TEACHERS FOR CHOICE NYC 2025 Voter Guide
TEACHERS FOR CHOICE (TFC) makes political endorsements solely on a candidate’s position regarding medical and health freedom. For NYC Mayor and City Council elections the main issue we are focused on is that of fired unvaccinated workers. We endorse candidates for City Council who support reinstating and compensating workers fired for declining the COVID shot.
Below are flyers and links to our current endorsements on Substack and X (formerly Twitter) as well as some analysis of the general election. Early voting is underway in NYC with election day coming on November 4. Below you will also find two endorsements for county executives outside of NYC.
CURTIS SLIWA, NYC Mayor
Read our full endorsement of Curtis here
Posted on X here
ATHENA CLARKE, City Council District 46, Brooklyn
Read our full endorsement of Athena here
Posted on X here
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KRISTY MARMORATO, City Council District 13, Bronx
Read our full endorsement of Kristy here
Posted on X here
ALICIA VAICHUNAS, City Council District 30, Queens
Read our full endorsement of Alicia here
Posted on X here
VICKIE PALADINO, City Council District 19, Queens
Read our full endorsement of Vickie here
Posted on X here
GEORGE SARANTOPOULUS, City Council District 47, Brooklyn
Read our full endorsement of George here
Posted on X here
RAMSES FRIAS, City Council District 25, Queens
Read our full endorsement of Ramses here
Posted on X (coming soon)
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IMPORTANT NOTE: There are over a dozen sitting City Council members TFC supports being reelected because they have signed on as cosponsors to Resolution 5 which calls to bring back fired unvaccinated workers to our jobs.
The sponsors and cosponsors of this reso include the following City Council members, all of whom we support returning to City Council in 2026:
Joann Ariola , Susan Zhuang, Lynn C. Schulman, Nantasha M. Williams, Linda Lee, Kamillah Hanks, Julie Menin, Farah N. Louis, Yusef Salaam, Chris Banks, Vickie Paladino, David M. Carr, Kristy Marmorato, Inna Vernikov, Frank Morano
(Extra special shoutout to Joann Ariola, who is the City Council Minority Leader and main sponsor of Resolution 5. Councilwoman Ariola is currently running for reelection uncontested and is certain to return to City Council in 2026.)
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NY County Executives
BRUCE BLAKEMAN, Nassau County Executive, Long Island
Read our full endorsement of Bruce here
Posted on X here
STEVE MCLAUGHLIN, Rensselaer County Executive, Rensselaer County NY
Read our full endorsement of Steve here
Posted on X here
From the West Coast, I wish you well. It is no coincidence that the states/cities with the harshest mandate response also have cities that are disintegrating. I haven't been to the NYC for over a decade. My sincere hope that it is in better condition than LA as I don't know if there is a way back for us. NYC residents have a sense of unity and pride in their city. We don't have that here so I don't know how we bounce back.
Thank you ... do you have any thoughts on the ballot measures? Things are often the inverse of how they're stated, so I no longer trust what things sound like.