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August 24, 2021
NYPost: Democratic Party rallies around new NY Gov. Kathy Hochul
Hochul has a very strong chance to get party leaders’ backing if she faces a primary challenge when she seeks re-election next year, the party’s state chairman said.
“The county chairmen I spoke to are very favorably disposed to Hochul. I’m talking about county leaders everywhere in the state,” said state Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs.
Jacobs said Hochul as lieutenant governor engaged in retail politicking over the past seven years, traveling the state and helping raise funds for local Democratic committees and supporting Democratic candidates.
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April 29, 2021
WAMC: The Capitol Connection #2118 - Jay Jacobs - Chairman Of The NYS Democratic Committee
(Airs 04/29/21 @ 3 p.m. & 05/01/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Jay Jacobs, Chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee. Listen here.
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January 12, 2021
Newsday: Zeldin faces calls to resign in wake of Capitol attack
Since the siege on the U.S. Capitol, a group of local progressive Democrats have started an online petition calling for Zeldin’s ouster that has collected more than 1,700 signatures, dozens of protesters gathered outside of his Patchogue office Monday demanding his expulsion from Congress, and New York State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs last week called for Zeldin to resign.
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January 11, 2021
Patch: LI Protest Planned To Demand Rep. Zeldin's Expulsion
Jay S. Jacobs, chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, called on Zeldin and Republican congressional Reps. Chris Jacobs, Nicole Malliotakis and Elise Stefanik to resign "for their complicity in Wednesday's deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol."
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January 10, 2021
Long Island Press: Dems Petition for Zeldin’s Resignation After Biden Vote
“These four have spent weeks and months delegitimizing our electoral process thereby undermining our faith in our democratic institutions,” Jacobs said in an email Friday with a link to the online petition. “We saw the grave consequences of supporting such divisive and false claims…After supporting these lies against our democracy by a narcissistic authoritarian in the White House who wanted to cling to power, they must resign.”
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January 7, 2021
NY Dems Chairman Jay S. Jacobs Calls for Congressional Resignations
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January 7, 2021
ICYMI: Chairman Jay Jacobs on News 12 Long Island Commenting About Yesterday’s Insurrection
"Jacobs said that Reps. Lee Zeldin, Nicole Malliotakis, Elise Stefanik and Chris Jacobs “have not only violated their oath of office, they have disgraced the districts and state that they represent.”
“Supporting a lie that you know to be false has consequences, as we can see clearly today,” the state’s top Dem said. “There are four dead bodies that are testament to how serious those consequences can be.”
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January 7, 2021
NYDN: N.Y. Democratic Party chairman calls on quartet of GOP Congress members to resign over blocking Joe Biden’s electoral win
"Jacobs said that Reps. Lee Zeldin, Nicole Malliotakis, Elise Stefanik and Chris Jacobs “have not only violated their oath of office, they have disgraced the districts and state that they represent.”
“Supporting a lie that you know to be false has consequences, as we can see clearly today,” the state’s top Dem said. “There are four dead bodies that are testament to how serious those consequences can be.”
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January 4, 2021
NY Dems Chairman Jay Jacobs Calls for Resignation of Republican NY Congresswoman Elise Stefanik
