Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday released a fundraising email for Queens Democratic district attorney candidate Tiffany Cabán ahead of the crowded June primary.
In the email, Ocasio-Cortez seek small dollar donations — as low as $3 — for Cabán’s campaign. Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Cabán’s bid earlier this week.
“Tiffany can’t win without you,” she wrote. “In these local elections, entrenched power and corporate PACs are especially hard to beat — will you counteract their influence and fight for criminal justice reform with a $3 contribution today?”
And the email frames the push around an effort to change the state’s criminal justice laws and a renewed approach to prosecution.
“For too long, the Queens DA has stood by as mass incarceration has ravaged our communities. New York pays $143,000 every year to keep someone incarcerated — just imagine what we could do if we instead invested that money in health care, infrastructure, or education,” the email states.
“Tiffany sees it the way we do. She’s spent years as a public defender in the city — defending some of our most vulnerable communities against a criminal justice system that just wants to throw folks behind bars. Countless people that she’s defended would tell stories about how Tiffany would walk them through issues with immigration, research job opportunities, and build a stable life for themselves.”