ENDORSED BY:
COURIER L 14 IFE, MAY 28-JUNE 3, 2021
UFT endorses
Dweynie Esther
Paul in Brooklyn
surrogate judge race
The more than 200,000-member
United Federation of Teachers
(UFT) this month joined the
growing number of public offi cials
and many of New York City’s most
powerful labor organizations in supporting
front-runner Judge Dweynie
Esther Paul for Kings County Surrogate
Court in the June 22 Democratic
primary election.
Judge Paul has both the judicial
and real-world experience that our
Brooklyn teachers need in a Surrogate’s
Court Judge,” said UFT President
Michael Mulgrew. “She will
fi ght for working families across
Brooklyn.”
Paul, a product of the New York
City public schools, previously served
in Family Court, where she presided
over guardianship cases involving
children, demonstrating authentic
interest in fostering the stability of
intergenerational wealth within our
communities.
“I could not be prouder to have
the support of our courageous, innovative
and dedicated New York City
Teachers,” said Judge Paul. “Their
commitment to our children’s minds
during the pandemic has highlighted
their heroism. I will work every day
to ensure that Teachers and the families
they serve to fi nd economic justice
through transfer of intergenerational
wealth.”
Among the lawmakers supporting
Pauls bid to sit on the Brooklyn
surrogate bench include U.S. Rep.
Yvette D. Clarke; City Council Majority
Leader Laurie Cumbo; State
Senators Kevin Parker and Roxanne
J. Persaud; State Assembly Members
Nick Perry, Latrice Walker, Rodneyse
Bichotte Hermelyn, Jaime Williams,
Mathylde Frontus, and Stefani Zinerman;
City Council Members Alicka
Ampry-Samuel, Farah N. Louis, Robert
Cornegy, Mark Treyger and Justin
Brannan; and Democratic District
Judge Dweynie Esther Paul.
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Leaders Annette Robinson and
Henry Butler.
Paul, the daughter of Caribbean
immigrants, currently serves as a
Civil Court judge and was previously
an acting Supreme Court Justice serving
in Family Court. She is a graduate
of SUNY Stony Brook University
and The George Washington University
Law School and has been deemed
qualifi ed for the Surrogate’s Court by
the Judicial Screening Panel, a committee
of practicing attorneys from
various bar associations across New
York City.
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