Goldberg Launches Campaign Challenge To Carlucci

NEW CITY, NY – Chestnut Ridge resident Julie Goldberg launched her campaign to run for State Senate in New York’s 38th Senate District on Thursday. Grassroots groups and supporters joined Goldberg and her husband on the steps of the Rockland County courthouse to kick off her challenge to incumbent Sen. David Carlucci.

The bizarrely-drawn 38th comprises the towns of Clarkstown, Orangetown and Ramapo in Rockland County and, on the other side of the Hudson River, the town of Ossining in Westchester County.

Goldberg said she was motivated to run because Carlucci belonged to the Independent Democratic Conference, which was often allied with the Republican majority before dissolving earlier this year.

“With Donald Trump and his enablers controlling Washington, it’s more important than ever to have honest leaders representing us and protecting New Yorkers from the Republican agenda,” said Goldberg. “Carlucci empowered Republicans to lead our state senate since 2011, blocking education justice for our neediest schools, reproductive rights protections, stronger gun control, and campaign finance reform. For years I have watched this duplicity go unchallenged. I couldn’t stay on the sidelines any longer.”

Goldberg said her years as an educator and public servant have taught her the importance of fair education funding. “The children of East Ramapo and Ossining are owed tens of millions by New York according to a court ruling. It’s a travesty that our senator has been blocking these needy districts from receiving the aid they are due.”

Goldberg is an educator, librarian, former English teacher, and grassroots activist. A lifelong Democrat, she is currently Education Media Specialist at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ. A graduate of Rutgers University, she holds advanced degrees in education, literature, and library and information science. Goldberg was previously a reference librarian at the Finkelstein Memorial Library. She and her husband, Martin Springer, have lived in the Village of Chestnut Ridge with their two children since 2002.

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