A number one Haitian-American legislator in New York has endorsed former New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York Metropolis.
Brooklyn Democratic Celebration Chair Meeting Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was joined in united assist by myriad district leaders, govt committee members, and Brooklyn-based elected officers in a gathering two Sundays at Junior’s Restaurant, downtown Brooklyn, with Cuomo to showcase county-wide assist for Cuomo’s candidacy.
“Andrew Cuomo has steadfastly served as an exemplary public servant for the betterment of our Metropolis and State for many years, beginning proper right here in Brooklyn, the place he started as a neighborhood advocate,” mentioned Bichotte Hermelyn, who represents the forty second Meeting District in Brooklyn.
“Cuomo by no means forgot his roots, or the significance of preventing for equality and alternative, as he served as Legal professional Common of New York, beginning in 2016, then as our governor for 11 years,” she added.
“Throughout his tenure, he led our metropolis by means of the darkest depths of the COVID pandemic whereas instituting actual change that made New York Metropolis safer, stronger, and extra habitable and reasonably priced for all.
“Because the chief of the biggest and most various Democratic County Celebration in New York – and the nation – I do know the skilled management we have to steer our metropolis ahead,” Bichotte Hermelyn continued.
“We deserve a battle-tested and visionary Democrat to maintain main New York Metropolis by means of a few of its most difficult occasions, and solely Andrew Cuomo has the distinctive insights, real-world expertise, and confirmed management abilities wanted to navigate the complexities of our metropolis’s continued restoration and development,” she mentioned.
Becoming a member of Bichotte Hermelyn in endorsing Cuomo for Mayor had been a broad swath of Brooklyn’s elected officers and district leaders.
They included New York State Assemblymembers Latrice Walker, Erik Dilan, William Colton, and New York Metropolis Council Members Susan Zhuang, Farah Louis, and Darlene Mealy.
Brooklyn Democratic Celebration Leaders endorsing embody former Brooklyn Democratic Celebration Chairman Frank Seddio.
“Given that every one components of Brooklyn – North, South, and Central – that make up this lovely mosaic of variety within the borough are throwing assist is a mirrored image of the excessive approval and polling charges of Cuomo,” Bichotte Hermelyn mentioned.
“Cuomo not solely has the proper management abilities however has an in depth plan with a powerful community of assist to sort out the distinctive points and disaster our metropolis is dealing with at present, together with a scarcity of affordability; rising psychological well being, habit, and homelessness charges; and boundaries to accessing training,” she added.
“I’m proud to endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor, together with my Brooklyn electeds, district leaders, and County Committee members, as a result of he has tackled our metropolis’s points, and I’m assured he’ll do it once more—whereas bettering the standard of life for all New Yorkers and constructing a brighter future for Brooklyn along with us,” the Brooklyn Democratic Celebration Chair continued.
Final week, the Rev. Michael Blake, a Jamaican-American candidate for Mayor of the Metropolis of New York, formally launched Venture 2026 NYC.
Blake, the son of Jamaican immigrants, informed Caribbean Life that he launched Venture 2026 NYC as “a daring, New York-first initiative designed to push again towards federal overreach and construct a stronger, extra resilient metropolis.”
He mentioned his platform prioritizes financial justice, tenant protections, and social companies to make sure New Yorkers thrive.
“New York wants management that delivers insurance policies to enhance lives, not scandals and excuses,” mentioned Blake, a former New York State Meeting Member, Democratic Nationwide Committee Vice Chair and aide to former United States President Barack Obama.
“I’m the one individual on this race who has labored at each degree—federal, state, nonprofit, and enterprise—to show sources into tangible and optimistic outcomes for our 5 boroughs,” he added.
“Whereas others on this race are centered on staying out of jail by cozying as much as a president who needs to chop our metropolis’s social companies or utilizing taxpayer {dollars} to defend their transgressions after resigning as governor, I’m centered on defending our metropolis’s future,” continued Blake, clearly taking a dig at New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams and Cuomo.
“New York is the wealthiest metropolis on this planet—there isn’t a cause an individual ought to go unhoused, hungry, or forgotten,” he mentioned.
Blake outlined key priorities of Venture 2026 NYC, together with no federal cuts, assured revenue, common childcare, taxing empty residences, paying sooner, eliminating credit score checks, free Metropolis College of New York (CUNY) tuition, money for content material, reproductive rights protections, and immigration protections.
