Cuomo reaches out to Green Party as he shores up liberal credentials

[TexasTowelie]

ALBANY — As he tries to mend fences with New York progressives, some of Gov. Cuomo’s top staffers for the first time are regularly reaching out to the minor Green Party.

Cuomo’s secretary to the governor, Melissa DeRosa, and Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos have been in more frequent contact with leaders of the environmentally focused party, Green Party officials say.

The governor himself popped in for about 15 minutes during one meeting between his aides and party leaders, officials said.

Some of Cuomo’s staff also attended a recent meeting of 350 Brooklyn, a local activist group with ties to the Green Party that is focused on climate change. One source said Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David was scheduled to attend the meeting but was called away at the last moment. In his place, Cuomo’s deputy secretary for the environment and others showed up.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/lovett-cuomo-reaches-greens-gathers-liberal-credentials-article-1.3582362

[Squinch]

1. This is a really stupid way to "shore up liberal credentials." How about supporting

unions, supporting public schools against the pillaging of charter schools, and not destroying the initiatives for disabled children that his own father created?

How bout that, Andrew?

[rogerashton]

2. Remember --

In NY, a minor party can endorse a major-party candidate, which means Cuomo could get the Green Party line on the ballot -- and sometimes the minor party endorsement has made the difference, as it did for Lindsay.

[NeoGreen]

3. Won't happen...

...it is my understanding that the NYS Green Party internal rules specifically prohibit use of the NYS cross endorsement option. They will not endorse a candidate who has or seeks another party's endorsement.

[rogerashton]

4. Didn't know that.

It will be a nice example for game theory.