In a major boost to Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman’s city council bid, Millionaire Isaac Sasson dropped out of the race Tuesday.

�Isaac will be focusing his efforts on his philanthropy and his related positions in the Orthodox Jewish community,� the campaign said in a statement.

Sasson, a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi and leader in the Lebanese community, ran 1n 2003 against then Councilman John Liu. He also narrowly lost a City Council bid in 2009 and a state Senate bid in 2010.

Assemblyman Lancman running for the seat currently held by term-limited City Councilman James Gennaro, still faces a primary challenge by community activist Andrea Veras.

Photo: NY Daily News

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)