State’s leading business advocacy organization supports the candidates who support small business
ALBANY, Oct. 2, 2018 – NFIB today announced that its New York political action committee has endorsed 74 candidates for state Assembly and Senate ahead of New York’s November General Election.
“New York’s small and independent businesses employ half of our state’s workforce. Small businesses create opportunities and drive local economies across New York. The best way to grow the small business economy, is to send small business supporters to Albany,” said Greg Biryla, NFIB’s NY State Director. “NFIB NY PAC’s endorsed candidates have demonstrated through words and action that they will be the champions that small businesses need on the issues that matter most.”
NFIB is the leading small-business association with ten thousand members in New York representing nearly every conceivable type of employer or industry in the state’s economy. The endorsements come from NFIB’s NY PAC, the association’s state political action committee, and are based on positions regarding key small-business issues including taxes, health care, labor, economic development and regulatory issues.
Small-business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members, and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB will encourage its members to help turn out the #SmallBizVoter for NFIB NY PAC-endorsed candidates in the 2018 General Election.
Candidates endorsed by NFIB’s NY PAC:
NY State Senate
SD 1 – Ken LaValle
SD 2 – John Flanagan
SD 3 – Dean Murray
SD 4 – Phil Boyle
SD 5 – Carl Marcellino
SD 6 – Kemp Hannon
SD 7 – Elaine Phillips
SD 8 – Jeff Pravato
SD 9 – Todd Kaminsky
SD 17 – Simcha Felder
SD 22 – Martin Golden
SD 24 – Andrew Lanza
SD 38 – Scott Vanderhoef
SD 39 – Tom Basile
SD 40 – Terrence Murphy
SD 41 – Sue Serino
SD 42 – Annie Rabbitt
SD 43 – Daphne Jordan
SD 45 – Betty Little
SD 46 – George Amedore *
SD 47 – Joe Griffo
SD 48 – Patty Ritchie
SD 49 – James Tedisco
SD 50 – Bob Antonacci
SD 51 – James Seward
SD 52 – Fred Akshar
SD 54 – Pam Helming
SD 55 – Rich Funke
SD 56 – Joe Robach
SD 57 – Cathy Young
SD 58 – Tom O’Mara
SD 59 – Patrick Gallivan
SD 60 – Chris Jacobs
SD 61 – Michael Ranzenhofer
SD 62 – Rob Ortt
NY State Assembly
AD 3 – Joseph DeStefano
AD 7 – Andrew Garbarino
AD 8 – Michael Fitzpatrick
AD 9 – Michael LiPetri
AD 12 – Andrew Raia
AD 14 – David McDonough
AD 15 – Michael Montesano
AD 19 – Edward Ra
AD 21 – Brian Curran
AD 63 – Michael Cusick
AD 64 – Nicole Malliotakis
AD 94 – Kevin Byrne
AD 98 – Karl Brabenec
AD 101 – Brian Miller
AD 102 – Chris Tague
AD 105 – Kieran Lalor
AD 112 – Mary Beth Walsh
AD 113 – Carrie Woerner
AD 114 – Dan Stec
AD 116 – Mark Walczyk
AD 117 – Ken Blankenbush
AD 120 – Will Barclay
AD 122 – Cliff Crouch
AD 124 – Chris Friend
AD 126 – Gary Finch
AD 127 – Nicholas Paro
AD 129 – Edward Ott
AD 131 – Brian Kolb
AD 132 – Phil Palmesano
AD 134 – Peter Lawrence
AD 135 – Mark Johns
AD 139 – Steve Hawley
AD 140 – Robin Schimminger
AD 144 – Mike Norris
AD 145 – Angelo Morinello
AD 146 – Ray Walter
AD 147 – David DiPietro
AD 148 – Joe Giglio
AD 150 – Andy Goodell
* Denotes NFIB member