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Related: About this forumZephyr Teachout: Cuomo “building power through fear”
Joseph Spector
Zephyr Teachout said shell decide in the next week on whether to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary after she lost the Working Families Party nod to him on Saturday.
Zephyr TeachoutTeachout, a Fordham University law professor, lost to Cuomo 59 percent to 41 percent at the WFP convention.
I talked to some folks there who said, My heart is with you, but I cant vote for you because Im afraid of what would happen to this institution, whether it be a labor union or a community organization. Im afraid that the governmental power of Cuomo would end up sucking the resources from the people I care and love, Teachout said this morning on The Nicole Sandler Show.
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