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Supporters

Numerous prominent elected officials and organizations throughout the New York region have publicly endorsed the Cross Harbor tunnel, and a list is attached which demonstrates the diversity of support for this important project.

Cross Harbor Tunnel Supporters:
(list in formation)

Elected Officials:

• New York State Governor David Paterson
• US Senator Charles Schumer
• US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Former US Senator Alfonse D'Amato
• Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
• US Congressman Gary Ackerman
• US Congressman Tim Bishop
• US Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke
• US Congressman Eliot Engel
• US Congressman Vito Fossella
• US Congressman Steve Israel
• US Congressman Peter T. King
• US Congresswoman Nita Lowey
• US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
• US Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
• US Congressman Gregory Meeks
• US Congressman Jerrold Nadler
• Former US Congressman Major R. Owens
• US Congressman Charles Rangel
• US Congressman Jose Serrano
• US Congressman Christopher Shays
• US Congressman Edolphus Towns
• US Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
• US Congressman Anthony Weiner
• NYS Attorney General Andrew G. Cuomo
• Conservative Party Chairman of NYS Michael Long
• NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn
• NYC Comptroller William Thompson, Jr.
• NYC Council Republican Leader James Oddo
• NYC Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
• Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green
• Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr.
• Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer
• Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
• Former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
• Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
• Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro
• NYS Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm Smith
• NYS Senator Eric Adams
• NYS Senator Martin Connor
• NYS Senator Martin Malave Dilan
• NYS Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr.
• NYS Senator Thomas Duane
• NYS Senator Martin Golden
• NYS Senator Liz Krueger
• NYS Senator Carl Kruger
• NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery
• NYS Senator Suzi Oppenheimer
• NYS Senator Frank Padavan
• NYS Senator Kevin Parker
• NYS Senator John Sampson
• NYS Senator Diane Savino
• NYS Senator Eric Schneiderman
• NYS Senator Jose Serrano
• NYS Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
• NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins
• NYS Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson
• NYS Assemblymember Peter Abbate, Jr.
• NYS Assemblymember Mark Allesi
• NYS Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo
• NYS Assemblymember Robert Barra
• NYS Assemblymember Michael Benedetto
• NYS Assemblymember Michael Benjamin
• NYS Assemblymember Jonathan Bing
• NYS Assemblymember William Boyland, Jr.
• NYS Assemblymember Philip Boyle
• NYS Assemblymember Adam Bradley
• NYS Assemblymember James Brennan
• NYS Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny
• NYS Assemblymember Karim Camara
• NYS Assemblymember Barbara Marlene Clark
• NYS Assemblymember Michael Cusick
• NYS Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz
• NYS Assemblymember Ruben Diaz, Jr.
• NYS Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz
• NYS Assemblymember Pat Eddington
• NYS Assemblymember Steve Englebright
• NYS Assemblymember Adriano Espaillat
• NYS Assemblymember Herman Farrell, Jr.
• NYS Assemblymember Ginny Fields
• NYS Assemblymember Micheal Fitzpatrick
• NYS Assemblymember Sandra Galef
• NYS Assemblymember Deborah Glick
• NYS Assemblymember Richard Gottfried
• NYS Assemblymember Aurelia Greene
• NYS Assemblymember Carl Heastie
• NYS Assemblymember Vincent Ignizio
• NYS Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs
• NYS Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries
• NYS Assemblymember Rory Lancman
• NYS Assemblymember Ivan Lafayette
• NYS Assemblymember Charles Lavine
• NYS Assemblymember Micah Kellner
• NYS Assemblymember John Lavelle
• NYS Assemblymember Charles Lavine
• NYS Assemblymember Vito Lopez
• NYS Assemblymember Nettie Mayersohn
• NYS Assemblymember David McDonough
• NYS Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell
• NYS Assemblymember Felix Ortiz
• NYS Assemblymember Jose Peralta
• NYS Assemblymember N. Nick Perry
• NYS Assemblymember Jose Rivera
• NYS Assemblymember Naomi Rivera
• NYS Assemblymember Peter Rivera
• NYS Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal
• NYS Assemblymember Joseph Saladino
• NYS Assemblymember Michelle Schimel
• NYS Assemblymember Frank Seddio
• NYS Assemblymember Robert K. Sweeney
• NYS Assemblymember Fred W. Thiele, Jr.
• NYS Assemblymember Michele Titus
• NYS Assemblymember Darryl Towns
• NYS Assemblymember Robert Walker
• NYS Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg
• NYS Assemblymember Keith L.T. Wright
• NYS Assemblymember Ellen Young
• NYS Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski
• NYC Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo
• NYC Council Member Maria Baez
• NYC Council Member Charles Barron
• NYC Council Member Bill de Blasio
• NYC Council Member Gale Brewer
• NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie, Jr.
• NYC Council Member Inez E. Dickens
• NYC Council Member Erik Martin Dilan
• NYC Council Member Lewis A. Fidler
• NYC Council Member Helen Foster
• NYC Council Member James Gennaro
• NYC Council Member Vincent Gentile
• NYC Council Member Alan Gerson
• NYC Council Member Robert Jackson
• NYC Council Member G. Oliver Koppell
• NYC Council Member John Liu
• NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito
• NYC Council Member Miguel Martinez
• NYC Council Member Michael McMahon
• NYC Council Member Darlene Mealy
• NYC Council Member Hiram Monserrate
• NYC Council Member Annabel Palma
• NYC Council Member Domenic Recchia, Jr.
• NYC Council Member Diana Reyna
• NYC Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera
• NYC Council Member James Sanders, Jr.
• NYC Council Member Larry Seabrook
• NYC Council Member Kendall Stewart
• NYC Council Member Albert Vann
• NYC Council Member David Weprin
• NYC Council Member David Yassky
• Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams
• Nassau County Legislator David Mejias
• Babylon Supervisor Steven Bellone
• Babylon Council Member Lindsay Henry
• Oyster Bay Council Member Anthony Macagnone
• Rye Mayor Steven Otis
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy

