ALBANY, N.Y. Aug. 10, 2022 — New York State United Teachers today issued endorsements in dozens of races — including a number of primary races — for state Senate and Assembly, and the union recommended congressional candidates for endorsements by its national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association.
“From Albany to Washington, we need representatives who will help us support public schools as the center of every community,” NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said. “These candidates are partners who will put public school students, families and educators — from pre-K through post-grad — first. We stand with them in fighting to secure the resources necessary for schools to provide a high-quality, 21st century education and to enact the policies that help our students thrive academically, socially and emotionally.”
The full slate of state legislative endorsements and congressional endorsement recommendations can be found below. A list of previous endorsements and endorsement recommendations also is below.
NYSUT-endorsed candidates receive grassroots support from NYSUT members, including phone banking, door knocking and literature distribution. The union also makes financial contributions from voluntary donations through the union’s VOTE-COPE non-partisan political action committee.
Congressional endorsement recommendations
Congressional District 1
Bridget Fleming
Congressional District 5
Gregory Meeks
Congressional District 6
Grace Meng
Congressional District 7
Nydia Velazquez
Congressional District 9
Yvette Clarke
Congressional District 14
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Congressional District 15
Ritchie Torres
Congressional District 17
Sean Patrick Maloney
Congressional District 18
Pat Ryan
Congressional District 19
Josh Riley
Congressional District 20
Paul Tonko
Congressional District 21
Matt Castelli
Congressional District 23
Max Della Pia
Congressional District 25
Joseph Morelle
Congressional District 26
Brian Higgins
State Senate endorsements
Senate District 1
Anthony Palumbo
Senate District 2
Mario Mattera
Senate District 3
Dean Murray
Senate District 4
Phil Ramos
Senate District 5
John Brooks
Senate District 6
Kevin Thomas
Senate District 9
Ken Moore
Senate District 10
James Sanders Jr.
Senate District 11
Toby Ann Stavisky
Senate District 12
Michael Gianaris
Senate District 13
Jessica Ramos
Senate District 14
Leroy Comrie
Senate District 16
John Liu
Senate District 17
Iwen Chu
Senate District 18
Julia Salazar
Senate District 19
Roxanne Persaud
Senate District 20
Zellnor Myrie
Senate District 27
Brian Kavanagh
Senate District 28
Liz Krueger
Senate District 29
Jose Serrano
Senate District 30
Cordell Cleare
Senate District 31
Robert Jackson
Senate District 36
Jamaal Bailey
Senate District 38
Elijah Reichlin-Melnick
Senate District 39
Julie Shiroishi
Senate District 40
Peter Harckham
Senate District 41
Michelle Hinchey
Senate District 42
James Skoufis
Senate District 43
Andrea Smyth
Senate District 44
Jim Tedisco
Senate District 45
Daniel Stec
Senate District 46
Neil Breslin
Senate District 47
Brad Hoylman
Senate District 48
Rachel May
Senate District 49
Mark Walczyk
Senate District 50
John Mannion
Senate District 51
Peter Oberacker
Senate District 53
Joseph Griffo
Senate District 55
Samra Brouk
Senate District 56
Jeremy Cooney
Senate District 59
Elizabeth Crowley
Senate District 60
Patrick Gallivan
Senate District 61
Sean Ryan
State Assembly endorsements
Assembly District 1
Fred Thiele Jr.
Assembly District 3
Joseph DeStefano
Assembly District 5
Doug Smith
Assembly District 6
Phil Ramos
Assembly District 7
Jarett Gandolfo
Assembly District 9
Michael Durso
Assembly District 10
Steve Stern
Assembly District 11
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Assembly District 12
Cooper Macco
Assembly District 13
Charles Lavine
Assembly District 14
David McDonough
Assembly District 16
Gina Sillitti
Assembly District 17
John Mikulin
Assembly District 18
Taylor Darling
Assembly District 19
Edward Ra
Assembly District 20
Michael Delury
Assembly District 21
Judy Griffin
Assembly District 22
Michaelle Solages
Assembly District 23
Stacey Pheffer Amato
Assembly District 26
Edward Braunstein
Assembly District 27
Daniel Rosenthal
Assembly District 30
Steven Raga
Assembly District 31
Khaleel Anderson
Assembly District 36
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Assembly District 37
Juan Ardila
Assembly District 39
Catalina Cruz
Assembly District 44
Robert Carroll
Assembly District 45
Steven Cymbrowitz
Assembly District 47
William Colton
Assembly District 48
Simcha Eichenstein
Assembly District 52
Jo Anne Simon
Assembly District 62
Michael Reilly
Assembly District 63
Vincent Argenziano
Assembly District 67
Linda Rosenthal
Assembly District 69
Daniel O’Donnell
