ALBANY — Calling him “the best comptroller New York has ever known,” CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan recently announced our union is endorsing State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli for re-election in November.
Sullivan was joined online by DiNapoli at a virtual meeting of the union’s Board of Directors, where she announced his endorsement.
The majority of CSEA members depend on retirement security from the state’s public pension system, which DiNapoli oversees.
CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan meets with New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at an AFSCME event in early 2020, before the pandemic widely affected New York.
“As the sole trustee of our state pension funds, Tom DiNapoli has managed through very difficult times to keep our pension system stronger than ever,” Sullivan said. “He has maintained retirement security for public workers, kept the fund among the best-funded in the country, and managed to lower costs to taxpayers, all at the same time. He is truly the best comptroller New York has ever known and he deserves to be re-elected. CSEA will stand strongly behind Tom DiNapoli.”
Sullivan noted that DiNapoli has also improved transparency in state government operations and saved taxpayers money by aggressively rooting out fraud and corruption during his nearly 15-year tenure as comptroller.
“New York is powered by the working women and men of CSEA — they are on the front lines, keeping our State running through this terrible pandemic, and I’m honored to receive their endorsement,” said Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. “As we navigate our way to better days ahead, I’m proud to stand with working people, protecting their pensions and their tax dollars and fighting for a recovery that lifts all families, not just the wealthy and well-connected. I’m honored by their endorsement, and I look forward to working in true partnership with CSEA on building a better New York for everyone.”
“CSEA members throughout New York will be working hard between now and November to ensure that Tom DiNapoli is returned to the office of comptroller in November’s general election,” Sullivan said.
