Here are our endorsed City Council candidates for the June 24 primary. Incumbents Alexa Aviles (CD38), Shahana Hanif (CD39), and Rita Joseph  (CD40) of Brooklyn have each proven their strong support of our public schools and students as Council Members already and deserve to be re-elected.

We also enthusiastically endorse Harvey Epstein (CD2) and Vanessa Aronson (CD4) of Manhattan as new members of the Council.  Their respective experiences as a legislator and a teacher, as well as their survey responses, are evidence of their deep understanding of the importance of protecting and improving our public schools.

Finally, we we believe that Eryka Montoya (CD 21) and LaToya LeGrand (CD 28) of Queens will make terrific new additions to the Council as well,  because as community leaders and in their surveys, they have shown a special expertise and commitment to public education.  Eryka is a single mother and also the past PTA president of her child’s public school; and LaToya has been Education Chair of Queens Community Board 12.

All these candidates’ thoughtful and detailed responses to our survey are posted here, as well as those of their opponents’ surveys, if they filled them out.  Early voting starts June 14; more information here.