Working Families

Contact: Dan Levitan
The Working Families Party released today the following statement on the Governor’s proposal to shrink the budget gap through severe spending cuts.  It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
With New York facing a $2 billion deficit this year and another $12 billion next year, everyone – [...]

The WFP knocked on over a half-million doors to help defeat the decades-old Republican State Senate majority.

The WFP knocked on over 120,000 doors to help Joe Addabbo unseat incumbent Republican Serphin Maltese.

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Suffolk – Today the Working Families Party celebrated Brian Foley’s victory (D-WF) over incumbent State Senator Republican Caesar Trunzo. The grassroots third party knocked on over 100,000 doors in the race to help put Foley over the top.
“Whether it’s cleaning up Albany, cutting property taxes for middle-class [...]

A memo from WFP Director Dan Cantor and Deputy Director Bill Lipton on our biggest electoral priority this year – taking back the State Senate.

This just in from our friends at MoveOn.org.  It’s a great message and our favorite, no surprise, is #5!

Dear MoveOn member,
You don’t live in Ohio. You don’t live in Florida. The chance is pretty small that New York will decide the presidential election. So: Why vote?
Here’s why. This list is important-so please read [...]

Working Families Party affiliates will ask their members in recorded messages going out this weekend and Monday to vote for Obama on the WFP line, Row E.
Have a listen:
Edgar Romney, New York Metropolitan Joint Board (UNITE-HERE)
Joe Ashton, Director of UAW Region 9
Karen Scharff, Citizen Action
Mike Fishman, SEIU Local 32BJ
Phil Rumore, Buffalo Teachers Federation