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Judge Dweynie Esther Paul. Roman Vail Photography
Teachers union, Brooklyn
Dems endorse Judge Paul
By Nelson A. King
The United Federation of Teachers
(UFT) and the Brooklyn Democratic
Party on Monday endorsed Haitian
American Judge Dweynie Esther Paul
for Brooklyn Surrogate Court.
The endorsement adds to the scores
of public officials and New York City’s
most -powerful labor organizations that
are supporting Judge Paul 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 Michael Mulgrew, president
of the 200,000-member-strong UFT.
“She will fight for working families
across Brooklyn.”
Brooklyn Democratic Party chairwoman
Assemblywoman Rodneyse
Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of
Haitian immigrants, said Judge Paul
is “the only candidate truly qualified
to reform the Surrogate’s Court, and I
am proud to see one of our city’s most
powerful unions backing her.
“Judge Paul stands strong for workers,
and that is why she is getting so
much support from organized labor,”
added Bichotte Hermelyn, who represents
the 42nd Assembly District in
Brooklyn.
Judge Paul, also the daughter of Haitian
immigrants, is a product of New
York City public schools and previously
served in Family Court, where she presided
over guardianship cases involving
children, embodying a sincere desire to
protect our community’s most precious
assets.
“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 success during the pandemic
has highlighted their heroism.
“I will work every day to ensure that
teachers and the families they serve
secure economic justice through the
transfer of intergenerational wealth,”
she added.
The UFT’s endorsement comes on
the heels of those of many other labor
organizations, including the Retail,
Wholesale, and Department Store Union
(RWDSU)—UFC; Teamsters Local 237;
Transport Workers Union Local 100;
Amalgamated Transit Union; District
Council 37; Local 371 Social Service
Employees Union (SEIU); Hotel Trade
Council; Local 1407; Alliance of South
Asian Labor (ASAAL); and Local 372
Board of Education employees.
Judge Paul’s Surrogate Court bid is
also supported by a diverse group of
leaders throughout Brooklyn, including
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke,
the daughter of Jamaican immigrants;
City Council Majority Leader Laurie
Cumbo; State Senators Kevin Parker
and Guyanese-born Roxanne J. Persaud;
and State Assembly Members Jamaican
Nick Perry, Latrice Walker, Bichotte
Hermelyn, Trinidadian Jaime Williams,
Haitian American Mathylde Frontus,
and Stefani Zinerman.
Other endorsements include: Council
Members Alicka Ampry-Samuel, Haitian
American Farah N. Louis, Robert Cornegy,
Mark Treyger, and Justin Brannan;
and District Leaders Annette Robinson,
Henry Butler, Haitian Josue Pierre,
Shirley Patterson, Ari Kagan, Margarita
Kagan, Dionne Brown-Jordan, Joseph
Bova, Tori Kelly, Arelis Martinez, Erik
Dilan, Arleny Alvarado-McCalla, Frank
Seddio, Sue Anne Partnow, and Christopher
McCreight.
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