Governor Cuomo Receives Endorsement of Brooklyn Assembly Member Latrice Walker
Announcement Made at 110-person ‘Women for Cuomo’ Reception
I’ve seen Andrew Cuomo run toward the toughest fights—and win—especially when it meant making life better for Black and Brown New Yorkers.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today received the endorsement of Assembly Member Latrice Walker in his campaign for Mayor of New York City. Addressing a packed room filled with over 100 women supporters of Cuomo for Mayor, the Assembly Member highlighted the Governor’s record of delivering for New Yorkers, raising the educational standards of our students, and lowering the cost of everyday pocketbook expenses for Brooklyn families.
“As a born and raised native of Brooklyn, it breaks my heart to hear from my friends and neighbors about how New York City has almost overnight become a place only the rich can afford,” Assembly Member Walker said. “I walk the streets every day and listen to how the people are crying out for a proven leader with a real track record of getting stuff done for New Yorkers. I’ve seen Andrew Cuomo run toward the toughest fights—and win—especially when it meant making life better for Black and Brown New Yorkers. Under Andrew Cuomo, rent was more affordable, homeownership was attainable, quality and affordable healthcare was accessible throughout our state, and our schools performed better. That didn’t happen by accident—it was the result of his leadership. As Governor, Andrew Cuomo was a truly battle-tested leader, and as our next Mayor, he can lead our great City into a new era of prosperity for everyone, and that’s why I’m endorsing his campaign.”
Assembly Member Walker represents the 55th Assembly District in Brooklyn, which includes parts of Brownsville. She is a leading voice on voting rights, criminal justice reform, environmental justice, affordable housing, tenants’ rights, and a host of other issues important to New Yorkers.
The 'Women for Cuomo' breakfast Assembly Member Walker addressed was co-chaired by Margo Alexander, Liz Cohen Hausman, Maria Cuomo Cole, Madeline Cuomo O’Donogue, Margaret I. Cuomo, Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Patricia Duff, Lucy Fato, Lisa Hernandez Gioia, Cristina Greeven Cuomo, Sandra Hoffen, Judith Hope, Marcella Hymowitz, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, Mariah Kennedy-Cuomo, Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, Simone Levinson, Margie Loeb, Fern Mallis, Jennifer Bayer Michaels, Valerie Mason, Annie Pell, Daryl Simon, Serena Torrey Roosevelt, Joanne Wilson, and Tanya Zuckerbrot.
Other Cuomo supporters who attended the breakfast included Annette Angiuli, Ekoyo Atkins, Mary Ann Brumbaugh, Margaret Baratt Scheg, Jasmine Barr, Carla Bartley, Gina Belafonte, Betty, Benavides, Jessica Betts Dreyfuss, Mary Ann Browning, Gretchen Buchenholz, Karen Cahn, Stacey Chametznik, Unique Clark, Nakia Clements, Amanda Cole, Emile Cole, Nancy Croston, Denise Cruz, Laura Curran, Carmel D’Arienzo, Sarah Danzig Simon, Melissa DeRosa, Eva Dillon, Sylvana Durrett, Lisa Fields Lewis, Sarah Feinberg, Robin Fisher, Sabine French, Jennifer Gilbert, Franca Gioi, Alexis Godley, Maggie Gold, Seelig, Zerline Goodman, Andrea Greeven Douzet, Lynn Halliburton, Hon. Kamillah Hanks, Miriam Hess, Nancy Hollander, Lauren Hurvitz, Anne Keating, Ioanna Kefalas Niejelow, C.C. Kellogg, Sydelle Knepper, Stephanie Knepper Basmna, Michelle Landa, Kathy Lacey, Sara Lebow, Latoya LeGrand, Harriet Levin Balkind, Risa Levine, Abby Levy, Aliza Licht, Emily Liebert, Margaret Loeb, Gloria Louzao-Pichler, Christine Magliocco, Julie Mattone Bello, Karen Mehiel, Tess O’Donogue, Kirstin O’Donogue, Samantha O’Donogue, Gina Okum, Cheri Peters, Serena Rakhlin, Karen Rankin, Mimi Reisner, Renee Rockefeller, Jane Rosenthal, AmyRuben, Fioona Rudin, Harriet Schleifer, Aileen Sirey, Shontell Smith, Lindsa Stasi, Ann Stevenson Colley, Allison Sullens, Patty Tobin, Brenda Torres, Karen Vedad, Elizabeth Weinstein, Natasha Westerwater Wolff, Caron Young, Barbara Zambelli, Lynn Zises
The Assembly Member joins U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., the Staten Island Democratic Party, Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia, Assembly Member Charles Fall, Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs, Council Member Kamillah Hanks, Council Member Farah Louis, the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Teamsters Local 237, former Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Frank Seddio, Brooklyn Democratic party Vice Chair Henry Butler, 25 District Leaders across the city, former national Director of the Anti-Defamation League Abe Foxman, the Village Reform Democratic Club, Aldo's Democratic Club of Astoria, and the Italian American Leadership Council in endorsing Governor Cuomo for Mayor of New York City.
Throughout his career in public service, Governor Cuomo has been a champion for working New Yorkers. He raised wages for millions of workers, passed the strongest gun violence prevention and paid family leave laws in the nation, advanced the most substantial infrastructure program in a generation, including the Second Avenue Subway, the Moynihan Train Hall, the new Kosciuszko Bridge and the new JFK and LaGuardia airports and codified Roe vs. Wade in state law years before the Supreme Court overturned it, all while cutting taxes and reining in spending.
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