The Journal News: Area Veteran's Groups Makes Endorsements
Posted in Press by Andrea Stewart-Cousins on October 29, 2010
Via reporter Rich Liebson: A recently formed veterans groups is endorsing candidates it says will serve the men and women who served their country.
“We have a lot of politicians who give lip service to helping veterans,” said Pete Fiumefreddo, an Army Veteran and chairman of the Westchester County Veterans Political Action Oranization. “They hand out a lot of plaques and citations to veterans groups, but we really don’t see them working on veterans issues. We are endorsing candidates who we believe will best serve the interests of veterans.”
The group is co-chaired by Army veteran Ronald Tocci, a former state Assemblyman who also served as New York’s commissioner of veterans affairs. Organizers say the group, which formed earlier this year, is focusing on efforts to create a “Veterans Village,” assisted living facility at the Montrose VA site in Cortlandt and to support candidates it believes will fight for veterans causes.
The group endorsed the following candidates in Tuesday’s elections:
• Republican Robert J. Castelli, an Army Vietnam veteran, seeking re-election in the 89th state assembly district.
• Marine Corps veteran Peter Parente, a Republican who served in Desert Storm, seeking election to the New Rochelle City Council representing District Three.
• Marine Corps veteran James Maisano, a Republican, one of seven candidates seeking election as state Supreme Court Justice for the ninth judicial district.
• Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, seeking re-election in the 35th senatorial district.
• Democrat Jeffrey Klein, seeking re-election in the 34th senatorial district.
• Democrat John Hall, seeking re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 19th Congressional District.
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