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Voter Guide, So YOU Can Decide on Nov VOTER NOVEMBER 2014 GUIDE NYSUT’s guide to the union’s endorsed candidates in the Nov. 4 general election mac.nysut.org Letter from the officers Karen E. Magee DEAR NYSUT MEMBER: We are pleased to provide you with this Voter Guide, so YOU can decide on Nov. 4. This year, the stakes are extremely high. You have the power to help create a government that supports public education pre-K through post-grad, supports educators and their due process rights, supports unfettered access to health care, protects the right to retire with dignity and financial security, and supports labor rights across all of our constituencies. Andrew Pallotta NYSUT endorses candidates who share our values. In this guide, you’ll find the complete list of NYSUT-endorsed candidates as recommended by our lo- cal presidents and NYSUT’s Political Action Committee, and approved by the union’s Board of Directors. This guide explores critical races and provides the rationale for certain endorsements. We hope you take the time to read and consider this information before you cast your ballot on Nov. 4. We strongly support the re-election of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Schneiderman has been a champion for the working class and has vowed to defend tenure against “reformers” and privateers. Under DiNapoli’s watchful stewardship, the state employees’ re- Catalina R. Fortino tirement fund couldn’t be healthier, and DiNapoli has pledged to defend a worker’s right to a pension and a dignified retirement. Our union supports candidates for Congress and the New York state Senate and Assembly who stand up on key issues that are important to us, our students, our patients and our communities. In stark contrast, some candidates running for elected office this November want to destroy the very things we hold so dear. Your vote is your voice. We hope you will seriously consider the information in this guide and, most importantly, VOTE! Paul Pecorale On Nov. 4, you decide — you have the power! In solidarity, Martin Messner 2 NYSUT 2014 Voter Guide Shared values NYSUT endorses Republicans and Democrats who share our commit- ment to public education, health care, retirement security, the right to bargain collectively and a strong middle class. Clearly, much is at stake on the national and state level. Your vote is critical in supporting our endorsed incumbents and challengers who advocate for working families and who fight against policies that would harm students, public schools and colleges, health care workers and organized labor. Inside: You are encouraged to do everything in your power to help change the political climate that has frozen the river of progress in Albany and NYSUT 2014 Voter Guide Washington, D.C. Attorney General “Our members and their families work for — and vote for — candi- Eric Schneiderman ........................ 4 dates who support them on the issues they care about,” said NYSUT Executive Vice President Andy Pallotta. “We need to do everything we Comptroller Tom DiNapoli .............. 5 can, and we can do so much.” State Senate endorsements ........6-7 NYSUT has an obligation to communicate its endorsements to all Assembly endorsements .......... 8-11 members. (No endorsements were made in districts not listed.) Not all of you will agree with them, but the process is designed to reflect the What’s at stake in opinions of members’ representatives. New York state ............................ 12 The endorsement process starts months before the November elec- What’s at stake nationally ............ 13 tions. Candidates seeking NYSUT’s support are considered carefully. They first fill out a survey, and then members of the union’s Political U.S. House of Representatives Action Committee interview them. The PAC makes recommendations endorsements ....................... 14-15 during a two-day Endorsement Conference where they are reviewed with Vote Nov. 4! ................................ 16 local leaders in thorough and passionate discussions. They review the candidates’ positions, voting records on key areas of interest — such as education, health care and state aid — and their reputation for accessibility and responsiveness to union members. This Voter Guide was made possible by Once the proposed slate of endorsed candidates is set, it is submit- voluntary contributions to VOTE-COPE, ted to the NYSUT Executive Committee for discussion and then to the NYSUT’s political action fund. To download entire Board of Directors for discussion and final approval. a copy, visit www.nysut.org/voterguide. NYSUT 2014 Voter Guide 3 State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Protecting our rights At a time when litigation brought by deep-pocketed, LLC, a business development firm founded with former Gov. anti-worker, anti-public education radicals challenges the George Pataki. From 2002 through 2006, Cahill served as the tenets of fairness and due process in New York state, the chief of staff to Gov. Pataki. re-election of Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is cru- While Cahill