Organizations:

• 1199/SEIU
• AAA Automobile Club of New York
• Abyssinian Baptist Church
• ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
• American Institute of Architects, Brooklyn Chapter
• ANJEC: Association of NJ Environmental Commissioners
• Associated General Contractors of NJ
• Boerum Hill Association
• Bronx Borough Board
• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
• Brooklyn Heights Association
• Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater NY
• Carpenters Union Local 6
• Carpenters Union Local 45
• Cement Masons' Local 780
• Clean Ocean Action
• Cobble Hill Association
• Community Service Society
• Concerned Residents of Bay Ridge
• Concrete Alliance, Inc.
• Dockbuilders Local 1456
• East of Hudson Rail Freight Task Force
• Environmental Defense
• General Contractors Association of New York
• Gowanus Expressway Community Coalition
• Greater New York Chamber of Commerce
• Hudson County Building & Construction Trades Council
• INFORM
• International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 16
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades D.C. 9
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14
• Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry
• Laborers International Union
• Laborers Local 79
• Laborers Local 731
• Long Island Association
• Long Island Progressive Coalition
• Midwood Civic Action Council
• Mason Tenders District Council of Greater NY & Long Island
• National Parks Conservation Association
• National Resources Defense Council
• New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV)
• NJEL: The New Jersey Environmental Lobby
• NJPIRG
• Nos Quedamos/We Stay
• NYC Central Labor Council
• NYC District Council of Carpenters
• NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
• NYS AFL-CIO
• Partnership for Sustainable Ports
• Pratt Center for Community Development
• Ravitch, Rice and Company LLC
• Regional Plan Association
• Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic
• Sephardic Voter's League
• Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter
• Sierra Club, NYC Transportation Committee
• South Bronx Clean Air Coalition
• Sustainable South Bronx
• Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
• Teamsters Local 282
• Teamsters Local 560
• Teamsters Local 805
• Teamsters Local 807
• Teamsters Local 808
• The Cement League
• The Point Community Development Corporation
• Transportation Alternatives
• Tri-State Transportation Campaign
• UPROSE
• West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
• Working Families Party