New York City, May 29, 2018 – Howie Hawkins, the Green candidate for governor of New York, is fasting all day outside City Hall in New York City in solidarity with hunger striking tenants from 85 Bowery who were forced out of their building in the middle of a cold night in January.

Speaking at the 11:00 am rally this morning to launch their three-day hunger strike, Hawkins noted that “Hundreds of thousands of working-class New Yorkers have lost their homes in the last decade due to the foreclosure crisis, rent decontrol, the destruction and privatization of public housing, and harassment of tenants by landlords who want rent-regulated units vacated so they can convert them to high-rent units.

Hawkins spoke to the rally about how nine members of his extended family in Syracuse were forced out of a project-based Section 8 building in Syracuse called Kennedy Square. The project was demolished and the land handed over by New York State to COR Development in a no-bid, no-money- down deal. COR is the politically-connected developer with officers who were found guilty or facing trial for bribery, fraud, and bid-rigging in collusion with top officials (Joe Percoco) in the Cuomo administration. No affordable housing was built to replace the 409 units in Kennedy Square.

“We must end the displacement of tenants from affordable housing like Kennedy Square and 85 Bowery. Decent housing should be a right, not a privilege only for those who can afford it. That means strengthening tenants’ rights, expanding rent control, and building more public housing,” Hawkins said.

So many Green panels at Left Forum!

Urban CNY, May 29, 2018

NY Should Join CA to require new buildings to include solar, renewable energy

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called upon the Assembly energy committee to approve legislation that would halt Cuomo’s anti-solar provisions adopted last year by the Public Service Commission.

Mark Dunlea, the Green candidate for State Comptroller, said that state should followed the lead of California, which recently required all new building by 2020 to include solar power in their design.

For immediate release: May 29, 2018

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor of New York, will be campaigning this week in New York City from Tuesday, May 29 to Monday, June 4, meeting with displaced tenants, home care workers, criminal justice reformers, climate activists, and Green Party members.

Hawkins will be available for media interviews all week.

Among the activities on Hawkins’ schedule are:

NY Should Join CA to require new buildings to include solar, renewable energy

For immediate release: May 29, 2017

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called upon the Assembly energy committee to approve legislation that would halt Cuomo’s anti-solar provisions adopted last year by the Public Service Commission.

Mark Dunlea, the Green candidate for State Comptroller, said that state should followed the lead of California, which recently required all new building by 2020 to include solar power in their design.

AP, May 26, 2018

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A longtime Albany activist is running as the Green Party’s candidate for New York state comptroller, while an upstate lawyer is the party’s nominee for attorney general.

Mark Dunlea and Michael Sussman were at the state Capitol Friday to discuss their campaigns for statewide office. Dunlea is the party’s candidate for comptroller, and Sussman is running for attorney general.

Dunlea is an environmental and anti-poverty activist. He served as executive director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State for nearly 30 years.

Sussman is a lawyer from Goshen, in Orange County. He specializes in civil rights cases.

The Green Party has nominated Howie Hawkins of Syracuse for governor and Jia Lee of New York City for lieutenant governor.

Focus on Albany, May 25, 2018

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Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for Governor talks about the Democratic and Republican State Conventio

City Limits, May 25, 2018

Add in the Working Families Party (who’ve backed Nixon, Williams and DiNapoli and said they’ll put James or Teachout in their AG slot depending on the outcome of the primary race) and the Greens (whose ticket features) Howie Hawkins, Jia Lee, Michael Sussman and Marc Dunlea) and it’s clear that most of the action this summer will be on the left. That could render Molinaro invisible or just keep him admirably above the fray.

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Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist, May 22, 2018

Last night I attended a meeting on “From Syria to Palestine: The Fight for Justice” in Brooklyn that was extraordinary on a number of levels. To start with, it was attended by at least 80 people, standing room only. It was also marked by a high degree of unity with groups focused on Syria or Palestine endorsing the event alongside those on the left like the ISO and the Green Party’s Howie Hawkins. Finally, there was a talk by Anand Gopal on the people of Saraqib, a town that epitomizes the 7 year resistance to Assad. My impression is that Stanley Heller of the Connecticut-based Promoting Enduring Peace played a major role in pulling this together. For this, we are in his debt.

WRVO (NPR, SUNY Oswego), Mary 22, 2018

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to cancel a planned trip to Israel. Cuomo postponed the trip after the violence at the Gaza border. Hawkins said he would put conditions on a visit: that Israel stop settlements in the West Bank, the blockade of Gaza and start respecting Palestinian human rights and negotiating a one or two-state solution. Hawkins called the killing of Palestinian protesters an unjustified massacre.