Politics on the Hudson

About 110 people are on the “enemies of reform” list that New York Uprising just released, including Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson, D-Brooklyn, Senate President Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan.

On the other hand, 240 candidates for the Legislature have signed the pledge. All 29 Republicans in the Senate have signed it, even lawmakers who are not running for reelection. Fourteen Democratic incumbents in the Senate have not signed.

The pledge consists of three parts, and only candidates who check all three acquire the “hero of reform” label. The candidates must agree to work for non-partisan, independent redistricting, improvements in the state budget process and stronger ethics laws.

“Everyone knows New York is in a state of utter crisis. Everyone knows our state government has turned into a national joke. So given that, you would think every candidate for office this year would embrace the opportunity to pledge to enact real, meaningful reforms to clean up state government and make our state a saner, smarter, more ethical place,” former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, founder of New York Uprising, said in a statement.

Koch added that “far too many candidates clearly want to keep our state exactly the way it is – they benefit from the corruption, the dysfunction, the inanity that defines Albany and they clearly don’t want to do anything about it.”

UPDATED: Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, who is running for Senate,  was listed on the enemies list but said New York Uprising never notified him of its campaign. Ball sent his signed pledge in Thursday afternoon and forwarded an e-mail he received from New York Uprising that confirmed it was received.

“I support all the initiatives,” he said.

This is the list of enemies:

Assembly

Patricia Eddintgon – D-3

Assemblymember Philip Ramos – D-6

Assemblymember Robert Sweeney – D-11

Assemblymember Robert Barra – R-14
Assemblymember Michelle Schimel – D-16
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper – D-18
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg – D-20
Assemblymember Thomas Alfano – R-21
Assemblymember Mark Weprin – D-24
Assemblymember Rory Lancman – D-25
Assemblymember Ann Carrozza – D-26
Assemblymember Nettie Mayersohn – D-27
Assemblymember Margaret Markey – D-30
Assemblymember Michele Titus – D-31
Assemblymember Vivian Cook – D-32
Assemblymember Barbara Clark – D-33
Assemblymember Michael DenDekker – D-34
Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry – D-35
Assemblymember Catherine Nolan – D-37
Assemblymember Inez Barron – D-40
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein – D-41
Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs – D-42
Assemblymember Karim Camara – D-43
Assemblymember James Brennan – D-44
Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz – D-45
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny – D-46
Assemblymember William Colton – D-47
Assemblymember Dov Hikind – D-48
Assemblymember Peter Abbate – D-49
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz – D-51
Assemblymember Joan Millman – D-52
Assemblymember Vito Lopez – D-53
Assemblymember Darryl Towns – D-54
Assemblymember William Boyland – D-55
Assemblymember Annette Robinson – D-56
Assemblymember Nick Perry – D-58
Assemblymember Alan Maisel – D-59
Assemblymember Matthew Titone – D-61
Assemblymember Sheldon Silver – D-64
Assemblymember Deborah Glick – D-66
Assemblymember Adam Powell – D-68
Assemblymember Daniel O’Donnell – D-69
Assemblymember Keith Wright – D-70
Assemblymember Herman Farrell – D-71
Nelson Denis – D-72
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried – D-75
Assemblymember Peter Rivera – D-76
Assemblymember Vanessa Gibson – D-77
Assemblymember Jose Rivera – D-78
Assemblymember Michael Benjamin – D-79
Assemblymember Naomi Rivera – -80
Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz – D-81
Assemblymember Michael Benedetto – -82
Assemblymember Carl Heastie – D-83
Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo – D-84
Assemblymember Marcos Crespo – D-85
Hector Ramirez – D-86
Assemblymember Nelson Castro – D-86
Assemblymember J. Pretlow – D-87
Assemblymember Mike Spano – R-93
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee – D-95
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill – D-101
Assemblymember John McEneny – D-104
Assemblymember Ronald Canestrari – D-106
Assemblymember Clifford Crouch – R-107
Assemblymember Timothy Gordon – Independent-108
Assemblymember Robert Reilly – D-109
Assemblymember Tony Jordan – R-112
Assemblymember Teresa Sayward – R-113
Assemblymember Janet Duprey – R-114
Assemblymember David Townsend – R-115
Assemblymember RoAnn Destito – D-116
Assemblymember Marc Butler – R-117
Assemblymember Addie Russell – D-118
Assemblymember Joan Christensen – D-119
Assemblymember William Magnarelli – D-120
Assemblymember Gary Finch – R-123
Assemblymember William Barclay – R-124
Assemblymember Barbara Lifton – D-125
Assemblymember Peter Lopez – R-127
Assemblymember Robert Oaks – R-128
Assemblymember Joseph Errigo – R-130
Assemblymember Susan John – D-131
Assemblymember David Gantt – D-133
Assemblymember James Bacalles – R-136
Assemblymember Robin Schimminger – D-140
Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes – D-141
Assemblymember Jane Corwin – R-142
Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak – D-143
Assemblymember Mark Schroeder – D-145
Assemblymember Daniel Burling – R-147
Assemblymember William Parment – D-150

Enemies (Senate)
Assemblymember Gregory Ball – R-99 (sent pledge in Thursday)
Greg Fisher – D-1
Greg Fisher – D-1
Senator George Onorato – D-12
Senator Malcolm Smith – D-14
Senator Martin Dilan – D-17
Senator Velmanette Montgomery – D-18
Mark Pollard – D-18
Senator John Sampson – D-19
Senator Eric Adams – D-20
Senator Kevin Parker – D-21
Senator Carl Kruger – D-27
Senator Ruben Diaz – D-32
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson – D-36
Senator Neil Breslin – D-46
Timothy Carney – D-46
Senator Darrel Aubertine – D-48
Senator William Stachowski – D-58
Sean Cooney – D-58
Senator Antoine Thompson – D-60

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