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Progressive Democrats who are not happy with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's first term are considering running a candidate for governor on the Working Families Party line.

Diane Ravitch, the education policy expert and advocate who was briefly floated as a possible candidate for governor on the Working Families Party ballot line, has endorsed Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and his running mate, Brian Jones.

He says he needs to dissuade them from the idea that stage two of their protest is to vote for the governor on the Working Families Party line to send a message.

Cynthia Nixon played coy Thursday on whether she would mount a campaign for governor on the Working Families Party ballot line if she loses the Democratic Party primary to heavily...

Cynthia Nixon played coy Thursday on whether she would mount a campaign for governor on the Working Families Party ballot line if she loses the Democratic Party primary to heavily favored two - term incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

Not exact matches

The state Democratic Committee on Saturday in a statement criticized both the Working Families Party and likely Republican nominee for governor Marc Molinaro.

Former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, who served with Romney while he was governor, said based on the experience of working with Romney, he «won't just talk about family values, he will live them.»

Under the Governor's leadership, HCR is working with partners around the State to invest resources in projects that have lasting impacts on communities and families.

«I join Senator Kavanagh in urging the Governor to include early voting in the budget so that all New Yorkers can have a fairer government where elections are a right accessible to all rather than a burden on working families,» Senator Leroy Comrie said.

Actress Cynthia Nixon was endorsed for governor by the Working Families Party on Saturday — an expected embarrassment that rival Gov. Cuomo tried to sidestep by insisting he didn't want the progressive party's support anyway.

Cynthia Nixon, the Working Families Party candidate for governor of New York, recently spoke out against the state's 2 percent cap on annual spending.

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But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

Much of the attention at this weekend's Working Families Party convention in Buffalo centered on the statewide races (three out of five of which the labor - backed party chose to punt on, tapping placeholder candidates for governor, LG and AG), but decisions were made on a number of legislative races, too.

The Working Families Party tapped three unknowns — all attorneys — to run for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general at its convention in Buffalo today, signaling a clear willingness to deal with Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo, who took a pass on its line.

«I can tell you tenants would be much more likely to vote for governor on Row E if the candidate is Kenny Schaeffer,» Tenants PAC's Michael McKee told me this afternoon while trying to explain why his board decided to endorse the Working Families Party's placeholder candidate over the Democratic gubernatorial designee, Andrew Cuomo.

«We've had it with the corruption and dysfunction in Albany,» Cynthia Nixon told supporters on Saturday after accepting the Working Families Party endorsement for governor.

The National Federation of Independent Business» Mike Elmendorf today released a letter to the Working Families Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot line.

Labor unions allied with Cuomo, meanwhile, are considering forming their own ballot line this fall that would rival the Working Families Party, which endorsed Nixon and Jumaane Williams, a candidate for lieutenant governor, on Saturday.

The potential endorsement of Cynthia Nixon in the race for governor by the Working Families Party is leading some labor leaders to consider forming their own ballot line this fall, sources with direct knowledge of the talks on Thursday said.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino derided Gov. Andrew Cuomo's video presentation at the Working Families Party convention on Saturday as a «hostage tape» and questioned the agreement that gave the Democratic incumbent the party's endorsement.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won the endorsement of the state's left leaning Working Families Party in a messy convention vote that stretched to nearly midnight on Saturday night.

After the vote was in, the Working Families Party issued a bitter statement, saying the governor had squandered his resources on a «fake» party, Cuomo's newly created Women's Equality Party, and that he had let Democrats in the legislature and in Congress «wither on the vine».

Supporters statewide need to gather 15,000 valid signatures this week to establish the party, which would give the governor a fourth spot on the ballot along with the Democratic, Independence and Working Families lines.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has campaigned actively on only two of his four ballot lines; the Democratic Party and Women's Equality Party lines, publicly ignoring the Independence and Working Families Party lines.

Working Families Party candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon opposes the state's 2 percent cap on annual spending and the 2 percent cap on local property tax growth — two of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's most popular accomplishments.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is also running on the Women's Equality Party, as well as the Democratic and Working Family Party.

