Andrew Cuomo’s Campaign Attorney Targets Union That Made A List Of ‘Top Ten Reasons’ Not To Vote For Him

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign attorney, Martin Connor, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Communications Workers of America Local 1180 (CWA), a union that formally endorsed Adrienne Adams, one of Cuomo’s mayoral election opponents in April.

The letter, sent on Memorial Day and obtained by Politico, claims that the CWA Local 1180 dispersed false information concerning Cuomo and his political and personal record in their May 22 voter information mailer. The mailer headlined a list of “Top 10 Reasons to Vote No to Cuomo for NYC Mayor.”

Connor’s letter disputed only half of the points outlined in the mailer, specifically that “Cuomo has never been a of New York City; that he settled with the Department of Justice regarding allegations of sexual harassment; and that he ‘covered up nursing home deaths’ during Covid; that the Millionaire’s Tax was allowed to expire in 2011; and that he is ‘no friend of workers.’”

The other five points alleged by the mailer are that Cuomo “ushed Tier 6 through the legislature,” “egotiated a contract with the state workers union CSEA using threats of massive layoffs,” “egotiated New York State contracts that set a pattern for our contracts with the City of New York,” “ncreased employee contribution for health insurance costs for state workers to as much as 31% for higher-paid employees with family coverage,” and “pent millions of dollars in taxpayer funds fighting the sexual harassment claims.”