2025 Endorsements

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Please be sure to check this page regularly throughout 2025, as we will continue our endorsement process through October!

Important Dates:

General Election

  • Early Voting: Saturday, October 25, 2025 through Sunday Nov 2, 2025
  • General Election Day: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Not sure where to vote or who your representatives are? Find out by looking up your status here. 

Ballot Propositions:

Remember to turn your ballot over - the proposition is on the back.

Proposal #1: 
The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter urges you to vote YES on Proposal #1: Amendment to Allow Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County on State Forest Preserve Land. 

  • Sierra Club Fact Sheet for info on Prop 1
  • ​More on the Proposition (NYS Board of Elections Official Page)
  • By voting YES: it would bring the facility already at Mt Van Hoevenberg into compliance with the State Constitution, and, add 2500 acres of new land to the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
  • The Mt Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex has expanded over time onto adjacent lands that are constitutionally part of the Forest Preserve (which under Article 14 must be “forever kept as wild forest lands”). This amendment will bring the Sports Complex into compliance with the State Constitution.
  • The offset acreage (adding 2,500 new acres to the Forest Preserve) will preserve & enhance the long-term wild lands of the Adirondacks. In addition to adding 2500 new acres to the Forest Preserve, 200 acres currently in the Sports Complex will be transferred to the adjacent High Peaks Wilderness.


Central Northern NY:

Sara Bollinger, Town Council, Town of Manlius
Dan Clausen, Town Board, Town of Preble
Jim Doring, Town Supervisor, Town of Preble
Dan Romeo, Onondaga County Legislature, District #7
Elaine Denton, Onondaga County Legislature, District #10
Nodesia Hernandez, Onondaga County Legislature, District #17
Sharon Owens, Mayor, City of Syracuse
Max Ruckdeschel, Town Supervisor, Town of Dewitt

Hudson Mohawk:

Michael Cashman, NYS Assembly District #115 

Phil DiLorenzo, Troy City Council, District #1
Jona Faverau, Troy City Council, District #5
Greg Campbell-Cohen, Troy City Council, District #6
Mary Frances Sabo, Rensselaer County Legislature, District #2

Long Island:

Nassau County:
County Executive: Seth Koslow
County Legislature Dist. 5: Olena Nicks
County Legislature Dist. 6: Debra Mule
County Legislature Dist. 9: Juleigh Chin
County Legislature Dist. 11: Delia DeRiggi-Whitton
County Legislature Dist. 18: Karen Bhatia
Hempstead Town Supervisor: Joseph Scianablo
North Hempstead Town Supervisor: Dave Kerpen
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor: Joseph Saladino

Suffolk County:
County Legislature Dist. 1: Greg Doroski
County Legislature Dist. 2: Ann Welker
County Legislature Dist. 5: Steve Englebright
County Legislature Dist. 8: Kelly Perry-Hyland
County Legislature Dist. 15: Jason Richberg
County Legislature Dist. 16: Rebecca Sanin
Babylon Town Supervisor: Rich Schaffer
East Hampton Town Supervisor: Kathee Burke-Gonzalez
Huntington Town Supervisor: Cooper Macco
Islip Town Board: Jorge Guadron

Lower Hudson:

Ken Jenkins, Westchester County Executive
Erica Lang Pierce, Westchester County Legislature, District #2
Jenn Puja, Westchester County Legislature, District #5
Anant Numbiar, Westchester County Legislature, District #7
Emiljana Ulaj, Westchester County Legislature, District #9
Terry Clements, Westchester County Legislature, District #11

New York City:

Zohran Mamdani, Mayor, New York City
Mark Levine, Comptroller, New York City

Christopher Marte, NYC Council, District #1
Virginia Maloney, NYC Council, District #4
Julie Menin, NYC Council, District #5
Gale Brewer, NYC Council, District #6
Shaun Abreu, NYC Council, District #7
Shirley Aldebol, NYC Council, District #13
Pierina Sanchez, NYC Council, District #14
Oswald Feliz, NYC Council, District #15
Justin Sanchez, NYC Council, District #17
Tiffany Cabán. NYC Council, District #22
James Gennaro, NYC Council, District #24
Shekar Krishnan, NYC Council, District #25
Julie Won, NYC Council, District #26
Lynn Schulman, NYC Council, District #29
Lincoln Restler, NYC Council, District #33
Jennifer Gutiérrez, NYC Council, District #34
Crystal Hudson, NYC Council, District #35
Chi Ajani Ossé, NYC Council, District #36
Sandy Nurse, NYC Council, District #37
Alexia Avilés, NYC Council, District #38
Shahana Hanif, NYC Council, District #39
Rita Joseph, NYC Council, District #40
Kayla Santosuosso. NYC Council, District #47

Niagara:

Jeffrey Elder, Niagara County Legislature, District #4
Taisha St. Jean Tard, Erie County Legislature, District #2
Austin Tylec, Mayor, City of Tonawanda
Gabrielle Richards, City of North Tonawanda, First Ward
Hilary Roe, City of North Tonawanda, Third Ward
Braiden McElhaney, Town Council, Town of Orchard Park
Shawn Lavin, Town Supervisor, Town of Amherst
John Davis, Town Board, Town of Amherst
Jack Kavanaugh, Town Board, Town of Amherst


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