NEW YORK, CMC—A number one Haitian-American legislator has endorsed former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bid for Mayor of New York Metropolis.
Brooklyn Democratic Occasion Chair Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, has joined with myriad district leaders, government committee members, and Brooklyn-based elected officers in supporting 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 Basic of New York, beginning in 2016, then as our governor for 11 years. Throughout his tenure, he led our metropolis via 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 Occasion in New York – and the nation – I do know the skilled management we have to steer our metropolis ahead,” Bichotte Hermelyn mentioned, including, “We deserve a battle-tested and visionary Democrat to maintain main New York Metropolis via a few of its most difficult instances.”
She mentioned that Cuomo not solely has the precise management abilities but additionally has an intensive plan and a robust community of help to sort out the distinctive points and crises dealing with the town.
“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 enhancing the standard of life for all New Yorkers and constructing a brighter future for Brooklyn along with us,” mentioned the Brooklyn Democratic Occasion Chair.
Final week, the Rev. Michael Blake, a Jamaican-American candidate for Mayor of the Metropolis of New York, formally launched Undertaking 2026 NYC.
“Whereas others on this race are targeted 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 targeted on defending our metropolis’s future,” mentioned Blake, clearly taking a dig at New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams and Cuomo.
