New York, NY – All seventeen of the New York City Council candidates backed by NYCLASS (New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets) or supported by NYCLASS Animal Protection through an independent expenditure won Tuesday’s primary elections. NYCLASS and NYCLASS Animal Protection supported these candidates because of their deep commitment to pursuing meaningful change for New York City’s horse carriage industry.

"Voters last night demonstrated their clear support for leaders committed to improving the quality of life for New York's carriage horses, and we hope to see that same enthusiasm in November,” said Edita Birnkrant, Executive Director of NYCLASS. “NYCLASS and NYCLASS Animal Protection congratulate the candidates we’ve backed on this important victory.”

In the six districts where it operated independent expenditures, NYCLASS Animal Protection knocked on 18,500 doors, made 62,000 phone calls, sent over 10,000 text messages and sent campaign mailers to over 100,000 voters.

Following last night’s primary election, which marked the end of its first round of independent expenditures, NYCLASS Animal Protection is considering filing a second round of independent expenditures for the general election on November 7th.

Winning Candidates Backed by NYCLASS:
Margaret Chin, Council Member for the 1st District (Manhattan)
Carlina Rivera, candidate for the 2nd District (Manhattan)
Corey Johnson, Council Member for the 3rd District (Manhattan)
Ben Kallos, Council Member for the 5th District (Manhattan)
Mark Levine, Council Member for the 7th District (Manhattan)
Ydanis Rodriguez, Council Member for the 10th District (Manhattan)
Mark Gjonaj, candidate for the 13th District (Bronx)
Fernando Cabrera, Council Member for the 14th District (Bronx)
Danny Dromm, Council Member for the 25th District (Queens)
Adrienne Adams, candidate for the 28th District (Queens)
Donovan Richards, Council Member for the 31st District (Queens)
Winning Candidates Supported by NYCLASS Animal Protection:
Keith Powers, candidate for the 4th District (Manhattan)
Helen Rosenthal, Council Member for the 6th District (Manhattan)
Paul Vallone, Council Member for the 19th District (Queens)
Francisco Moya, candidate for the 21st District (Queens)
Laurie Cumbo, Council Member for the 35th District (Brooklyn)
Justin Brannan, candidate for the 43rd District (Brooklyn)