{"id":1006,"date":"2022-02-05T20:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/east-new-york-democratic-nominee-nikki-lucas-receives-major-endorsement-from-largest-union-in-new-york-1199seiu\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T20:09:25","slug":"east-new-york-democratic-nominee-nikki-lucas-receives-major-endorsement-from-largest-union-in-new-york-1199seiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"East New York Democratic Nominee Nikki Lucas Receives Major Endorsement from Largest Union in New York 1199SEIU"},"content":{"rendered":"

1199SEIU<\/strong>\u00a0announced that they have endorsed Nikki Lucas<\/strong><\/a> to become the next Assemblymember to represent East New York, Brownsville and Canarsie. 1199SEIU is the largest union in New York and the largest healthcare worker union in the nation. They represent over 200,000 nurses and healthcare workers in New York City, more than 300,000 members in New York State, and over 400,000 total members along the East Coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cNikki Lucas is a powerful voice we need in Albany. She shares 1199SEIU\u2019s values of \u201cQuality Healthcare and Good Jobs for All\u201d and our vision for a better New York. I know she\u2019ll do everything she can to make sure healthcare workers aren\u2019t left behind as we emerge from the pandemic,\u201d said Dell Smitherman, 1199SEIU Downstate Political Director<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to receive this endorsement from 1199SEIU. I will stand shoulder to shoulder with nurses and healthcare workers as we fight for better paying jobs, increase access to healthcare in our communities and ensure our frontline workers are safe on the job,\u201d said Nikki Lucas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people might not realize it but there is a very important Special Election<\/strong> on Tuesday February 15, 2022<\/strong>, to fill the open Assembly Seat in the 60th District, covering East New York, Starrett City, Brownsville and Canarsie.\u00a0 This is going to be the first time in decades that the seat will not be filled by either Charles or Inez Barron, which guarantees that there will be change in the District. Nikki Lucas is the official Democratic Nominee in the race.<\/p>\n

Lucas is a 30-year resident of Starrett City and a staunch community advocate for residents of East New York, the surrounding neighborhoods of East New York, Starrett City, Brownsville, Canarsie, and many other neighborhoods across New York City.<\/p>\n

She is the former Female Democratic State Committee Member in the 60th New York State Assembly District, and the founder of the People First Democratic Club, and the People First Education Fund.<\/p>\n

To find your voting location for early voting go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc<\/a> or call 866-868-3692<\/div>\n
EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/div>\n
Saturday Feb. 5, 2022 \u2013 10am-3pm<\/div>\n
Sunday Feb. 6, 2022 \u2013 10am-3pm<\/div>\n
Monday Feb. 7, 2022 \u2013 12pm-8pm<\/div>\n
Tuesday Feb. 8, 2022 \u2013 10am-6pm<\/div>\n
Wednesday Feb. 9, 2022 \u2013 12pm-8pm<\/div>\n
Thursday Feb. 10, 2022 \u2013 10am-6pm<\/div>\n
Friday Feb. 11, 2022 \u2013 7am-3pm<\/div>\n
Saturday Feb. 12, 2022 \u2013 10am-3pm<\/div>\n
Sunday Feb. 13, 2022 \u2013 10am-3pm<\/div>\n
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Other candidates in the race are Republican Conservative Marvin King and Keron Alleyne, a former staffer of the Barrons.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1199SEIU\u00a0announced that they have endorsed Nikki Lucas to become the next Assemblymember to represent East New York, Brownsville and Canarsie. 1199SEIU is the largest union in New York and the largest healthcare worker union in the nation. They represent over 200,000 nurses and healthcare workers in New York City, more than 300,000 members in New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}