NYC-City Council: Schumer, AOC and other progressives turn out for Cabn fundraiser
The strength of the city’s progressive movement was on display Saturday night at The Astor, a restaurant and bar in northern Astoria that played host to a reelection fundraiser for socialist City Council Member Tiffany Cabán. A few dozen left-leaning activists and elected officials crowded into the bar, dining on hors d’oeuvres and sipping on $14 cocktails with names like “Abolitionist Punch,” “Gin & Jobs” and “The Spirited Socialist.”
Among the elected officials in attendance were: U.S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Congress Members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, state Senate Deputy Leader Mike Gianaris, state Senators Zohran Mamdani and Gustavo Rivera, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, and City Council Members Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, and Shekar Krishnan. Former Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou, former Council Member Rafael Espinal, and actress and former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon could also be spotted in the crowd.
Schumer, Gianaris, Bowman and Ocasio-Cortez each delivered brief remarks praising Cabán.
Schumer said that he had a friendly personal relationship with Cabán, who attended his mother’s shiva, even though he and the socialist city council member disagree on many political topics. Gianaris spoke about the importance of electing progressive politicians who could disrupt the political establishment — say, by blocking the governor from appointing a former prosecutor to the state’s highest court.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/02/schumer-aoc-and-other-progressives-turn-out-caban-fundraiser/382605/
