIRST ORGANIZED – LABOR ENDORSEMENTS OF HIS CAMPAIGN

Democratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer picked up the first organized labor endorsements of his campaign yesterday, announcing the support of the Civil Service Employees Association and the Organization of Staff Analysts.

In a press conference on the steps of City Hall, the metropolitan regional president of CSEA, George Boncoraglio, and the president of OSA, Robert Croghan, pledged their backing and that of their unions to the former Bronx borough president, championing Mr. Ferrer as a “friend of organized labor.” CSEA has 20,000 active and retired members in the city; OSA, 5,000. CSEA was also the first labor union to endorse Mr. Ferrer in his mayoral campaign in 2001

Answering questions after the conference, Mr. Boncoraglio labeled Mayor Bloomberg an “enemy of organized labor.” Mr. Bloomberg, however, has emerged as the favorite of several construction unions, which point to the West Side stadium as a project that will generate jobs in their industry.