For immediate release: September 15, 2018

Hawkins, Dunlea Campaign in Hudson Valley, Westchester on September 15

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, will kick off his 2018 general election campaign on Saturday, September 15 with stops at the weekly protest at the CPV Power Plant in Orange County, and visits to the Mt. Kisco Street Festival and Yonkers River Festival.

Hawkins, who finished third in the 2014 general election, is campaigning on a Green New Deal, repairs to the MTA subway system, single payer health care, fully funding education, and expanded rent control and affordable housing.

He will be joined by Mark Dunela, the climate and anti-poverty activists who is running for State Comptroller to focus on combating corruption and divesting the state pension fund from fossil fuels.

In Yonkers, they will be joined by Green Attorney General candidate Michael Sussman, the veteran civil rights attorney who is the most experienced litigator running for AG.