NYSUT president: No early endorsement for Cuomo

Jessica Bakeman

ALBANY—New York's largest teachers' union announced early endorsements in the races for state attorney general and comptroller, but Governor Andrew Cuomo will have to wait until August to see if educators will back him in November.

Karen Magee, president of New York State United Teachers, told Capital on Monday that “nothing has changed” since she was elected in early April, and that there wasn't much appetite for a Cuomo endorsement.

“We're a grassroots movement,” Magee said, adding that the early endorsements for incumbent Democrats Eric Schneiderman and Tom DiNapoli “came up through the rank and file.”

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