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Miner Statement on Primary Results

Key Takeaways

Discussion on Cuomo's tenure just beginning.
Voters will have a real choice in November.
Over next 54 days, we hope to have civil and productive debate with Cuomo and Molinaro.

September 13, 2018, N.Y. - The following is a statement from Stephanie Miner on tonight's primary results:

Andrew Cuomo just spent at least $21 million to win the Democratic primary, enough to overcome his problems with corruption, rampant pay to play behavior, excessive use of state aircraft, a rushed bridge opening, and a dirty-tricks mailer about an opponent.

State government is ineffective and serving the people in charge. The system is broken – and both parties are responsible.

The discussion of Andrew Cuomo’s tenure and the future of our state is just beginning. Voters will have a real choice in November. The Miner/Volpe ticket brings an experienced, bipartisan team to Albany to solve real problems with real solutions. We will do so without the business-as-usual party politics that plague New York. We will articulate a plan to end corruption, invest in infrastructure, enact voting and ethics reforms, create meaningful educational opportunities and lower taxes for businesses and families. The next four years is of critical importance to the future of our state.

I look forward to the next 54 days of the campaign to highlight important policy differences between Andrew Cuomo, Marc Molinaro and me. I hope we can have a productive and civil debate about how to make New York a better place to live, work and raise a family.

Miner is running on the SAM (Serve America Movement) line.

MinerforNY.com

Key Takeaways

Discussion on Cuomo's tenure just beginning.
Voters will have a real choice in November.
Over next 54 days, we hope to have civil and productive debate with Cuomo and Molinaro.

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"The discussion of Andrew Cuomo’s tenure and the future of our state is just beginning. Voters will have a real choice in November."

Stephanie Miner — Miner Statement on Primary Results

"The discussion of Andrew Cuomo’s tenure and the future of our state is just beginning. Voters will have a real choice in November."

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Two-term Syracuse Mayor and former labor attorney Stephanie Miner has spent her career championing the rights of the middle class, workers and children. Under her leadership, the city of Syracuse experienced a record in economic development, successfully initiated a local labor policy that incentivized hiring local Syracuse residents, completed long-overdue upgrades to the Woodland Reservoir, and facilitated public-private partnerships to accelerate the use of technology in government. The first woman ever elected to lead one of New York’s “Big 5” cities, Mayor Miner faced multiple budget crises that threatened the city of Syracuse as a result of the 2008 recession. Her achievements in this area allowed her to take a leading role in the discussion of municipal finance across New York State and she was reelected as Mayor in 2013 with over 68% of the vote. She also served as Co-Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee from 2012-2014. During her tenure, Mayor Miner mandated the creation of the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation; established the first-ever Mayor’s Office of Innovation, using a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, that found solutions to the infrastructure needs of Syracuse; led the development of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority; and recruited IBM to help the city understand, analyze and prevent increases in vacant residential properties, thereby reversing neighborhood decline. Previously, Miner served two terms as Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large from 2001-2009. During this time she demonstrated her commitment to education by successfully leading efforts to pass legislation to initiate funding to Say Yes to Education, a program which offers support services for Syracuse City School District students and free or reduced college tuition to students who graduate from City high schools. Prior to that, Miner spent ten years as a labor attorney with the firm of Blitman & King, representing unions and employees. She served as Central New York Regional Representative for Governor Mario Cuomo in 1994 and Upstate Coordinator for Geraldine Ferraro’s 1992 U.S. Senate campaign. Miner is a member of the inaugural Governing Institute’s Women in Government Leadership Program and has received the Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowship for “Outstanding leadership in American Politics”, The US Green Building Council’s 2012 Global Leadership award and was lauded by the Northeast Women in Public Finance as a “trailblazer in public finance”. Mayor Miner was most recently a visiting professor at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Policy. Miner graduated Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University and received a J.D. from SUNY Buffalo. She lives in the City of Syracuse with her husband John F.X. (“Jack”) Mannion. While a devout believer in technological innovation, she still has fond memories of her first campaign, sitting at her grandmother’s kitchen table stuffing envelopes.

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Two-term Syracuse Mayor and former labor attorney Stephanie Miner has spent her career championing the rights of the middle class, workers and children. Under her leadership, the city of Syracuse experienced a record in economic development, successfully initiated a local labor policy that incentivized hiring local Syracuse residents, completed long-overdue upgrades to the Woodland Reservoir, and facilitated public-private partnerships to accelerate the use of technology in government.

The first woman ever elected to lead one of New York’s “Big 5” cities, Mayor Miner faced multiple budget crises that threatened the city of Syracuse as a result of the 2008 recession. Her achievements in this area allowed her to take a leading role in the discussion of municipal finance across New York State and she was reelected as Mayor in 2013 with over 68% of the vote. She also served as Co-Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee from 2012-2014.

During her tenure, Mayor Miner mandated the creation of the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation; established the first-ever Mayor’s Office of Innovation, using a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, that found solutions to the infrastructure needs of Syracuse; led the development of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority; and recruited IBM to help the city understand, analyze and prevent increases in vacant residential properties, thereby reversing neighborhood decline.

Previously, Miner served two terms as Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large from 2001-2009. During this time she demonstrated her commitment to education by successfully leading efforts to pass legislation to initiate funding to Say Yes to Education, a program which offers support services for Syracuse City School District students and free or reduced college tuition to students who graduate from City high schools. Prior to that, Miner spent ten years as a labor attorney with the firm of Blitman & King, representing unions and employees. She served as Central New York Regional Representative for Governor Mario Cuomo in 1994 and Upstate Coordinator for Geraldine Ferraro’s 1992 U.S. Senate campaign.

Miner is a member of the inaugural Governing Institute’s Women in Government Leadership Program and has received the Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowship for “Outstanding leadership in American Politics”, The US Green Building Council’s 2012 Global Leadership award and was lauded by the Northeast Women in Public Finance as a “trailblazer in public finance”. Mayor Miner was most recently a visiting professor at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Policy.

Miner graduated Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University and received a J.D. from SUNY Buffalo. She lives in the City of Syracuse with her husband John F.X. (“Jack”) Mannion. While a devout believer in technological innovation, she still has fond memories of her first campaign, sitting at her grandmother’s kitchen table stuffing envelopes.

Stephanie Miner

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