Endorsements

Elected Officials and Democratic Party Leaders

US Senator Charles Schumer
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio
State Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry
State Assemblyman Michael DenDekker
State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat
State Assemblyman Michael Gianaris
NYC Council Member Elizabeth Crowley
NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm
NYC Council Member Peter Vallone
NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie
NYC Council Member Mark Weprin
NYC Council Member Karen Koslowitz
NYC Council Member Julissa Ferreras
NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn
NYC Comptroller John Liu
Fmr. NYC Council Member Melinda Katz
Fmr. NYC Comptroller and Democratic Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson
Democratic State Committeewoman Maureen Allen
District Leader Veta Brome
District Leader Matt DiStefano
District Leader George R. Dixon
District Leader Barbara Jackson
District Leader James Lisa
District Leader Dorothy Phelan
District Leader Ellen Raffaele
District Leader Fior Rodriguez
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman
U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley

Labor Unions

United Federation of Teachers
CWA
District 1
1199 SEIU
32BJ
TWU Local 100
UAW
Tenants PAC
DC37
Public Employees Federation
AFLCIO
Uniformed Firefighters Association IAFF Local 94, AFL-CIO
Uniformed EMT’s, Paramedics and Inspectors – FDNY
Uniformed EMS Officers Union, Local 3621- FDNY
Uniformed Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Assoc. - FDNY
Local 246 SEIU – Automotive Mechanical
Council of Administrators and Supervisors
Empire State Supervisors & Administrators Association
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056
Communication Workers of America Local 1182
Enterprise Association of Steamfitters Local 638
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 9
Laborers Local 79
Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union Local 338
Social Service Employees/AFSCME Local 371
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association of NYC
United Association of Plumbers Local 1
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500

Community Leaders

Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network
Will Sweeney, Queens Civic Congress and Western Jackson Heights Alliance
Marlene Tapper, former Vice President of the National Women’s Political Caucus
Priscilla Carrow, President of the Sherwood Village Tenants Association
Shiv Das, member of the 74th Street Merchants Association
Miguel Lopez, President of Comité de Partido Político Latinoamericano (COPOLA)
Zulida Reynoso, Past President of the United Brothers Community Center
José Encarnacíon, President of the Encarnacíon Little League
Monzur Chowdhurry, Co‐founder of the Youth Congress of Bangladeshi‐Americans
Helen Arteaga, Executive Director of the Plaza del Sol Health Center
Ruben Pena, President of the Corona Action Network
Community Activist Agustin Rojas and Carlos Pena

*Organizations for identification purposes only.

Democratic Clubs

Queens County Democratic Party
Wood-Heights Democratic Club of Jackson Heights and Woodside
New Visions Democratic Club of Jackson Heights
Si Se Puede Democratic Club of Corona

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