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Espaillat

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Adriano Espaillat (D)  Robert Jackson (D) Luis Tejada (D) Michael W. Chan (R)

 

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Adriano Espaillat (D)

Website-Official Senator's Page
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Currently: New York State Senator for the 31st Senate District (2010-present)

Previous Work: New York State Assembly (D, WF – 72nd District) 1997-2010; Project Right Start (Director) 1994-1996; Washington Heights Victims Services Community Office (Director) 1992-1994; Community Planning Board 12 (Executive board member); 34th Precinct Community Council (President); Minority Program Development Chair (State Senate); New York County Democratic Committee (District Leader 72A)

Education: B.S. Political Science, Queens College, 1978; Graduate Degree in Public Administration, NYU


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Organizations: Working Families Party; 1199SEIU; Empire State Pride Agenda; 32BJ; United Federation of Teachers; StreetsPAC

Individuals: Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; NY Assemblyman Herman (Denny) Farrell Jr.; NYC Public Advocate Letitia James; NY Governor Andrew Cuomo; Mayor Bill de Blasio; Comptroller Tom DiNapoli; Congressman Jerry Nadler


Record in Office

Adriano Espaillat currently serves as New York State Senator for the 31st Senate District, since 2010-present

NYS Senate Committee and Subcommittee assignments: Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development (Ranking Member); Committee on Environmental Conservation; Committee on Codes; Committee on Fi94pxce; Committee on Higher Education; Committee on Development; Committee on Insurance; Judiciary Committee;

NYS Senate Caucuses: Puerto Rican/Latino Caucus (Chair); The New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus. 

 


 * Photo from Espaillat's NYS Senate profile

Notes:

1. Congressional District 13 Candidate Debate #1

2. Congressional District 13 Candidate Debate #2

3. Congressional District 13 Candidate Debate #3, June 9, 2014, ABC.

4. Congressional District 13 Candidate Debate #4, June 11, NY1.

5. Congressional District 13 Candidate Debate #5, June 16, BronxNet.

6. The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, June 20, 2014.

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Robert Jackson (D)

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Currently: 

Previous Work: NY City Council Member for Manhattan's 7th District; Candidate for Manhattan Borough President; President of the Parents' Association, Community School Board 6; Public Employees Federation

Education: SUNY New Paltz


On the Issues

*Source for Robert Jackson's issue stances, unless marked otherwise: Gotham Gazette Questionnaire


Endorsements

Organizations: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 891, Broadway Democratic Club, Three Parks Independent Democrats, Park River Independent Democrats, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181; Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club; Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC; Amsterdam News; New York League of Conservation Voters; Citizens Union; Communication Workers of America Local 1180; Public Employees Federation; Council of School Supervisors & Administrators

Individuals: William Allen, Uptown Democratic Club; Curtis Arluck, Broadway Democratic Club; Earnestine Bell-Temple, Tioga Carver Democratic Club; Robert Botfeld, Three Parks Independent Democratic Club; Cordell Cleare, Sojourner Truth Democratic Club; Paula Diamond-Roman, Broadway Democratic Club; Councilmember Inez Dickens, Martin Luther King, Jr. Club; Cynthia Doty, Three Parks Independent Democratic Club; Keith Lilly, Sojourner Truth Democratic Club; Maria Luna, Audobon Reform Club; Congressman Charles Rangel, Martin Luther King, Jr. Club; Earl Scott, Park River Democratic Club; Al Taylor, Tioga Carver Democratic Club; and Julia Torrence, Frederick E. Samuel Democratic Club; Former City Council Member Ronnie Eldridge; Former Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields


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Luis Tejada (D)

 

Currently: Executive Director, Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center (2001-2014)

Previous Work: Mathematics Teacher, NYC Middle and High Public Schools (1994-2000); Building Superintendent (1994-2004); Taxi Driver, (1991-1994); Electrical Engineer Supervisor, Dominican Energy Nation Corporation (1980-1990)

Education: Graduate, Electrical Engineering and Technologist in Electronic Engineering, APEC University, Dominican Republic, 1985; MS, Mathematics, City College of New York, 2010; Post-graduate, Spanish Linguistics at the University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 1997


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Michael W. Chan (R)

 

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