Fighting for Immigrants on the Front Lines: NYIC Endorsements

The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) today announced its first set of endorsements for the New York State Senate, the New York State Assembly, and New York’s Congressional Delegation:

For the Assembly, NYIC endorses Assemblymembers Michaelle Solages (District 22), Alicia Hyndman (District 29), Catalina Cruz (District 39), Ron Kim (District 40), Latrice Walker (District 55), Yuh-Line Niou (District 65), Carmen De La Rosa (District 72), Karines Reyes (District 87), and Steven Otis (District 91).
For the Senate, NYIC endorses Senators James Sanders Jr. (District 10), Michael Gianaris (District 12), Jessica Ramos (District 13), Zellnor Myrie (District 20), Andrew Gounardes (District 22), Brad Hoylman (District 27), Robert Jackson (District 31), Shelley Mayer (District 37), and Neil Breslin (District 44).
For Congress, NYIC endorses Congress Members Grace Meng (NY-6), Nydia Velázquez (NY-7), Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Yvette Clarke (NY-9), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and candidate Jamaal Bowman (NY-16).

Steve K. Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition said, “The global pandemic has made one thing clear ---the health and well-being of every New Yorker is closely tied to that of our neighbors, including the immigrants who are on the front lines of this pandemic and bearing the brunt of it. Now more than ever, we must ensure that our elected leaders are fighting for all of us, committed to fairness, justice and opportunity for all regardless of immigration status. We are proud to endorse many of these leaders today and look forward to working with them in the next session to protect and provide relief - for immigrant and all New Yorkers.”

The endorsements were made following the completion of a survey by candidates and their staffs. The surveys focused on five distinct policy areas: expanding our democracy, racial justice, health and welfare, education, and immigrant justice. It also asked candidates to outline their top 3 priorities for immigrants and asked how campaigns plan to reach out to immigrant voters.

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About NYIC Action
NYIC Action (nyicaction.org) was originally formed in 2010 as a sister organization to the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), a 501(c)(3) coalition with 200 member organizations across New York State. In order to increase the political potency of the immigrant vote, Immigrant Action endorses candidates and elected officials who stand up for immigrant communities and against anti-immigrant opponents. Immigrant Action engages in targeted advocacy on specific immigrant-related issues such as legislative scorecards, pointed advocacy flyers highlighting individual elected officials’ stances, and intensive grassroots and direct lobbying of elected officials.