Thomas DiNapoli

Thomas DiNapoli

AAFE/Somos

Grace Lee, Thomas DiNapoli, Carlina Rivera, Antonio Delgado, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Jeremy Cooney, Jeanette Moy, Linda Sun, Yusef Salaam.

Citizen Action/Working Families Party Endorsement

After operating mostly on the fringes of left-leaning politics, the Working Families Party saw nearly two-thirds of its 1,036 endorsed candidates win state and local offices in 2017. Buoyed by a renewed interest in alternative candidates, as evidenced in the success of Bernie Sanders on the left and Donald Trump on the right, Mitchell led a midterm cycle with some notable wins — defeating conservative Democratic incumbents in New Mexico, Rhode Island and Maryland and contributing to candidates who ended Republican control of the Colorado Senate. Under his leadership, the WFP joined other progressive groups in helping flip the U.S. House of Representatives while supporting insurgent Democrats such as Antonio Delgado in New York and Jahana Hayes in Connecticut.

2018 Citizen Action of New York/Working Families Party endorsement.

Letitia James, Thomas DiNapoli, Antonio Delgado, Michelle Ostrelich, Pat Strong, Tistrya Houghtling.

LIPC connections

New Party backing

The New Party of Long Island backed three candidates for office in the Fall of 1996: State Assembly candidate Thomas DiNapoli and Congressional candidates Carolyn McCarthy and Nora Bredes. "NP members collected the necessary signatures to nominate progressive Democratic Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli on the New Party line, making this the first Democratic Party/New Party fusion effort. The chapter is supporting a major voter registration drive in African-American and Hispanic communities in McCarthy's district."

Supporting DiNapoli

Democratic heavyweights came out for Tom DiNapoli, October 21, 2010, as he took his re-election campaign for state comptroller to Chinatown.

Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, New York City comptroller John Liu, state senator Daniel Squadron, assembly member Grace Meng, council member Margaret Chin were among supporters at a press conference at the Chinese Consolidated Business Association.

“We’ve all showed up together because that’s how important it is to send a message,” Squadron said.

DiNapoli emphasized his strong working relationship with Liu, labeling the pair a “dynamic duo”.

Silver took exception.

“Margaret Chin really just reminded me long before the two of you got together, Margaret Chin and I were called the dynamic duo,” he said.

Endorsed AAFE 2016 Banquet