new york city councilman joe borelli, one of two city lawmakers to endorse donald trump , is seeking an appointment in the president-elect<u+2019>s administration, according to people familiar with the matter. mr. borelli, a staten island republican who was first elected to the council last year and re-elected this month, is said to be interested in serving as a deputy ambassador to the united nations, or possibly the ambassador to france, these people said. he speaks french. a spokeswoman for mr. trump didn<u+2019>t immediately respond to a request for comment. mr. borelli, 34 years old, served as co-chairman of mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign in new york and has become a frequent surrogate for the president-elect on cable tv news shows. his endorsement of mr. trump, a republican, earned him scorn and sometimes open mockery from his colleagues in the overwhelmingly liberal council, where he serves as one of three republicans in the 51-member body. since mr. trump<u+2019>s election, mr. borelli has found himself in an unusual role. last week, for example, mr. borelli said he helped broker a phone call that led to a meeting between mr. trump and mayor bill de blasio, a democrat whom the president-elect had described as <u+201c>the worst mayor in the u.s.<u+201d> a spokesman for mr. de blasio said the councilman was one of several people who provided points of contact with mr. trump<u+2019>s inner circle. mr. borelli served as a state assemblyman for nearly three years before joining the council. he previously served as chief of staff to former city councilman vincent ignizio, a staten island republican. he teaches political science classes at the college of staten island. since mr. trump<u+2019>s victory, mr. borelli said his colleagues have stopped making jokes about mr. trump. <u+201c>i was that mopey republican,<u+201d> mr. borelli said. <u+201c>now basically everyone<u+2019>s coming up to me saying, <u+2018>how do i get on tv?<u+2019><u+201d> write to mara gay at mara.gay@wsj.com
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