Friend, it's Andrew.

Between the primaries, our Matching Deadline, and the day-to-day of working to make New York a better place (hello data-center moratorium), it's been a busy couple of months.

But that hasn't stopped us from celebrating America 250 — and Brooklyn 250 — in style!

Brooklyn 250 is a borough-wide commemoration of the historic Battle of Brooklyn during the Semiquincentennial of the United States. I helped bring this event to our district through $350k in state funding, and I've been proud to take part as we spent the summer celebrating Brooklyn's role in our nation's founding.

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So far, we've celebrated New York's signing of the Declaration of Independence, toppled a fake statue of King George at Bowling Green, and learned about the role Black Americans played in the Revolution. This year's Battle of Brooklyn events will commemorate a defining moment in Brooklyn’s history while inviting new generations to engage with it.

Over the next few weeks, we're turning our attention towards the Battle of Brooklyn, the largest battle of the Revolutionary War and the first one we fought as a new nation!

Brooklyn 250 as a whole runs through the end of August. You can find all the events here.

Friend, if you support this kind of community-focused work from your State Senator, then I need your help. I'm on the ballot this November, and I'm ready to keep fighting for more events like this that directly benefit our district. Will you chip in a donation of any amount toward my re-election campaign?

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In solidarity,

Andrew

Andrew Gounardes is a champion for the working class and middle class families that are the backbone of New York.

He’s passed more than 100 bills into law, including legislation to protect kids from harmful social media algorithms, close a loophole in the state’s wage theft law, strengthen payment protections for freelance workers, expand the life-saving school zone speed camera program, guarantee family death benefits for public workers who died from Covid-19, and help secure and expand benefits for 9/11 responders.

He is working to help make college more affordable for New York students, dismantle the legal protections that allow perpetrators of workplace harassment and discrimination to prey on vulnerable workers, tackle the housing crisis by making it easier to build more affordable housing, and as a daily transit rider, fighting to improve the reliability, accessibility, and accountability of the MTA for all New Yorkers.

Andrew and his wife Melanie live in Bay Ridge, where they are raising their three children.

Andrew is a graduate of local parochial and public schools, Hunter College - CUNY, and the George Washington University Law School.

Prefer to donate via mail? Address a check to:

Andrew Gounardes for State Senate
C/O Berger Hirschberg Strategies
230 Park Ave., 17th Floor
New York, NY 10169

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