Assembly District 74
Harvey Epstein
Assembly District 77
Latoya Joyner
Assembly District 88
Amy Paulin
Assembly District 90
Nader Sayegh
Assembly District 91
Steven Otis
Assembly District 92
Maryjane Shimsky
Assembly District 93
Chris Burdick
Assembly District 94
Matthew Slater
Assembly District 95
Dana Levenberg
Assembly District 96
Kenneth Zebrowski
Assembly District 98
Karl Brabenec
Assembly District 99
Christopher Eachus
Assembly District 100
Aileen Gunther
Assembly District 101
Matthew Mackey
Assembly District 103
Sarahana Shrestha
Assembly District 104
Jonathan Jacobson
Assembly District 105
Jill Fieldstein
Assembly District 106
Didi Barrett
Assembly District 108
John McDonald III
Assembly District 109
Patricia Fahy
Assembly District 110
Phil Steck
Assembly District 112
Mary Beth Walsh
Assembly District 113
Carrie Woerner
Assembly District 114
Matthew Simpson
Assembly District 115
D. Billy Jones
Assembly District 116
Scott Gray
Assembly District 117
Kenneth Blankenbush
Assembly District 118
Robert Smullen
Assembly District 119
Marianne Buttenschon
Assembly District 120
William Barclay
Assembly District 122
Brian Miller
Assembly District 123
Donna Lupardo
Assembly District 125
Anna Kelles
Assembly District 127
Albert Stirpe
Assembly District 128
Pamela Hunter
Assembly District 129
William Magnarelli
Assembly District 130
Brian Manktelow
Assembly District 132
Philip Palmesano
Assembly District 133
Sara Spezzano
Assembly District 134
Josh Jensen
Assembly District 135
Jennifer Lunsford
Assembly District 136
Sarah Clark
Assembly District 137
Demond Meeks
Assembly District 138
Harry Bronson
Assembly District 140
William Conrad
Assembly District 141
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Assembly District 142
Patrick Burke
Assembly District 143
Monica Wallace
Assembly District 144
Michael Norris
Assembly District 145
Angelo Morinello
Assembly District 146
Karen McMahon
Assembly District 148
Joseph Giglio
Assembly District 149
Jonathan Rivera
Assembly District 150
Andrew Goodell
Previous NYSUT endorsements and endorsement recommendations
Previous congressional endorsement recommendations
Congressional District 3
Robert Zimmerman
Congressional District 4
Laura Gillen
Congressional District 8
Hakeem Jeffries
Congressional District 11
Max Rose
Congressional District 13
Adriano Espaillat
Congressional District 16
Jamaal Bowman
Previous state Senate endorsements
Senate District 7
Anna Kaplan
Senate District 15
Joseph Addabbo
Senate District 23
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Senate District 25
Jabari Brisport
Senate District 26
Andrew Gounardes
Senate District 33
Gustavo Rivera
Senate District 35
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Senate District 37
Shelley Mayer
Previous Assembly endorsements
Assembly District 4
Steven Englebright
Assembly District 24
David Weprin
Assembly District 25
Nily Rozic
Assembly District 28
Andrew Hevesi
Assembly District 29
Alicia Hyndman
Assembly District 32
Vivian Cook
Assembly District 33
Clyde Vanel
Assembly District 34
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Assembly District 35
Jeffrion Aubry
Assembly District 38
Jenifer Rajkumar
Assembly District 40
Ron Kim
Assembly District 41
Helene Weinstein
Assembly District 42
Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn
Assembly District 43
Brian Cunningham
Assembly District 46
Mathylde Frontus
Assembly District 49
Peter Abbate Jr.
Assembly District 50
Emily Gallagher
Assembly District 51
Marcela Mitaynes
Assembly District 54
Erik Martin Dilan
Assembly District 55
Latrice Walker
Assembly District 57
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Assembly District 58
Monique Chandler-Waterman
Assembly District 59
Jaime Williams
Assembly District 60
Nikki Lucas
Assembly District 61
Charles Fall
Assembly District 65
Grace Lee
Assembly District 66
Deborah Glick
Assembly District 68
Edward Gibbs
Assembly District 70
Inez Dickens
Assembly District 71
Al Taylor
Assembly District 72
Manny De Los Santos
Assembly District 73
Alex Bores
Assembly District 75
Tony Simone
Assembly District 76
Rebecca Seawright
Assembly District 79
Chantel Jackson
Assembly District 80
Nathalia Fernandez
Assembly District 81
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Assembly District 82
Michael Benedetto
Assembly District 83
Carl Heastie
Assembly District 84
Amanda Septimo
Assembly District 85
Kenneth Burgos
Assembly District 86
Yudelka Tapia
Assembly District 87
Karines Reyes
Assembly District 89
Gary Pretlow
Assembly District 111
Angelo Santabarbara
New York State United Teachers is a statewide union with more than 600,000 members in education, human services and health care. NYSUT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO.
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