Sussman (file): “… the mess we are in”
GOSHEN – Orange County civil rights attorney Michael Sussman announced late Thursday that he will seek the Green Party nomination for state attorney general.
The long-time lawyer said he has “watched our state government turned into an intolerable cesspool. Only a different political party can provide the change we need.”
Sussman said both major political parties “are responsible for the mess we are in.” He said he has witnessed Governor Andrew Cuomo “tolerate corruption repeatedly; while claiming to represent regular New Yorkers, he raised millions of dollars from special interest groups and then caters to their agenda.”
Sussman said he has “watched the Republican Party stand against women’s rights, prudent measures to control guns, major innovations in public education.”
Neither political party “has fought corruption in Albany and both have been participants in pay for play at the highest level.”
The long-time attorney said he can promise New Yorkers one thing – “no one will ever own or control me and I will do your business.” He said he “will not maintain the arrogant bureaucracy which has defined the New York State Attorney General’s Office regardless of whether it was run by Cuomo, Spitzer of Schneiderman.”
Eric Schneiderman resigned from the AG’s post earlier this month following allegations that he had assaulted former girlfriends during sexual encounters.
