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“As Latinx leaders we have reviewed and assessed the judicial record of Justice Hector LaSalle and find his nomination to run counter to our values as allies to the labor rights, reproductive health, and immigrant rights movements.
We cannot stand by his nomination.
Diversity without a focus on equity is not enough. Not every Latinx candidate for higher office is the same. As Latinx leaders we demand that Latinx candidates for higher office demonstrate values and principles that uplift Latinx communities and working class communities. President Biden has admirably appointed federal judges who are both racially and professionally diverse. There is no reason Governor Hochul cannot do the same.
We call on State Senators to stand with the many labor unions, worker rights groups, reproductive justice groups, and advocacy groups that have called attention to this very problematic and harmful nomination.
We have reviewed Justice LaSalle's judicial record and we have seen enough to determine that he is not the best candidate to hold the highest judicial office in New York State. In the face of a United States Supreme Court that is rolling back the rights of diverse communities and is undermining our Democracy, we need a New York State Court of Appeals that will lead and not follow.
We regret that Hector LaSalle is not the best candidate to lead such a court in New York State. We call on the New York State Senate to reject this nomination.”
Signed,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman, District NY-14
Julia Salazar, Senator, District 18
Kristen Gonzalez, Senator, District 59
Jessica González-Rojas, Assemblymember, District 34
Marcela Mitaynes, Assemblymember, District 51
Juan Ardila, Assemblymember, District 37
Tiffany Cabán, Esq., New York City Councilmember, District 22, & former Public Defender
Sandy Nurse, New York City Councilmember, District 37
Jennifer Gutierrez, New York City Councilmember, District 34
Alexa Avilés, New York City Councilmember, District 38
Gabriella A. Romero, Esq., Albany Common Councilmember & Public Defender
Corazon Pineda, Yonkers City Council, District 2
Jorge DeFendini, Alderperson, City of Ithaca
Giselle Martinez, City of Newburgh Councilmember, Ward 1
Kevindaryán Luján, Orange County Legislator
Genesis Ramos, Orange County Legislator
Andres Castillo Quintana, Town of Bedford Council Member
Brian Romero, State Committee Member, 36th AD
Julio Peña III, State Committee Member & District Leader, 51st AD
Adriana Magaña, State Committee Member, 101st AD
Anthony Feliciano, State Committee Member, 74th AD
Maria Cristina Ironside, State Committee Member, 97th AD
Maria Ordoñez, State Committee Member, 70th AD
Luis Ordoñez, District Leader, 70th AD, Part D
Rémysell Salas, District Leader, 80th AD
Vanessa Agudelo, Former Peekskill City Councilmember
Jonathan Monsalve, Executive Director, Immigrant Defense Project
Lucas Sanchez, Executive Director, New York Communities for Change
Alyssa Aguilera, Co-Executive Director, VOCAL-NY
Rosemary Rivera, Co-Executive Director, Citizen Action
Jose Lopez, Co-Executive Director, Make the Road NY
Theo Oshiro, Co-Executive Director, Make the Road NY
Andrea Gordillo, Co-President, Coalition for a District Alternative
Brandon Mancilla, Regional Director, United Auto Workers Region 9A
Alana Sivin, Esq., Vice President, Coalition for a District Alternative
Diana Moreno, Deputy Director, New Immigrant Community Empowerment
Cynthia Travieso, Deputy Director, Community Voices Heard Power
Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Deputy Director, Street Vendor Project
Dieter Ernesto Tejada, President, National Justice Impact Bar Association
Harold A. Solis, Esq., Deputy Legal Director, Make the Road New York
Yana Calou, Director of Advocacy, Trans Lifeline
Jennifer Cabrera, Vice-Chair, Westchester-Putnam Working Families Party
Diana González, President, Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
Tania Mattos, Director of Advocacy & Policy, Envision Freedom Fund
Julia Hernandez, Esq., Associate Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law
Jared Trujillo, Esq., Adjunct Law Professor
Hannah Shapiro, Esq., Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Anthony Posada, Esq., Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Luis Leon, Esq., Staff Attorney, Make the Road NY
Marisol Durán, Esq., Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Stan Germán, Esq., Trial Attorney
Jac Quiles, Esq., Attorney & Former Prosecutor, Brooklyn DA's Office
James Aliaga, Esq., Attorney & Former Prosecutor
Sophia Gurulé, Esq., Public Defender
Azalia Torres, Esq., Public Defender
Daniel Curbelo Zeidman, Esq., Public Defender
Adriel Colón-Casiano, Esq., Attorney
Anthony Enriquez, Esq., Attorney
Deisy Flores, Esq., Attorney
Christina Gaudio, Esq., Attorney
Anilu Chadwick, Esq., Attorney
Stephanie Lopez, Esq., Attorney
Shabel Castro, Esq., Attorney
Karla Hernandez, Esq., Attorney
Michelle Caldera-Kopf, Esq., Attorney
Andrea Nieves, Esq., Attorney
Pauloma Martinez, Esq., Attorney
Jorge Guerreiro, Esq., Attorney
Deyvid Arango-Valencia, Legal Fellow and Law Grad at Neighbors Link
Paula Garcia-Salazar, Skadden Fellow at Legal Aid Society of New York
Ana María Archila, Community Leader
Natalia Aristizabal, Community Leader
Rodrigo Camarena, Community Leader
Carolyn Martinez-Class, Community Leader
Samy Nemir Olivares, Community Leader
Tony Alarcon, Community Leader
Brad Pandito, Community Leader, Brooklyn WFP
David A. Diaz, Community Leader & Bronx County Committee
Johnny Rivera, Community Leader, East Harlem
Christian Parra, Community Leader, People’s Action Institute
Yandel Goris, State Chapter Lead, Schools Not Jails New York
Geovaira Hernández, Western New York Organizer, Working Families Party
Jennifer Salgado, Lead Organizer, Street Vendor Project
Esteban Girón, Organizer, Crown Heights Tenant Union
Destiny Cruz, Organizer, Working Families Party
Ximena Frankel, Community & Parent Organizer, D28 Action for Equity
Illapa Sairitupac, Tenant Organizer in Lower Manhattan
Eric Nava-Perez, UAW Local 2320
Louie Sanchez, Local #3 IBEW
Arturo Humberto Enamorado III, Lecturer, CUNY Kingsborough, PSC Local 2334 member
Paul Presendieu, Hispanic Coalition of NY
Jonathan Soto, Organizer
