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Hawkins to Speak about November Elections In Rochester Sept. 13
For immediate release: September 13, 2018
Notice of Media Availability
Date: Thursday, September 13
Who: Howie Hawkins for Governor
Location: Flying Squirrel Community Center, 285 Clarissa St. Rochester
Time: 7:00 PM
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, will speak at the monthly meeting of the Monroe County Green Party this Thursday, September 13th at 7 PM. The event will be at the Flying Squirrel Community St., 285 Clarissa St. Rochester.
In addition to speaking about the primary, Hawkins will speak about the Green New Deal to move to a sustainable, full employment economy by transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2030. He will also speak on education reform and single payer health care. The talk will be livestreamed https://www.facebook.com/events/493508577789285/.
Hawkins is calling for four regional debates for the Gubernatorial candidates in the general election.
Howie Hawkins on Primary Election Night
For immediate release: September 12, 2018
Media Advisory
Who: Howie Hawkins
When: 6 to 8 pm, September 13, Primary Election Night
Where: Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St, Rochester, New York
Green Party Candidate for Governor, Howie Hawkins will be in Rochester as the guest speaker for the Green Party of Monroe County's monthly meeting in September. It's the night of the Democratic Primary, so we will be discussing what voters should do in November.
We'll also be discussing electoral reform and what needs to be done at the Federal, State, & Local levels. Join us for this discussion. An evening with Howie Hawkins is always enlightening.
As always, Green Party meetings are free and open to the public as well as accessible.
When the meeting is over at 9pm, come with us next door at Clarissa's to watch the election results come in, socialize, and strategize.
For more information on the Howie Hawkins campaign for Governor, visit www.HowieHawkins.org
Three strikes and you're out? Or third time's a charm?
City and State New York: September 11, 2018
Howie Hawkins of the Green Party is a perennial candidate who is still going strong, having run in over 20 races, including bids for the Governor’s Mansion in 2010, 2014 and an ongoing campaign this year.
Read moreCuomo’s Williams ties under scrutiny
Politico New York Energy: September 10, 2018
CUOMO’S WILLIAMS TIES UNDER SCRUTINY: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ties to the Williams’ Companies has come under greater scrutiny after WNYC reported that the pipeline company donated $100,000 to a Democratic Party governors’ organization that supports Cuomo. The donations were made a few months before the Department of Environmental Conservation denied “without prejudice” a water quality permit for the pipeline, allowing Williams to submit a new application. In its permit denial, the DEC said “the construction of the Project could have significant water quality impacts in New York State” but that the “precise nature and magnitude of such impacts is uncertain at this time and depends on additional details regarding the construction of the Project.” The WNYC report comes a few weeks after the The Times Union reported that Cuomo’s re-election campaign manager worked at a firm that included Williams Companies. The campaign manager, Maggie Moran, has been on leave from the firm while managing Cuomo’s re-election bid. But opponents, including Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, have said the ties between Cuomo and the major pipeline company is suspect. The Williams Companies is currently seeking approval to build the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, a 37-mile pipeline in the New York Bay that would also cross parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The pipeline project has faced fierce opposition from environmental advocates in New York and New Jersey.
Hawkins Has Best Gubernatorial Plan to Revive Upstate Economy
For immediate release: September 10, 2018
Notice of Media Availability
Location : Little Falls: Faces of Astarte, 407 Canal Pl,
Time: September 10, 2-4:30PM
Location: Utica, The Empowerment Center, 230 James St.
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Hawkins Has Best Gubernatorial Plan to Revive Upstate Economy
Howie Hawkins the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today his call for a Green New Deal was the best gubernatorial plan to increase upstate jobs, wages, and business development. Hawkins also wants to lower property taxes by getting rid of the local property tax cap and replacing it with increased state revenue sharing with local governments.
Hawkins said his Green New Deal for New York would improve the business climate better than Democratic and Republican policies. It would revitalize the public sector and help workers and small businesses by lowering the costs of living and doing business by more cost-effective delivery of public services and improved infrastructure. “Public services and infrastructure provide the public avenues that make private commerce possible,” noted Hawkins.
