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Queens, NY-Standing outside of a boarded up and garbage strewn house currently in foreclosure proceedings, Councilman Joe Addabbo joined with CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton and local community members to release an analysis of the exact break down of foreclosed, pre-foreclosed, and bank owned properties in the 15th senate district. In addition, Addabbo blasted the Republican Senate for failing to pass the NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION BILL S. 7028 in May, which would’ve allowed a municipality to clean up a property and bill the foreclosing bank for the cost.

QUEENS, NY- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton voiced her avid support for Councilman Joe Addabbo in his bid to unseat Republican Senator Serf Maltese.

QUEENS, NY- Standing outside of the Ridgewood Older Adult Center (ROAC), Councilman Joe Addabbo joined with dozens of local seniors and Bobbie Sackman, Director of Public Policy for the Council of Senior Centers and Services to condemn Mayor Bloomberg’s $12.6 million cut to senior centers and Albany’s failure to take action.

QUEENS, NY- Councilman Joe Addabbo joined with Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, the Working Families Party (WFP), the NY Coalition for Paid Family Leave, and a new mother to call on the state senate to finally get serious about Paid Family Leave (PFL). Addabbo lambasted the Senate Republicans’ lackluster effort to address the growing concern in the labor force between family/work balance.

QUEENS, NY- Gathered at a local pharmacy with the Vice President of the Doctors Council SEIU, Councilman Joe Addabbo laid out his 3 Point Healthcare Plan to address the rising cost of healthcare. Having also earned the endorsement of the New York State Nurses Association, Addabbo has made healthcare a central platform of his campaign.

QUEENS, NY- Standing outside of a non-union Comfort Inn receiving $237,644 in ICIP tax breaks, Councilman Joe Addabbo joined with members of the Hotel Trades Council (HTC), 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA, and UFCW to voice their opposition to the ICIP program, which gives hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to companies, with no requirements that they create quality jobs, instead of helping to support small businesses and companies that pay decent wages and provide benefits.

NEW YORK-Standing on the steps of City Hall, Joe Addabbo received the resounding endorsement of the New York State Nurses Association.

"Mr. Addabbo's record shows strong support for nursing and healthcare issues," said Tina Gerardi, CEO of the New York State Nurses Association. "As City Council Chair of the Committee on Civil Service and Labor, he has also advanced legislature and initiatives of importance to nurses. We wish him success in his bid for the Senate."

QUEENS, NY-Standing together with Ridgewood business owner Howard Michler, Councilman Joe Addabbo pointed across the street at a Hess gas station which receives $13,761 in Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program (ICIP) monies.

QUEENS, NY-Last night, on the heels of a sweeping victory, Councilman Joe Addabbo officially snagged the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Serf Maltese in the general election for State Senate. Greeted by a room of supporters at Carosello in Howard Beach, Addabbo rallied the crowd:

QUEENS, NY-In the wake of four recent crimes committed at gunpoint, Councilman Joe Addabbo gathered with Mothers Against Guns (MAG), the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and cab driver Enois Malbranche, who was shot and blinded on August 7th to condemn the rash of violence and call for tougher gun restrictions. On Friday, August 22nd a cab driver in Elmhust was shot in the face, on Monday, August 25th a woman was robbed and raped at gunpoint in Ozone Park, while on August 27th another cab driver was shot in the Bronx.