To say it’s been a hard year for state Sen. Jessica Ramos is an understatement. This spring, state Sen. John Liu sidestepped her to advance the casino project of her billionaire enemy Steve Cohen in her district, breaking with Senate tradition. Meanwhile, Ramos’ feeble campaign for New York City mayor failed to raise enough money to unlock public matching funds. She was snubbed by many progressive endorsers and got little support from labor unions, whom she’d hoped would be her base. The day her campaign made the most noise was the day it essentially ended: when she baffled New York’s political world by endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom she had railed against from her earliest days in the public eye. Many on the left who had included her on their slates quickly condemned the move

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