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National and New York State Elected Officials
USA Senator for New York State • Charles E. Schumer (D) United States Senator Charles E. Schumer represents New York State. He currently serves as a member on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Judiciary Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Rules Committee, and as Chairman of the Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee and the Economic Policy Subcommittee. Before his election to the Senate, Chuck represented the Ninth Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens for eighteen years. Before that, he represented the Forty-fifth Assembly District in Brooklyn for six years. For the past two and a half decades, Chuck Schumer has been a leader on national issues and a tireless fighter for New York. Serving three terms in the New York State Assembly, Chuck worked vigorously for his Brooklyn constituents. Click here to visit Senator Schumer's Web site.
USA Senator for New York State • Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected United States Senator from New York in 2000. She is the 1st First Lady elected to the United States Senate and the 1st woman elected statewide in New York. Senator Clinton has been an advocate for children and families for more than thirty years. She brings to the Senate the same commitment and energy that took her to each of New York State's 62 counties during her 16-month campaign. To build a better future for working families, Hillary Rodham Clinton supported policies to expand the economy, raise the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit, increase tax deductions for children, and make credit more available, including microcredit loans for women entrepreneurs. Senator Clinton is dedicated to bringing jobs to Upstate New York. Through tax credits for small businesses, investments in telecommunications infrastructure, creating technology extension programs, skills training, restructuring utilities and lowering airfares to increase regional accessibility, she proposes to make it possible for the economy in upstate and all regions of New York to flourish and to stem the outmigration of young New Yorkers and their families. Click here to visit Senator Clinton's Web site.
NYS Governor •David A. Paterson (D) David Paterson was elected to represent Harlem in the New York State Senate in 1985. In 2002 he was elected minority leader, the first non-white legislative leader in the Senate’s history. He was elected New York’s first African-American lieutenant governor in 2006, and following Governor Eliot Spitzer’s resignation on March 17, 2008, he was sworn in as Governor of New York. Mr. Paterson, who is legally blind, is also nationally recognized as a leading advocate for the visually and physically impaired. In 2004, he was the first visually impaired person to address a Democratic National Convention. A graduate of Columbia University and Hofstra Law School, Mr. Paterson also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia’s School for International and Public Affairs. David Paterson lives with his wife, Michelle, and their two children, Ashley and Alex. He is the son of Basil Paterson, the first non-white secretary of state of New York and the first African-American vice-chair of the national Democratic Party. Click here to visit the governor's Web site.
NYS Attorney General • Andrew Cuomo (D) Andrew Cuomo was elected the 64 th Attorney General of New York State on November 2006. As Attorney General, Cuomo is the highest ranking law enforcement officer for the State, responsible for representing New York and its residents in legal matters. Cuomo has a long record of fighting for justice and championing government reform. Before becoming Attorney General, in 1996 President Clinton nominated Andrew Cuomo to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under his leadership, HUD was transformed from a bureaucratic backwater rife with waste, fraud and abuse to a revitalized engine for economic development and unprecedented housing opportunities. Cuomo brought dramatic reforms to make government efficient and competent while saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Andrew Cuomo's work earned HUD the prestigious ¦Innovations in American Government Award² from the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Web site
NYS Comptroller • Thomas DiNapoli Web site
NYS Senatorial District 37 • Vincent L. Leibell (R) Vincent L. Leibell was born in New York City on August 6, 1946. His first run for the State Senate was in 1994. He was reelected in 1996 and 1998. His district includes Putnam, Dutchess and Westchester Counties. Senator Leibell chairs the standing Committee on Housing, Construction & Community Development.
U.S. Congress New York's 19th District • John Hall, (D) A Message from Congressman John Hall Dear friends, I am honored to serve as your Representative in Congress. It's a time of change and Congress must act on a wide range of critical national issues ³ from the war in Iraq to energy independence, health care, education, and making government more accountable. I am also involved in working on issues crucial to the Hudson Valley . As Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, I am focusing on improving benefits and health care for veteran at the Montrose and Castle Point hospitals. On the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am working to enhance Stewart International Airport and to upgrade local roads and water and sewer systems that are essential to "smart growth" and environmental protection. It is especially important to me, as your new Congressman to hear your ideas and views and to be accessible and responsive. I urge you to contact me through my offices or website and to attend one of the public meetings I hold regularly throughout the district. I look forward to hearing from you. johnhall.house.gov

New York State Democratic Committee Report
State Committeewoman Christine Pozmanter Robbins-99th AD

The 2008 New York State Democratic Committee’s Spring Business meeting was held on Thursday, May 1th at the Saratoga Hilton in downtown Saratoga Springs.

The main business of this meeting was to elect at-large delegates to the Democratic National Convention, to elect DNC members for terms beginning after the August convention, to fill any state committee vacancies, and to vote on any proposed resolutions.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee
Christine Pozmanter Robbins/Board Member

In the fall the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee will be hosting a Women’s Campaign School. The school is open to all pro-choice Democratic women currently running for office, considering a future run, or interested in staffing a campaign.

The intensive training experience covers essential skills-building such as:
            -Writing a Campaign Plan
            -Fundraising and Budgeting
            -Managing Volunteers
            -Polling
            -Field Work and Targeting
            -Message Development and Communications

There is a registration fee and that will cover all meals and materials.

For further information please contact Brette McSweeney/Executive Director at 212-725-8825 ext. 237 or go to the website www.eleanorslegacy.com.

In 2007 the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee awarded nearly $110,000 in campaign grants to 174 pro-choice women candidates. 86 winners emerged from this year’s grant recipients!

The Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee is building a new generation of Democratic women candidates, informed voters, and political activists in New York State. This mission was inspired by the dynamic legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century. As the long-time leader of the Women’s Division of the New York State Democratic Committee, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated herself to enhancing the role of women in politics and government throughout New York State. On the state, national, and international levels, she forged new roles for women in public life.

The Committee honors Eleanor’s legacy by:

Providing financial support to pro-choice Democratic women campaigning for state and local public office in New York State.
Increasing women’s participation in politics, as both activists and candidates.
Promoting policies that reflect women’s priorities.
Communicating the Democratic message to women.
Building a dynamic statewide network of women community leaders, activists, and elected officials.
Providing political training and leadership development to New York State women.

With each passing year, the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee expands the ranks of New York State’s women political leaders.

Across New York State these women are doing just what Eleanor Roosevelt sagely advised: they are lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness. They are running for office, staffing campaigns, and lighting the way for pro-choice Democratic women.

For more information about the ERLC, please visit the website at www.eleanorslegacy.com or call Christine Pozmanter Robbins at (914) 245-5120.