The state’s teacher’s union suspended its endorsements for all state Senators — Democrats and Republicans — who supported Gov. David Paterson’s tax cap bill.
The leadership of New York State United Teachers said in a statement they were reviewing the position of every member of the Assembly because they believe a cap “would harm children and public education.”
“Those who choose political expediency over the future of New York’s children and public schools — and favor a gimmick that offers only the illusion of tax relief over a real reduction in property taxes for over-burdened homeowners — will not earn our endorsement,” said NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi in a statement. “They made a choice and we are making ours.”
The union is supporting candidates who reject the cap concept and support taxing wealthier people, such as what they’ve called a “millionaire’s tax.”
NYSUT endorsed the following local candidates:U.S. House of Representatives — Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, John Hall, D- Dover Plains.New York State Senate — Andrea Stewart Cousins, D-Yonkers, Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Mamaroneck, and Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Mt. Vernon.New York State Assembly — James Pretlow, D-Mt. Vernon, Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, Adam Bradley, D-White Plains, Richard Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, George Latimer, D-Rye, Mike Spano, D-Yonkers, Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, and Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern.
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