Now, with the endorsement of the Working Families Party, people are saying that now the Governor will put pressure on Senator Jeff Klein and the other four run away Democratic members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) to break their alliance with the Republicans and to come back to join the Democratic Conference and in order to be able to take control of the Senate.

ALBANY — There was the smiling governor on Tuesday, sitting in a Midtown union hall beneath a giant union banner and next to four labor leaders, being lauded as «a true friend and fierce fighter for working families.»

Last week at the behest of Governor Andrew Cuomo, the rupture between the progressive Working Families Party and progressive unions intensified, with two powerful SEIU and CWA locals withdrawing support for the WFP on the eve of its endorsement of Cuomo rival Cynthia Nixon.

I will work with our partners in government to call on Governor Cuomo to resolve this issue and help our Sandy families rebuild and recover.»

«Governor Cuomo has done a very good deed for seriously ill patients and their families by signing the Medical Marijuana Expedited Access Bill,» Gottfried said, adding, «I know the Health Department is working hard to get the medical marijuana law up and running on schedule, but glitches happen.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

On Saturday, April 13 the Working Families Party endorsed Democrat Cynthia Nixon for New York Governor.

Eventually the governor would commit to a progressive agenda to win the backing of the Working Families Party, which was on the verge of endorsing Fordham professor Zephyr Teachout to punish Cuomo for his centrist approach to governance and propensity for collaborating with the GOP.

And it was one of the idea Governor Cuomo agreed work on when he accepted the Working Families Party's endorsement.

«As a condition for support in the Primary from Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and the Working Families Party Jeffrey Klein issued a statement on June 25th conveying that the IDC would form a new coalition with State Senate Democrats to achieve unfinished «core Democratic policy initiatives.»

On one side is the labor backed Working Families Party, an organization that hasn't rule out giving its line to another, more liberal candidate for governor if he doesn't achieve public financing.

The Working Families Party on Saturday endorsed Cynthia Nixon for governor over incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, highlighting a broader fissure among liberals in New York, activist groups and the union movement.

Cuomo's initial remarks drew criticism from the state's Working Families Party, who said in a statement, «On the same day that Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton joined together in unity, Governor Cuomo couldn't bring himself to support his own party.»

Among the questions spurred by Andrew Cuomo's newfound devotion to charter schools is one with real implications for the governor's re-election: How much more can the Working Families Party take before ditching him and running someone else on its line this year?

While they didn't speak, there were even leaders of the Working Families Party — who reluctantly made Cuomo their standard bearer last year only to claim he went back on a deal to help Democrats reclaim the State Senate — standing on the stage with the governor.

ALBANY — The uncertainty of who will be on the Working Families Party line for governor this fall is causing «real tension» between the party and the unions affiliated with...

COLONIE — Speaking in a video message and by phone, Governor Andrew Cuomo told delegates of the Working Families Party on Saturday that he wants Democrats to take control of the state Senate, and he threatened to support primaries against members of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference if they did not re-join with mainstream colleagues.

On Friday, April 13, Working Families Party Director Bill Lipton accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of bullying political groups and unions that were considering endorsing his challenger Cynthia Nixon in her bid for gGovernor Andrew Cuomo of bullying political groups and unions that were considering endorsing his challenger Cynthia Nixon in her bid for governorgovernor.

And considering that the ongoing «Special» session looks like it may go on for quite some time, it is safe to say that in terms of enacting labor oriented bills to help working families in New York State, the legislature and Governor have fallen well short of reasonable expectations.

RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal said, «Today's announcement builds on Governor Cuomo's commitment to ensuring that working families, seniors, people with disabilities, and those who have experienced homelessness have high - quality, affordable, safe places to call home.

ALBANY (AP)-- Democrat Andrew Cuomo on Sunday accepted the endorsement of the left - leaning Working Families Party in his run to be the state's next governor.

RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal said, «Today's announcement builds on Governor Cuomo's commitment to ensure working families, seniors and people with disabilities have high - quality, affordable, safe places to call home.

«In 2014 we pushed the governor to pledge to support a Democratic - Working Families state senate and reverse his position on the minimum wage and fight for other progressive issues.