Represent Residents, Not Corporations

Terrence Murphy, our state senator running for re-election, has recently received more than $6,000 from Yorktown JAZ LLC. (According to the Board of Elections: $2,000 on 8/1/16; $2,500 on 11/17/17; and $2,000 on 7/12/18.)

This corporation — now doing business as Retail Store Construction Company, Inc. — is owned by Breslin Realty, the developer for Lowe’s, and formerly for Costco, in Yorktown.

Now there’s a dispute about sewer connections to the houses near the gigantic construction site. The Yorktown News reported on Aug. 2 that these connections were promised to the residents as part of the negotiations.

Guess who’s Breslin’s lawyer?

Michael Grace — former Yorktown supervisor and Murphy’s close colleague and political ally.

When politicians accept large donations from corporations, they obligate themselves to those corporations. The politicians OWE them.

How can we believe Murphy and Grace still have our best interests at heart in this deal?

This is why I support Robert Kesten for state Senate. 75% of his contributions have come from small-dollar donations and 80% of them are from within the district — meaning he’s not relying on corporations to fund his campaign. He's accountable to us, not to them.

Murphy already doesn’t represent your interests, as a homeowner in Yorktown. Don’t send him back to Albany.

Gwen Glazer, Yorktown Heights