Green Party Watch

The Green Party of New York this weekend nominated a slate of state wide candidates, topped by Howie Hawkins for Governor.

“The people of New York need someone in Albany who will stand up for Main Street and Martin Luther King Blvd., rather than someone bought and controlled by Wall Street. A million New Yorkers need a living wage jobs now. My campaign will show how we can fast track their creation,” said Hawkins, a member of the Teamsters Local 317 who unloads trailers at UPS in Syracuse.

Gloria Mattera, a Brooklyn peace activist and universal health care advocate, was nominated for Lt. Governor.

New York has two U.S. Senate races up for election this year, one a special election to fill out the remaining term of Hillary Clinton. Colia Clark, a long time social justice activist from Harlem who is presently working on self-determination for the Haitian people, was nominated to run for the US Senate for the seat presently held by Schumer. Cecile Lawrence, a resident of Apalachin in Tioga County who has been active in the movement against hydrofracking and other health issues, will run for the Senate seat to fill out the term of Hillary Clinton.

Julia Willibrand, a long time environmental leader from Manhattan, was nominated to run for State Comptroller, a position she received 117,908 votes for 4 years ago. The Green Party needs 50,000 votes for Governor to regain its status as an official ballot access qualified party.

Candidate acceptance speeches are below:
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Cecile Lawrence has joined the list of 5 candidates contending for Green Party nominations in New York’s 2 US Senate races this year. The other candidates are Randy Credico, Robert Gumbs, Sander Hicks, and Jeff Peress. Cecile Lawrence has posted an announcement on her website including some biographical info and key points of the platform she plans to run on:

Artist, writer, survivor, I’ve agreed to run for U.S. Senator from New York State as a Green Party candidate in the 2010 election.
I’m originally from Jamaica where I was born and lived until age 21. My education includes a B.A. from the University of the West Indies – Mona campus http://www.mona.uwi.edu/about/
M.A. in English from the University at Albany – http://www.albany.edu/
J.D. in Law from the University at Buffalo – http://www.buffalo.edu/
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture from Binghamton University – http://www2.binghamton.edu/ read more »