District Council 37, city's largest public employee union, endorses
Congressional and State Legislative candidates


District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union with 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees, voted to endorse the following candidates for New York State Senate and Assembly in the Democratic primary election in September:

DC 37 also voted to endorse the attached list of candidates for the New York State Legislature and the U.S. Congress House of Representatives in the September 9th Democratic primary election.

The vote by the DC 37 Executive Board follows the recommendations of the DC 37 Screening Committee.

"The DC 37 Executive Board endorsed this list of very qualified candidates because of their proven record in support of the issues important to the men and women we represent who work so hard to serve New York," said DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts. "We firmly believe that these candidates will best represent the interests of the labor community of our city and our state. Our endorsement brings with it a pledge to work diligently on their behalf with our powerful, sophisticated field operations to get out the vote. We have a proven record of successfully supporting our endorsed candidates".

Roberts added, "I want to thank the DC 37 Screening Committee and the DC 37 Executive Board for their hard work and deliberations throughout this election season and most especially for their selections of our endorsed candidates."

(DC 37 Endorsement of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and the New York State Legislature is listed below.)

DC 37 is New York City's largest public employee union, representing 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees.