PRESS RELEASE: PBA of NYS First Round of Endorsements for 2022

Monday, July 18, 2022

Today the PBA announced its first round of endorsements for the 2022 elections for the New York State Legislature and the Office of State Comptroller. The PBA will be endorsing additional candidates in the coming weeks.

PBA of New York State president, James McCartney, said, “The Police Benevolent Association of New York State and its members are pleased to announce our first round of endorsements for New York State Assembly and Senate, as well as the Office of the State Comptroller. We have carefully evaluated each candidate’s support of issues important to law enforcement in general, and our membership in particular. The following candidates have consistently demonstrated that support through bill sponsorship, voting records, and answers provided through candid interviews and endorsement questionnaires, and they hereby receive our union’s enthusiastic endorsement.”

In the Senate, the PBA of New York State endorses:

• Senator Robert Jackson (SD 31), Manhattan
• Senator Andrew Gounardes (SD 26), Bay Ridge

In the Assembly, the PBA of New York State endorses:

• Assemblyman Peter Abbate (AD 49), Brooklyn
• Assemblyman Eric Dilan (AD 54), Brooklyn
• Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (AD 35), Queens
• Assemblyman David Weprin (AD 24), Queens
• Assemblyman Steve Stern (AD 10), Melville
• Assemblyman Steve Otis (AD 91), Port Chester
• Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner (AD 113), Saratoga Springs
• Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara (AD 111), Amsterdam
• Assemblyman Billy Jones (AD 115), Plattsburgh
• Assemblyman Patrick Burke (AD 142), West Seneca
• Assemblyman Harry Bronson (AD 149), Rochester
• Assemblywoman Monica Wallace (AD 143), Cheektowaga
• Scott Marciszewski (AD 140), Tonawanda

For the Office of the State Comptroller, the PBA of New York State endorses:

• Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

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