NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie endorses Keith Wright for Congress in NY’s 13th Congressional District

  “Today, I am announcing my support for my friend and colleague, Assemblyman Keith Wright, to succeed the venerable Congressman Charles Rangel as representative of the 15th Congressional District,” said Assembly Speaker Heastie.

"From my first day as a member of the Assembly, Keith has been someone I look up to as a leader. He has been a champion for the working class; a person who, through his various leadership roles in the Assembly and the Democratic Party, has shown his immense capacity for compassion, service and achievement. His extensive legislative record speaks for itself, highlighted by his strong advocacy for affordable housing, criminal justice reform and for a higher minimum wage. The residents of the 15th Congressional District will have a strong, seasoned leader in Washington, and I look forward to continuing to working with Keith on behalf of the people of our State and hopefully in 2017, our nation," continued Heastie. 

“I am grateful to have the support of Speaker Heastie. Together we will continue to fight to protect affordable housing, against gun violence, for better schools, to protect our seniors, for higher wages and more jobs, and for economic and social justice for everyone”, said Assembly member Wright. 

The endorsement today of Assembly speaker Carl Heastie adds to the growing list of leaders and organizations who are supporting Wright for Congress, including Gov. David Paterson, Mayor David Dinkins, Assembly Member Denny Farrell, Council Member Inez Dickens, the United Firefighters Association, Teamsters Joint Council 16, Teamsters Local 237, New York City District Council of Carpenters, International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 1 and numerous community leaders and clergy in the Bronx and Manhattan.

Assembly member Keith Wright represents the 70^th District in the NYS Assembly and is the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing.

NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie represents the 83^rd District in the NYS Assembly.

The 13^th Congressional District includes the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, and portions of Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side. The Democratic Primary for Congress is scheduled for June 28^th, 2016.