YETTA KURLAND RELEASES FIRST CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT IN RACE TO CITY HALL
Civil rights attorney promises to "fight to make sure that we have a hospital for our community"
The campaign of civil rights attorneyYetta Kurland released its first paid advertisement of the 2013 race for New York City Council in District 3, a 90-second web video in which Kurland promises to "fight to make sure that we have a hospital for our community."
The video opens with footage of Kurland doing volunteer relief work in the aftermath of super storm Sandy . "As a civil rights attorney, I've represented New Yorkers in their fights to keep affordable housing," Kurland says in the video. "I've represented folks to make sure that they've had fair work environments and fair wages for their work... I have stood up to the most powerful special interests in this City to fight to restore hospital services. And as the next City Councilmember for the lower West side of Manhattan , I will fight to make sure that we have a hospital for our community."
Kurland identifies the need "to come together as a community" and references her strong background in coalition building to deliver for New Yorkers. Kurland boasts a wide range of endorsements ranging from key unions such as DC37, women's groups such as the National Organization for Women NYC Chapter, and leaders in the LGBTQ community or communities of color such as City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez.
This viral advertisement will be released on YouTube, Vimeo and in the official Yetta Kurland Facebook page, with over 3,300 fans and supporters in District 3 and neighboring communities.
Yetta Kurland is a civil rights attorney and small business owner who has created jobs in New York for close to twenty years. As an attorney, she has represented tenants in housing cases and won court victories in the struggle for equality for LGBT people. When St. Vincent's Hospital was closed to make way for luxury housing, Kurland led the fight for a new hospital for West Side residents, leading the Coalition for a New Village Hospital . Kurland is running for City Council in District 3, her home for more than two decades. The district encompasses Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea and the West Village . Kurland lives in Chelsea with her two Italian Greyhounds, Luca and Salvatore.
Video Transcript:
I think that there have been a lot of advances in progressive organizing in the last decade or two. I think we've advanced on this idea of coalition building; and it's important to connect the dots and to see the commonality and the struggles around empowerment and equality.
As a civil rights attorney, I've represented New Yorkers in their fights to keep affordable housing. I've represented folks to make sure that they've had fair work environments and fair wages for their work.
I've created hundreds of jobs for New Yorkers. I have stood up to some of the most powerful special interests in this city to fight to restore hospital services. And as the next City Council Member for the Lower West Side of Manhattan , I will fight to make sure we have a hospital for our community.
I'm running for City Council because I believe we need to recapture public interest and public service in public office. I think that the way that we change some of the problems that we, as a community, face is for us to come together as a community. When we come together as a community, we can win.
I don't want to just become the next City Council Member; I want to actually change the way that we do government in New York City. We need independent advocates in City Council who can be the voice for those who do not have a voice.
Hi, I'm Yetta Kurland and I'm running for New York City Council.