Jay Jacobs must go!

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Jay Jacobs must go!

Governor Kathy Hochul

While voters throughout the country turned out and turned back the expected red wave, in New York State the Democratic Party dropped the ball. They lost FOUR winnable Democratic Congressional seats, thereby handing over the U.S. House of Representatives to the insurrectionist Republican Party. The responsibility for these losses lies squarely with NY Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs.

This is the same Jay Jacobs who supported disgraced ex-Governor Cuomo, who botched the passage of pro-voter constitutional amendments, who sought to destroy the WFP, who tried to cancel the 2020 Presidential primary, who refused to support the Democratic primary winner for Buffalo Mayor AND who supported the IDC's alliance with Republicans to control the state senate.

It is long past time to reform the NY State Democratic Party. But we must begin with the leadership. Only then can we forge ahead together.

Tell Governor Hochul that JACOBS HAS TO GO!

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To: Governor Kathy Hochul
From: [Your Name]

Dear Governor Hochul,

Last week, voters across the US successfully combated a ‘red wave’ and instead flipped several state legislatures and gubernatorial seats to democratic control and fought valiantly to maintain congressional seats.

Here in New York, however, the State Democratic Party – led by Cuomo appointee Jay Jacobs – failed to commit the time, energy, and resources necessary to maintain our deep-blue status: 4 Congressional seats flipped to Republican control, and Governor Hochul won by a slim majority— the smallest in two decades.

The writing is on the wall and has been for some time: Jay Jacobs is not fit to serve as Chair of the State Democratic Party, and it’s time for Governor Hochul to work with the party to elect a focused, determined, unifying party leader.

During his victory speech, Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado said New York must continue to be a beacon of progress. But we cannot be the guiding light for our country under a party chair who spends his time creating a third party, actively works against Democratic nominees (while comparing them to nationally-known racists no less), supports his local Republican Party, doesn’t lift a finger to enact constitutional amendments to protect our democracy, and blames everyone else for his leadership failures.

The New York State Democratic Party is better than this. We, the undersigned, are ready to work with Governor Hochul to elect a real party leader who embodies actual democratic values and is – as our party website clearly states – ‘committed to building a party that ensures New Yorkers have progressive, fair, and dedicated leaders at every level of government.’

Sincerely,