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Hawkins has a goal in mind, and it's not winning governor's race
Economic justice, education equality, clean energy and universal healthcare.
Those are four key issues the Green Party's Howie Hawkins plans to advocate for during his campaign for governor.
"They're voting for us because they're voting for the issues we stand for, not with the expectations that I'll be the next governor."
Read moreGreen Party's Howie Hawkins likely to launch third campaign for NY governor
Syracuse Post-Standard, March 8, 2018
In the last two campaigns for governor, Hawkins pushed for a living wage for workers, a ban on fracking and a millionaires' tax - all positions that Cuomo later adopted as part of his platform.
In the 2014 election for governor, Hawkins received 184,419 votes, or about 5 percent of the statewide vote. It was enough to push the Green Party onto the fourth line of the New York ballot, surpassing the Independence and Working Families parties.
Hawkins To Announce Third Run For Governor
NY State of Politics, March 8, 2017
Political activist Howie Hawkins in the coming weeks will announce he is running for governor again on the Green Party line, our colleagues at Spectrum News in Syracuse report.
This would be Hawkins’s third bid for the office since 2010.
Under Hawkins, the Green Party has been able to meet the 50,000-vote threshold in both 2010 and 2014 to receive automatic ballot status the next election cycle.
Hawkins in the past has run on issues such as banning high-volume hydrofracking and instituting a $15 minimum wage — both of which were later picked up by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Read moreHowie Hawkins to announce third run for governor
Political activist Howie Hawkins in the coming weeks will announce he is running for governor again on the Green Party line.
This would be Hawkins’ third bid for the office since 2010.
Under Hawkins, the Green Party has been able to meet the 50,000-vote threshold in both 2010 and 2014 to receive automatic ballot status the next election cycle. Hawkins, in the past, has run on issues such as banning high-volume hydrofracking and instituting a $15 minimum wage — both of which were later picked up by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Read moreHowie Hawkins mounting campaign for NY governor
CNY Central (CBS, NBC, CW), March 8, 2018
In his most recent bid for office, the 2017 race for mayor, Hawkins received more votes than Republican candidate Laura Lavine, the first time a third party candidate has finished ahead of a major party candidate in that race in 60 years.
Hawkins went on to serve on then Mayor-elect Ben Walsh’s transition team, as a member of the finance committee.
Howie Hawkins on Eco-Socialism
Portland, Connecticut, March 3, 2018
Green Party co-founder Howie Hawkins speaking in Portland, CT on March 3, 2018
Pass N.Y. Health Act to ease budget problems
Poughkeepsie Journal, March 1, 2018
Commentary by Howie Hawkins
A state “Medicare for All” system would save $2.7 billion to insure state employees, which would take a big bite out of the $4.4 billion deficit the state faces.
Instead, Cuomo proposes an austerity budget that is $2.7 billion less than was projected to maintain existing levels of services.
Read moreLetter: Single-payer health care provides opportunities
Albany Times Union, February 27, 2018
Letter to the Editor by George Jolly, M.D.
Regarding the letter from Heather Briccetti, president and CEO, Business Council of New York State, "Single-payer system would be utter disaster," Feb. 7), I thank Briccetti for bringing the discussion of single-payer health care finance into the public eye with her response to Howie Hawkins' commentary (Opinion on the Web: "Single-payer would save N.Y. billions," Jan. 30). However, Briccetti's response includes serious errors.
Briccetti writes that the "plan would remove choice in health care." This is false. With a single-payer system, the patient has free choice of doctor, hospital or other provider. Insurance companies, for which there will no longer be choice, do not provide health care.
Read moreThe perennial candidate gives it one more try, and us a reason for hope
Gainesville Sun (Florida), February 16, 2018
America’s political history is littered with models of perseverance. Because he rose to highest office in the land and served at one of our nation’s most perilous moments and then died for it, Abraham Lincoln is considered the benchmark of stick-to-itiveness.
But we should also recall people like Eugene Debs.... Or Howie Hawkins, a co-founder of the Green Party, who over two decades made 20 unsuccessful bids for office, everything from the Syracuse City Council to the U.S. Senate.