Arcuri silent on NY Uprising movement

SYRACUSE – Richard Hanna and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch are on a mission to reform New York.

Koch is in Syracuse today and has traveled through Upstate New York this week highlighting the efforts of his independent and nonpartisan reform group – NY Uprising. One issue NY Uprising is calling for is an independent, nonpartisan commission to draw redistricting in the state next year.

“I applaud Richard Hanna as a “Hero of Reform” for signing the New York Uprising pledge on legislative redistricting,” said Koch, founder of NY Uprising. “This year voters are counting on candidates to commit to specific reforms in advance, as Richard has done. I look forward to working with him to see them swiftly implemented should he be elected.”
 
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The Washington Post Friday ranked the top 30 House races likely to switch parties this November, and Michael Arcuri made the list at No. 16.

The Post noted the lack of people investing in Arcuri’s campaign, and the close race he had two years ago against self-made businessman Richard Hanna. (more…)

Hanna: Bill leaves out important provisions

Congressional candidate Richard Hanna today called on voters to see through the political opportunism of Michael Arcuri’s vote last night against the health-care bill.

“The voters are not so naive to think that Mr. Arcuri’s vote is a profile in courage,” Hanna said. “He was simply given a pass by his party’s leadership based on his performance in his last election.”
Hanna pointed out that Arcuri’s November vote in favor of government-run health care enabled this process. Arcuri cannot distance himself from taking responsibility for the passage of last night’s bill. (more…)

Arcuri should be held accountable

Tonight, the House of Representatives failed Americans everywhere by approving a flawed bill that increases costs while doing nothing to improve the quality of our health care system, Congressional candidate Richard Hanna said Sunday evening.

“It is an outright lie to say that this bill will save our nation money,” Hanna said. “Taxes would be collected immediately, yet new spending would be deferred for years. A decade of taxing would cover just six years of spending.” (more…)

UTICA – Three months ago, U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri voted in favor of Nancy Pelosi’s government-run health care legislation.

Today, following the footsteps of the famous flip-flopper John Kerry, Mr. Arcuri decided he will now vote against it (Gymburch, March 1, 2010, Rome Daily Sentinel).

Perhaps Mr. Arcuri said it best when he told WKTV NewsChannel 2 in Utica:

“I go to bed one night and I say, ‘I am going to support it,’ and I wake up and read some more things and say, ‘Geez, I don’t know if I can support this thing,’” Arcuri said. (Bailey, Sept. 18, 2009, WKTV) (more…)

More than a year after the U.S. House of Representatives passed an $819 billion stimulus bill, new analysis shows that nearly 80 percent of funding for renewable energy continues to go overseas.

Richard Hanna, congressional candidate in New York’s 24th District, today said it’s unfathomable that American tax dollars can be allocated to jumpstart alternative energy jobs in foreign countries. (more…)