Zephyr Teachout
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2014 Better World Awards banquet
The Friends of the People's World hosted its yearly fundraiser Dec. 8, 2014, the Better World Awards.
Hearty salutes to striking fast food workers and the tens of thousands protesting the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner paid by Jarvis Tyner district chair of the New York Communist Party, and others quickly warmed the crowd as the program honoring Cormanita Mahr, Vice President of United Healthcare Workers East (SEIU 1199), Zephyr Teachout a candidate for governor of NY, Reverend Danilo Lachapel, director of Give Them to Eat Ministry and New York CP labor leader Bill Davis, got underway.
The event was MC'd by Estevan Nembhard-Bassett, the New York CPUSA organizer.
Teachout, argued that campaign finance reform can be achieved through antitrust reform. Antitrust legislation can be seen as a form of indirect campaign finance reform by limiting the power of corporations to influence elections, she said.
Commenting on taxes, Teachout said, "I would roll back the tax cuts Governor Cuomo handed the wealthy few. We should extend the millionaire's tax beyond 2017, to ensure we can fund our schools and public programs for the long-term. We should bring back a form of the bank tax, and review the corporate tax system, to ensure companies pay their fair share.".[1]
WFP support
In January 2016, after hearing from hundreds of Working Families Party members in the district urging her to run, Zephyr Teachout officially announced she is running for Congress in New York’s 19th Congressional District.
Hundreds of WFP members in the 19th District — which spans the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Mohawk Valley and Southern Tier — signed the petition urging Zephyr to run over the past few weeks.