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Sharpe condemns “stench of the swamp” in Cuomo administration revealed by Percoco conviction
Hawkins calls for clean sweep
Former Green Party candidate and possible contender for November, Howie Hawkins, tweeted his comments on the conviction as well:
No matter how many politicians and insiders are sent to jail, the corruption in Albany has continued to grow under[Governor Cuomo] who extracts tens of millions in tribute from those seeking favors. Rotten to the core. Time for a clean sweep, full public campaign finance reform.
Read more'Rotten to the core': Critics rail at Cuomo after guilty verdict in NY corruption case
Syracuse Post-Standard, March 13, 2018
Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins, also from Syracuse, said corruption has "continued to grow" on Cuomo's watch, despite convictions like today's.
"Rotten to the core," Hawkins tweeted. "Time for a clean sweep, full public campaign finance reform."
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