Cornell Progressives Student Group Endorses Anna Kelles

In a guest column originally sent to The Cornell Daily Sun, we received the support of some amazing local student-leaders.

Read their endorsement here:

Our final endorsement goes toward Anna Kelles, a candidate for the New York State Assembly in the state’s 125th district (which represents Tompkins County and a portion of Cortland County). Kelles is an educator and epidemiologist who has also served as a Tompkins County legislator.

During her time as a legislator, she has played an instrumental role in making Ithaca and Tompkins County a sanctuary area for undocumented immigrants, marking the first creation of a sanctuary county since the 2016 election. She has also fought for local environmental protections, including by fighting against the placement of a trash incinerator on the shore of Cayuga Lake.

If elected to the NYS Assembly, Kelles will fight for a universal, single-payer healthcare system within NYS through the NY Health Act, a comprehensive response to climate change through Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, and a substantive solution to statewide food insecurity through the $25 million Nourish New York Initiative. Overall, we are confident that Anna will be a principled advocate for the people of Ithaca, NY-125, and the state as a whole.