Governor Cuomo Receives the Endorsement from the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club
We want safe streets, safe subway trains, our law-abiding immigrants to be safe, and our Jewish community to have a mayor who will not tolerate antisemitism in any form. We want to feel sure that when we need a bridge fixed we have someone that has successfully and beautifully rebuilt bridges, train stations and airports. Many say they have a plan, but we want someone who knows how to manage, execute and get the job done. Andrew Cuomo is that leader for New York City.
- Virginia Krompinger, President of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club
Governor Cuomo, candidate for Mayor of New York City, received the coveted endorsement from the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, founded in 1960 in the Bronx to promote progressive politics. The Club touted Cuomo’s proven leadership and ability to deliver on public safety, infrastructure, and protection for vulnerable communities, including immigrants and the Jewish community.
“As the President of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, ranked the #1 political club in the Bronx, I am thrilled that my club is supporting Andrew Cuomo for Mayor,” Virginia Krompinger, President of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club said. “We want safe streets, safe subway trains, our law-abiding immigrants to be safe, and our Jewish community to have a mayor who will not tolerate antisemitism in any form. We want to feel sure that when we need a bridge fixed we have someone that has successfully and beautifully rebuilt bridges, train stations and airports. Many say they have a plan, but we want someone who knows how to manage, execute and get the job done. Andrew Cuomo is that leader for New York City.”
“I am deeply honored to have the support of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, a pillar of progressive leadership in the Bronx and across New York City,” Governor Cuomo said. “For decades, the club has been a driving force in shaping a more just city and their support reflects a shared commitment to uplift New York City. This endorsement means a great deal to me, and I’m honored to stand with a club that has long fought for justice, opportunity, and safe, strong communities—the very vision that I will execute upon as mayor, while delivering real results for working families and protecting the values that define this city.”
The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club joins the Village Reform Democratic Club, and Taminent Regular Democratic Club in their endorsement of Governor Cuomo for Mayor of New York City.
Throughout his career in public service, Governor Cuomo has been a champion for working New Yorkers. He raised wages for millions, protected the right to organize when the Supreme Court tried to break the back of the labor movement, increased access to healthcare, enacted the nation's strongest paid family leave program and expanded apprenticeships, vocational training, and workforce development programs. He also advanced the most substantial infrastructure program in a generation, including the Second Avenue Subway, the Moynihan Train Hall and the new Kosciuszko Bridge and the new JFK and LaGuardia Airports – all major projects built with union labor.
The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club joins a large and growing coalition of leaders and organizations that have endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Mayor, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, former Governor David Paterson, Rep. Ritchie Torres, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Rep. Tom Suozzi, Democratic Organization of Queens County and Chairman Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, former New York State Comptroller Carl McCall, Mayoral Candidate and New York State Senator Jessica Ramos, Marc Anthony, former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., New York State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., New York State Senator James Sanders Jr., New York State Senator Roxanne Persaud, New York State Senator Sam Sutton, Brooklyn Democratic Chair and Assembly Member Charles Fall, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia, Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato, Assembly Member Sam Berger, Assembly Member Vivian Cook, Assembly Member John Zaccaro, Jr., Assembly Member William Colton, Assembly Member David Weprin, Assembly Member Edward Braunstein, Assembly Member Clyde Vanel, Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, Assembly Member Larinda Hooks, Assembly Member Manny De Los Santos, Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs, Assembly Member Michael Benedetto, Assembly Member George Alvarez, former Assembly Member Keith Wright, Assembly Member Latrice Walker, Assembly Member Erik Dilan,Council Member Farah N. Louis, Council Member Susan Zhuang, Council Member Darlene Mealy, Council Member Lynn Schulman, Council Member Kamillah Hanks, Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Amalgamated Transit Union, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1500, Uniformed Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Association, Uniformed Firefighters Association, United Fire Officers Association, 1199SEIU, Teamsters Joint Council 16, LIUNA NY, New York State Iron Workers, 32BJ SEIU, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, the Uniformed EMTs, Paramedics & Fire Inspectors Local 2507, the New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association, New York City Coalition of the International Union of the Operating Engineers, the Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2, Teamsters Local 237, Local 3 IBEW, New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Citizens Union, Coalition of Community Concerns, The New York League of Conservation Voters, Sephardic Community Federation, Far Rockaway Jewish Alliance, the Bobov community in Borough Park, Crown Jewish United, Crown Heights PAC, Satmar Ahronim, Asian Wave Alliance, Liberty Democratic Association of The Bronx, Luis Dávila Pernas, chairman of the Puerto Rico Democratic Party, 35 District Leaders across the city, former National Director of the Anti-Defamation League Abe Foxman, American Jewish Congress, over 100 prominent faith leaders, and the Italian American Leadership Council.
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