Tommy+Wang

**Tommy Wang**


 * Gillibrand Kirsten**

====Kirsten E. Gillibrand from the Democratic Party became the U.S. Senator in January of 2009. She has become the first New York Senator to be on the Agriculture Committee in 40 years and also she’s in several other committees that’s for armed services and elderly. The top contributors of Gillibrand’s campaign are Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Davis, Polk & Wardwell and EMILY’s List. Senator Gillibrand is a representative for my district because she doesn’t discriminate. She has been given a rating of 100% by the interest group NARAL Pro-Choice America which guarantees women the right to make their own decisions regarding abortion, pregnancy prevention, and so forth. Gillibrand has been making senior’s independent life a lot easier by lowering prices for medical care and prescription drugs. She has also been working on lowering property taxes and giving veterans more rewards. Also she’s in full support of the American Civil Liberties Union which fights for our individual rights and also she’s in favor gay rights. From different age groups to different genders, its obvious Senator Gillibrand is committing her career to help improve the community and the people in it. The leadership skill that helped her on the long run is her indiscriminative attitude; she grabs every chance she has to improve the community. So on her next election she definitely has my vote.====

http://gillibrand.senate.gov/about/biography/


 * Charles Schumer**

====Charles E. Schumer another Democrat was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998. He’s on the Senate Finance Committee, also the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The big contributors of his campaign were Paul, Weiss et al, Paulson &co, and Weitz & Luxenberg with over $350,000. Senator Schumer is a representative of my district because he visits the 62 counties of New York each year and his main concern is improving New York’s economy. He has delivered over $20 billion to relieve New York City’s trouble after 9/11 terrorist attack. Also he has been making air service in Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley more affordable. He didn’t let big businesses leak out of New York. Senator Schumer supported Obama’s Health reform legislation. He also fought for the funding of the FIRE Grant program to be continued. He cosponsored two bills to end the Darfur genocide. Schumer is also a pro-choice and been given 100 percent by the NARAL. Schumer has a very strong determination to finish what he starts and that leadership skill helped him won all the reelections. I would vote for him again because he actually takes a close step to visit the counties and review the local issues concerning New Yorkers.====

http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/biography.cfm


 * Nydia Velazquez**

====Nydia M. Velazquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. She’s the top Democrat on the House Small Business Committee; also she’s in House Financial Services Committee. The top contributors that supported her were Goldman Sachs, American Bankers Assn, and American Express. She is a representative of my district because she tries hard to improve the community. She’s the top Democrat on the House Small Business Committee which contracts over $200 billion each year; also she’s in House Financial Services Committee. She has set up a handful of small business legislative priorities, encompassing the areas of tax, regulations, access to capital, federal contracting opportunities, trade, technology, health care and pension reform, among others. She fully supports Citizens for Tax Justice for it lets ordinary people have a say in the development of tax laws. She supported Public Citizen’s Congress Watch fully, which help strengthens health safety and financial protections, also ensures access to courts so corporations would take responsibilities for their actions. I would vote for her again because she is a strong influence in the Latino community and she been fighting for workers rights and people who doesn’t have a voice in the community. I think her courage to stand up for others helped gained her votes.====

http://velazquez.house.gov/about/bio.shtml


 * Diane Savino**

====Diane J. Savino was elected to the New York Senate in 2004. She’s in the Office of Children and Family Services Veterans Homeland Security and Military Affairs. She is a representative of my district because she continues to improve the working conditions for working families. Raised the minimum wage of NY from $5.15 to $7.15, enlarged the basic worker protection rights to domestic workers, and passed law that ended the five year statute of limitation on sexual assault, increased the benefits for widows of police officers and fire fighters killed during work. She is also a Democratic pro-choice supporter of abortion. Savino sponsored a bill that relates to injured workers benefits. Savino referred a bill that requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to former employer or workplace. Also she referred a bill that relates to the sharing of information of certain employment data with state and municipal agencies and certain local development corporations. I would vote for her again because she has improved a lot of safety laws and in today’s community it’s very important. The leadership skill that kept her in office is attempting to resolve important issues that trouble the community the most such as same sex marriage, raise in minimum wage and so forth.====

http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/diane-j-savino/bio


 * Dov Hikind**

====Dov Hikind was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2004 as a democrat. He’s the former chair of the Assembly’s Subcommittee on Human Rights. The top donators are Finance, Insurance & Real Estate and Health sectors. He is not a representative of my district because he only helps out the Jewish community, like providing 120 cameras in the subway stations near the neighborhoods with large Jewish population. He’s an anti-choice of abortion which means he’s against women getting a legal and safe abortion. Hikind was the leader of a movement to free Syrian and Soviet Jewry. Hikind also led four separate elected officials to Israel to show support for the people of Gaza on the eve of disengagement. I would not vote for him because I only see him fighting for the Jewish community. Despite the fact that he is only on one side I think the leadership skill that helped him stay in office is actually making a change.====

http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Dov-Hikind/bio/


 * Sara Gonzalez**

====Sara M. Gonzalez was first elected to the New York City Council in November 2002. Also she’s the chairwoman of Community Board 7 in Sunset Park. She is a representative of my community because she sponsored a new local law that will make the rent stable, so residents wouldn’t have to be kicked out. She also assured computer labs for schools throughout the district $500,000. She won the fight to save Red Hook’s food vendors and also fought for immigration rights. Fostering local jobs like attracting new businesses into the area. I would vote for her again because she came back to this community to make a change for the better like the education, employment and housing. I think the leadership skill that kept her in office is by paying attention to the local issues and improve it.====

http://council.nyc.gov/d38/html/members/home.shtml