A liberal activist critical of Democratic Gov. Cuomo has launched a campaign website in a bid to run against him on the Working Families Party line.
Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout said she is "running for governor because New Yorkers need an economy and democracy that actually works for them–not just the wealthy few."
Zephyr, 42, who has been active in a number of liberal causes, has slammed Cuomo in social media for pushing tax cuts and failing to enact sweeping campaign finance reform to remove big money from political campaigns.
"As a leading advocate to help prevent wealthy and corporate donors from buying our democracy, Zephyr's arguments were cited in the Citizens United case by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Zephyr's own book – Corruption in America – will be published by Harvard University Press this September," her campaign website [zephyrteachout com) says.
"Zephyr is committed to making our politics more responsive to the needs and values of working and middle-class families. In 2004, she led online organizing for Howard Dean's presidential campaign, where she pioneered new ways of giving voice and power to people in our democracy," her bio says.
A Vermont native who resides in the Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Zephyr was the first national director of the Sunlight Foundation. After the financial crisis of 2008, Zephyr co-founded A New Way Forward, a group dedicated to breaking up the power of Wall Street banks.
The Working Famlies Party hold its convention Saturday to determine whether to back Cuomo's re-election or nominate Zephyr.
The left-leading party backed Cuomo in 2010.
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