All Entries Tagged With: "2010"
Attorney general hopeful in town receives two union endorsements
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/07/19/1117233/attorney-general-hopeful-in-town.html By Robert J. McCarthy The people surrounding State Sen. Eric Schneiderman at a downtown news conference today may underscore more than anything why he is considered a top Democratic contender for attorney general this year. Union leaders from the United Auto Workers and SEIU 1199, representatives from Hispanic groups, [...]
Schneiderman To Nab Western NY Endorsements On Campaign Swing
City Hall New York, NY http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1387-schneiderman-to-nab-western-ny-endorsements-on-campaign-swing.html By Edward-Isaac Dovere Eric Schneiderman spent Sunday at several African-American churches in Buffalo and community events in the area, and he will be continuing his campaign swing through Western New York on Monday by adding more endorsements to his bid to be the Democratic nominee for attorney general. Already [...]
Schneiderman gets UAW nod
Capitol Confidential/Times Union Albany, NY http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/27231/schneiderman-gets-uaw-nod/ By Rick Karlin This is no doubt welcome news for AG candidate Eric Schneiderman heading into the Democratic convention, he just got the United Auto Workers endorsement. While one may think “Detroit” when hearing the initials UAW, their release notes that they have approximately 50,000 active and retired members [...]
DP Exclu: Schneiderman Picks Up UAW Nod Before Convention
The Daily Politics/Daily News Albany, NY http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/05/dp-exclu-schneiderman-picks-up.html By Celeste Katz Democratic AG hopeful state Sen. Eric Schneiderman has picked up the endorsment of the 50,000 active and retired member United Auto Workers Regions 9 and 9a, the Daily Politics has learned. “The UAW is proud to endorse a lifelong progressive leader like Eric Schneiderman. Eric’s commitment to [...]
State Democrats’ hottest race likely to be attorney general
Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/25/1060880/state-democrats-hottest-race-likely.html By Robert J. McCarthy Andrew M. Cuomo’s nomination as the Democratic candidate for governor may gain the headlines at this week’s Democratic State Convention, but who succeeds him as attorney general is shaping up as the intraparty race with the real political sizzle. Five Democrats already are maneuvering to gain [...]
Cuomo’s First Union
State of Politics Blog/YNN Albany, NY http://capitaltonight.com/2010/05/cuomos-first-union/ By Elizabeth Benjamin Before he had even formally announced his candidacy for governor yesterday, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 President Bruce Both offered a formal endorsement of AG Andrew Cuomo, calling him “a man of action, not just empty rhetoric.” The 23,000-member union has a habit [...]
Another Upstate County Chair Endorses Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General
SoHo Journal New York, NY http://www.sohojournal.com/content/another-upstate-county-chair-endorses-eric-schneiderman-attorney-general A press release from Attorney General candidate, Senator Eric Schneiderman: NEW YORK – Citing his record as a lifelong progressive Democrat, Essex County Chair Sue Montgomery-Corey today announced her enthusiastic endorsement of Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General. With momentum growing by the day, Montgomery-Corey joins over 50 progressive reformers [...]
WFP Affiliates Push Schneiderman For Row E
State of Politics Blog/YNN Albany, NY http://capitaltonight.com/2010/05/wfp-affiliates-push-schneiderman-for-row-e/ By Elizabeth Benjamin Key stakeholders in the Working Families Party have sent a letter to fellow committee members on behalf of Sen. Eric Schneiderman, calling him the “only choice” to receive the labor-backed party’s endorsement in the AG’s race. The letter is signed by Citizens Action’s Karen Scharff, 1199’s [...]
Awards honor local activists
Times Union Albany, NY http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=932046&category=CARINGCOL By Lauren Stanforth ALBANY — The 18th Annual Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Awards, which will be held on Thursday, honor those in the Capital Region who have campaigned for liberal social change. The awards are sponsored by Citizen Action of New York, a grass-roots membership organization with seven chapters around [...]
UAW Region 9 CAP Director & Western New York Working Families Party President Sam Williams Nominated To Fill Open Seat On NYS Workers’ Compensation Board
WNY Labor Today Buffalo, NY http://www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2010/05/15/buffalo-afl-cio-clc/uaw-region-9-cap-director-western-new-york-working-families-party-president-sam-williams-nominated-to-fill-open-seat-on-nys-workers-compensation-board/ (BUFFALO) – UAW Region 9 CAP (Community Action Program) Director & Western New York Working Families Party (WFP) President Sam Williams has been nominated by Governor David Paterson to fill an open seat and a seven-year term on the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, WNYLaborToday.com has learned. It’s [...]
