In response to Sean Patrick Maloney’s false claim that he is the only candidate in the NY-17 Democratic Congressional primary with support from current and former elected officials, local electeds and leaders issued the following statement:
“As current and former local elected officials, we are dismayed that DCCC chair Sean Patrick Maloney is ignoring our support for the true progressive candidate in NY-17, Alessandra Biaggi. We are deeply concerned that the chair of the DCCC is focused on erasing the voices of local constituents, when he should be focused on maintaining the house majority.
“Along with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Working Families Party, Empire State Indivisible, Democracy for America, the New York Progressive Action Network, Rockland United, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and numerous more grassroots organizations and leaders, we proudly endorsed Senator Biaggi for Congress in NY-17. As leaders from Rockland, Putnam, and Westchester, we’ve thrown our weight behind Senator Biaggi because of her tireless advocacy for working people, her refusal to take corporate donations, and her legislative leadership — helping to codify Roe, protect tenants rights, tackle climate change, pass gun safety legislation and strengthen public schools.
“Sean Patrick Maloney should stop listening to his corporate donors and start listening to local grassroots voices.”
Signed,
- Emily Feiner, Former Village Trustee and Deputy Mayor of Nyack, former Orangetown Democratic Party Chair, and former Democratic Committeewoman.
- Ivanya L. Alpert, MD, Former Trustee, Village of Piermont, Former Democratic Legislative District Leader for District 17, Former Orangetown Democratic Committee Member
- Tina Rose, Clarkstown Democratic Committee Associate Chair and Legislative District Leader, District 11
- Meredith Wisner, New York State Committee for the Working Families Party, Congressional District 17 and former Rockland County Democratic Legislative District Leader
- Tomara Aldrich, Former Vice Chair, Orangetown Democratic Committee and current Orangetown Democratic Committee MemberJennifer Cabrera, State Committee Member, Working Families Party
- Peter Bernstein, State Committee Member, Working Families Party
- Julie Goldberg, Ramapo Democratic Committee Member, former candidate for New York State Senate
- Beth Davidson, Clarkstown Democratic Committeemember
- Julia Gayduk-Healey, Member, Orangetown Democratic Committee
- Monica Ferguson, Clarkstown Democratic Committee Corresponding Secretary
- Taylor Mandelbaum, Orangetown Democratic Committee Corresponding Secretary and Rockland United Steering Committee Member
- John Maltbie Clarkstown Democratic Committee Member
- Dimitri Laddis, Former Orangetown Democratic Committee Member
- Samantha Buell, Member, Clarkstown Democratic Committee
- Matt Kelley, Member, Clarkstown Democratic Committee
- Jocelyn Cox, Former Corresponding Secretary, Clarkstown Democratic Committee, Current Member, Clarkstown Democratic Committee
- Steven White, Rockland County Committee member, Member of AD97 Judicial Committee, publisher of The Power of Ten
- Jake Laddis, Orangetown Democratic Committee Member
