Teachout endorsed by Sullivan supervisors

Posted 9/30/09

Zephyr Teachout, a law professor who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, has been endorsed by Mamakating supervisor Bill Herrmann, who said “I like Andrew Cuomo’s words, …

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Teachout endorsed by Sullivan supervisors

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Zephyr Teachout, a law professor who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, has been endorsed by Mamakating supervisor Bill Herrmann, who said “I like Andrew Cuomo’s words, but I don’t like his actions.” The endorsement came at a campaign event on August 16 in Wurtsboro.

Lumberland supervisor Nadia Rasjz prefaced her endorsement by saying, “We took on fracking three years ago; I’m still waiting for Governor Cuomo to get off the pot.”

Orange County legislator Roseanne Sullivan declared her support for Teachout because she has campaigned on protecting public education. Teachout has received the endorsement of the Buffalo Teachers Federation, while the larger New York State United Teachers (UT) union decided not to endorse Cuomo. On the same day that the UT rebuffed Cuomo, Teachout was endorsed by the 55,000 member Public Employees Federation.

Teachout faulted Cuomo for cutting school funding, failing to lead on fracking and failing to institute campaign finance reform.

She was also critical of Cuomo’s economic revitalization program, START-UP NY, which she said cost over $1.6 billion in tax giveaways, but created less than one percent of the jobs in the state. She termed the program “trickle-down economics” and asserted, “You don’t tax break your way toward a thriving economy.”

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