has carried water for big finance, Schneiderman cial to securing the careers of NYSUT members. NYSUT and has worked to provide relief for families hit hard by the hous- the UFT have sought to intervene in two lawsuits challenging ing crisis. He created the Homeowner Protection Program to tenure in the state, but the suits target the state of New York, help New Yorkers at risk of foreclosure stay in their homes, a and Schneiderman will be the man who stands against them. program that has already served 28,000 New York families. “Eric Schneiderman has defended public employees — in- He led the national effort that secured a $13 billion settle- cluding educators, firefighters and police officers — when their ment with JP Morgan Chase for their role in the collapse of due process rights were attacked,” said NYSUT Executive Vice the housing market — the largest settlement of its kind in President Andy Pallotta. “He’s a critical ally for NYSUT mem- U.S. history. bers and all public workers, and we’re going to need him as we Schneiderman’s record reveals a true friend of labor and defend our hard-earned rights from privatizers and profiteers.” working families. He has fought for justice for all workers, Running for his second term as the highest ranking law en- defending their right to a fair and decent wage for a full day’s forcement officer in the state, Schneiderman says he believes work. He has returned more than $16 million to more than there must be one set of rules for everyone, no matter how 10,000 workers who were cheated out of pay by employers. rich or powerful. Before becoming attorney general, Schneiderman was a Schneiderman has won national recognition for his fight leading reformer in the state Senate; before that he served against crime and corruption. He has locked up corrupt poli- as a public interest lawyer, representing tenants trying to evict ticians who ripped off taxpayers, prosecuted companies that drug dealers from their buildings, women seeking access to gouged victims of Superstorm Sandy and led the national ef- health clinics and taxpayers in historic lawsuits against the fort to take on some of the largest banks in the world for their MTA. reckless misconduct. “If anything has become clear in the past four years, we’ve He is running against John Cahill, a New York lawyer and po- learned that we need more officials protecting the rights of litical operative. Cahill is counsel at Chadbourne and Parke, a working people, and fewer seeking to enrich the corporate Manhattan law firm serving corporate, financial and insurance coffers at the expense of the middle class,” said Pallotta. “We clients, and co-founder and CEO of the Pataki-Cahill Group, need to support Eric Schneiderman.” 4 NYSUT 2014 Voter Guide State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Champion for pensions, fiscal policy and integrity Thomas P. DiNapoli gets it. He knows what’s important, not comptroller,” he said in 2013. “Challenging economic times just for NYSUT members, but for all working New Yorkers. should not be a rationale for taking away hard-earned benefits “There is no better friend to the working people of New for public employees.” York state than Comptroller DiNapoli,” said NYSUT President His career in public service started at age 18 when he was Karen E. Magee. “He is a tireless champion of retirement elected as a trustee of the Mineola Board of Education. In security and an exemplar of financial stewardship.” 1986, he was elected to the state Assembly. During 10 terms He also recognizes the value of the work NYSUT members in the Assembly, he was recognized as a leading voice on en- do, on the job, and on the street advocating for the fair use of vironmental, education and local fiscal issues. state resources and sound public fiscal policy, DiNapoli’s opponent, Onondaga County Comptroller Bob DiNapoli thanked NYSUT members at the RA this year for Antonacci, is a certified public accountant and a lawyer. In their efforts, which he said were crucial to winning an increase a meeting with the Syracuse.com editorial board, Antonacci in state aid to schools, funding for full-day prekindergarten said he would press for pension reform, including a defined and the Legislature’s affirmation of the right of the state contribution plan similar to a 401(k). comptroller to audit charter schools. DiNapoli has been committed to protecting taxpayer dol- “That was an important victory for taxpayers,” he said. lars by fighting corruption and waste, restoring integrity to DiNapoli was appointed comptroller in 2007 when the office the Office of State Comptroller and safeguarding retirees’ was mired in scandal and immediately took steps to restore pensions. the reputation and integrity of the office. He has aggressively As the state’s auditor, DiNapoli has identified billions in fought public corruption and the misuse of taxpayers’ dollars waste, misuse and cost savings through audits of local gov- and has spoken out against fiscal gimmicks and government ernments, state agencies, public authorities and state con- inefficiency.
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