Over 95 Faith Leaders Across NYC Now Back Cuomo for Mayor in Fight to Get Our City Back on Track
Clergy Members: “During his lifetime of public service, he was always there when we needed him in times of crisis. He worked with us to deliver critical supplies and equipment during COVID, stood up vaccination sites to ensure equitable distribution, and effectively battled Trump. It is for these reasons and more that we enthusiastically endorse Governor Cuomo to serve as our next Mayor and we pledge to work hand in glove with him, because his success is our success.”
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Today, following a meeting in Jamaica Queens, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for Mayor of New York City, proudly received the key endorsement of 18 prominent clergy members who represent diverse communities across New York City. The nod came after these clergy members met with Governor Cuomo at New Jerusalem Worship Center in Queens to share their concerns and learn more about Governor Cuomo’s plan to address the affordability, quality of life and leadership crisis plaguing our City. These faith leaders add to the 78 clergy endorsements that Governor Cuomo has received in his bid for Mayor.
“These are no ordinary times — New York City is at a crossroads and as faith leaders, we have a solemn obligation to join together in support of a leader who is ready to fight for our communities, to stand strong in the face of injustice, and actually can make a real impact to improve the lives of our congregations,” the clergy members said. “Andrew Cuomo is a leader who has been tested and can be trusted to protect us during these challenging times. During his lifetime of public service, he was always there when we needed him in times of crisis. He worked with us to deliver critical supplies and equipment during COVID, stood up vaccination sites to ensure equitable distribution, and effectively battled Trump. It is for these reasons and more that we enthusiastically endorse Governor Cuomo to serve as our next Mayor and we pledge to work hand in glove with him, because his success is our success.”
“I am blessed to have the support of these esteemed faith leaders who preach the gospel and guide us forward in their wisdom and abiding spirit of hope,” Governor Cuomo said. “These are challenging times for our city, but I have never been more optimistic for the future, because together there is nothing we cannot do when New Yorkers are united. When I become Mayor, I look forward to working with these noble leaders to build more affordable housing and improve the quality of life for their congregants and their communities.”
This clergy endorsement comes on the heels of Governor Cuomo’s visit to Alliance Tabernacle and Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Brooklyn. These spiritual leaders have preached the gospel to inspire, galvanize, and educate their followers to improve their communities, become engaged participants in civic activism, and advance social justice.
The new clergy member supporters include:
Queens:
Senior Pastor Theresa Allen, Gospel of the Kingdom International Ministries
Pastor Steve Baker, Bethlehem Baptist Church
Pastor Tina Baker, Bethlehem Baptist Church
Pastor Dedrick Blue, Director of Northeastern Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist
Apostle James Duncan, Christ Church International
Pastor Philip Falayi, Hosanna City of Refuge
Daryl Frazier, Majority Baptist Church
Victor Hall, Calvary Baptist Church
Pastor Fitzroy Jackson, Solid Rock SDA
Pastor Robert Lowe, Mt. Moriah AME Church
Pastor Richard McEachern, Macedonia AME Church
Pastor Kevin Mohammed, Agape SDA, Richmond Hill
Rev. Jo-an Owings, Metropolitan AME Church
Pastor Evelyn Miller-Suber, Bethel AME Church
Pastor Kellie White, United Nations Church
Pastor Owen Williams, St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church
Brooklyn:
Pastor Chad Lawson Cooper, A Wealthy Place Church
Pastor Joseph Jones, Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church
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.
These prominent clergy members join U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, Democratic Organization of Queens County and Chairman Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, former New York State Comptroller Carl McCall, 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., Brooklyn Democratic Chair and Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Assembly Member Charles Fall, Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs, Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia, Assembly Member Latrice Walker, Assembly Member Erik Dilan, Assembly Member Jordan Wright, Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato, Assembly Member Sam Berger, Assembly Member Vivian Cook, Assembly Member John Zaccaro, Assembly Member William Colton, Assembly Member David Weprin, Assembly Member Edward Braunstein, Assembly Member Clyde Vanel, Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, Council Member Lynn Schulman, Council Member Kamillah Hanks, Council Member Farah N. Louis, Council Member Susan Zhuang, Council Member Darlene Mealy, Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, 1199SEIU, Teamsters Joint Council 16, Teamsters Local 202, 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, 35 District Leaders across the city, former National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman, the Village Reform Democratic Club, Taminent Regular Democratic Club, American Jewish Congress, and the Italian American Leadership Council in endorsing Governor Cuomo for Mayor of New York City.
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