Hawkins Joins Call for 100% Clean Energy, Off Fossil Fuels, Carbon Tax
For immediate release: September 8, 2018
Notice of Media Availability
Date: Saturday, September 8
Who: Howie Hawkins for Governor, Mark Dunlea for Comptroller
Location: Troy Farmers Market
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Rise for Climate rally, Governor’s Mansion, Eagle St
Time 11:00 AM
Location: Albany Jazz Festival, Corning Preserve
Time: 1 PM to 3 PM
Hawkins Joins Call for 100% Clean Energy, Off Fossil Fuels, Carbon Tax, Green New Deal
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, will participate in the Rise for Climate rally at the Governor’s Mansion in Albany today at 11 AM.
The Green New Deal - moving to 100% clean energy by 2030 combined with a sustainable full employment economy - is the centerpiece of Hawkin’s campaign. Hawkins was one of the first candidates to call for a ban on fracking in his 2010 Gubernatorial run.
Too Close To Call? New Poll Finds GOP's Molinaro Closing In On Cuomo
Peekskill Daily Voice: September 6, 2018
Pleasantville Daily Voice: September 6, 2018
The remaining poll support was split up by former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, Larry Sharpe and Howie Hawkins, who each received 5 percent in the poll, while 10 percent remained undecided.
Read moreHawkins Calls for Increased School Funding, Desegregation
For immediate release: September 6, 2018
Calls for Increased State Action on Child Lead Contamination, Oil Bomb Trains
(Buffalo, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called today for increased state funding for public schools in Buffalo, a school desegregation program, and an end to the use of standardized testing to evaluate schools and teachers and impose state takeover of schools using receivership.
Hawkins, whose Lt. Governor running mate Jia Lia is a public school teacher in New York City, also called forincreased state action to reduce student exposure to lead contamination.
“We need a Governor who will ensure a quality education for every child regardless of where they live or the economic status of their parents. Cuomo has failed to comply with court orders to raise funding for high-poverty inner-city and rural schools. The most powerful way to improve education for all students is to desegregate our schools, which in New York are the most segregated in the country,” Hawkins said.
Hawkins said charter schools have increased segregation. “Cuomo has increased segregation by using standardized tests to justify the expansion of private charter schools that are even more segregated than our public schools. That rewards his hedge fund donors who profit off the charter industry, but it hurts the education of children,” Hawkins said.
Read moreHawkins in Buffalo to Discuss Education, Child Lead Contamination
For immediate release: September 5, 2018
Notice of Media Availability
Date: Thursday, September 6
Location: in front of BUILD Academy, 340 Fougeron St., Buffalo 14211 (near Genesee and Moselle)
Time: 11:30 AM
Who: Howie Hawkins for Governor
Date: Thursday, September 6
Location: in front of BUILD Academy, 340 Fougeron St., Buffalo 14211 (near Genesee and Moselle)
Time: 11:30 AM
Who: Howie Hawkins for Governor
(Hawkins will speak at the candidates forum in the Buffalo Public Library at 1 Lafayette Square at 6 PM.)
Hawkins in Buffalo to Discuss Education, Child Lead Contamination
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, will hold a news conference on Thursday September 6 at 11:30 AM in front of the BUILD Academy, 340 Fougeron St. 14211 (near Genesee and Moselle).
Hawkins will outline his educational reform agenda, including his support for increased state funding for Buffalo Schools, the end of the use of standardized testing to evaluate schools, teachers and students, and ending state takeover of schools using receivership.
He will outline his plans to desegregate schools in Buffalo and statewide. New York has the most segregated schools in the country.
Hawkins will also discuss his call for increased state action to protect children from lead contamination, with Buffalo having one of the highest rates for child lead poisoning in the state and for the state to release the inspection reports on oil bomb trains that travel through Buffalo.
BUILD Academy is a pre-K-8 grade school on Buffalo's East side. BUILD is one of only two schools statewide that will now have an independent receiver, appointed by Commissioner Elia and paid $90,000, by Buffalo, for part-time work. It is also located in an area with the highest rates of lead poisoning among children.
At 6 PM, Hawkins will speak at a candidates forum at the Public Library (at 1 Lafayette Sq btwn William & Broadway). It is sponsored by the NAACP, NAN, Urban League Young Professionals, Association of Black Social Workers, WNY Peace Center, Poor People’s Campaign-WNY, and others.