EMILYs List Endorses Six Women Leaders for Reelection to the New York City Council
For Immediate Release
May 21, 2021
EMILYs List Endorses Six Women Leaders for Reelection to the New York City Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed six women leaders for reelection to the New York City Council. Emily Cain, executive director of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“With these Democratic pro-choice women in office, the New York City Council has prioritized the needs of working women and families. These extraordinary women have taken the lead on issues like reproductive freedom, criminal justice reform, combating sexual harassment, equality in education, and affordable housing. But there is still much work to be done. For New York City to continue to progress in a way that is equitable and inclusive, it is integral that these women remain in office. EMILYs List is proud to support them in their reelection campaigns.”
EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates for reelection:
Carlina Rivera (District 02)
Adrienne Adams (District 28)
Selvena Brooks-Powers (District 31)
Darma Diaz (District 37)
Alicka Ampry-Samuel (District 41)
Farah Louis (District 45)
EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 157 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state, and national offices. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.
