Mitrano Launches 2nd Bid To Represent NYS
CORNING — Tracy Mitrano has officially launched her second bid to represent New York’s 23rd Congressional District.
Politicians “who used to represent the center of American politics have become puppets to big moneyed corporate interests,” said Mitrano, who is looking to unseat incumbent Republican Tom Reed. “In their pursuit of profit they do not care about our environment, all-consuming debt, separating children from their parents at the border, polluting the beautiful resources of our planet, predatory interest rates, failing infrastructure, the farmers in this district under water, literally and figuratively, the onerous tax burden on the middle class or the working poor who can’t make ends meet.”
Speakers included Tony Marco, a Steuben County dairy farmer, who spoke on Mitrano’s behalf, Steuben County legislator Steve Maio, Rick Gallant, a teacher and board member of the New York State United Teachers; and Dora Leland, a teacher, NYSUT member and chair of Chemung County Democrats. The event was hosted by Corning City Democrats and the Mitrano campaign.
Mitrano has spent the months since the 2018 race traveling around the district, which spans New York state’s Southern Tier from Chautauqua County to Tioga County. By talking to residents, Mitrano said she gained more insight into the way federal policy affects them, for better or worse.
“No matter our circumstances or backgrounds, we are far more alike than we are different,” she said. “We all want the same things: to be safe from foreign and domestic threats, to have freedom with responsibility, the opportunity to thrive, to care for our families, to contribute to our communities.”
Mitrano pledged to:
¯ Pursue an aggressive, research-based response to the climate crisis
¯ Fight for universal, affordable healthcare, including mental health services and prevention of and treatment for addiction
¯ Address student debt by leveling interest rates Support women’s reproductive rights and combat sexual assault and domestic violence
¯ Fight for reasonably priced child-care
¯ Push for sensible immigration reform
¯ Support resources for infrastructure for extreme weather events, safe roads, public transportation and broadband Internet
¯ Work to get corporate interests and dark money out of politics, including repeal of the immunity to civil suits Congress gave gun manufacturers and sellers
¯ Lead House efforts to protect national security through cybersecurity, and the rights of both citizens and consumers who use the Internet
She also said she would oppose raising taxes on working- and middle-class people, and to lower the deficit “by making sure that the wealthy pony up.”
“These are my promises,” Mitrano said, “and if I don’t live up to them, vote me out!”