Follows New Yorkers for Growth Television Spot Highlighting

Cuomo's Refusal to Investigate WFP Allegations

New York, NY - April 26... If Andrew Cuomo truly plans to clean up the "cesspool" in Albany, he must reject the Working Families Party ballot line, wrote the editors of the New York Post today.

"Right up front, he [Cuomo]  needs flatly to refuse the backing of the morally bankrupt Working Families Party," the editors wrote. "The WFP is less a political party than a clearinghouse through which New York's public-employee unions buy and sell public officials. No governor who takes office beholden in any way to the WFP can hope to muck out Albany's stables."

Last month, New Yorkers for Growth, a political action committee dedicated to bringing responsible fiscal policies back to New York State government, began airing a television spot questioning why Mr. Cuomo has refused to investigate allegations against the WFP -- allegation now being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's office. The 30-second spot entitled "Prince Andrew" can be viewed here.

The Working Families Party (WFP), which is closely associated with the nationally-disgraced political organization ACORN, has, among other things, been accused of  illegally using non-profit corporations to circumvent political donation limits to give preferred candidates an unfair advantage in New York Democratic primaries. The Charities Bureau of the Attorney General's office is directly charged with supervision of non-profit organizations throughout the state.  It has also been reported that the WFP has illegally shared "resources and staff, and quiet money transfers [with] a secretive private company called Data and Field Services (DFS) and at least six current Council campaigns" (City Hall News.)

"New Yorkers for Growth is pleased that the New York Post has identified the Working Families Party as the core of the problem in New York State government," said New Yorkers for Growth spokeswoman, former Larchmont mayor Liz Feld. "Mr. Cuomo has to reject the WFP in his bid for governor.  Accepting the line would be a clear signal to New Yorkers that business-as-usual will continue under a Cuomo Administration.  The state will be vigilantly watching what he chooses to do."

Today's New York Post editorial concludes: "By explicitly turning his back on the Working Families Party, Andrew Cuomo would be sending a powerful signal that he means to be that kind of reformer. And if he doesn't -- well, that would send a signal, too."

To learn more about New Yorkers for Growth, please visit www.newyorkersforgrowth.com.