ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE ANDREW CUOMO ENDORSED BY COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA.

Praises Cuomo as “Best Qualified Candidate to Succeed Eliot Spitzer”.

Cuomo Seeks AFL-CIO Endorsement at Next Week’s Convention.

New York, NY (August 10, 2006) – New York State Attorney General candidate Andrew Cuomo today received the support of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1 which represents 75,000 workers statewide.

Today’s boost of support from the CWA, part of the AFL-CIO, arrives on the eve of the AFL-CIO convention in Albany at which the 2.3 million-member labor organization will endorse a candidate to succeed Eliot Spitzer as Attorney General. Andrew has fought hard to safeguard worker protections and has said he would put the aggressive enforcement of New York’s labor laws at the top of his agenda. Andrew believes that the AFL-CIO’s support would be critical because it reflects the voices of more than 2 million hard-working and middle class families across the state.

“Andrew Cuomo is far and away the best qualified candidate to succeed Eliot Spitzer as New York's next Attorney General,” said Chris Shelton, Vice President, CWA District 1. “Andrew has been an amazing champion for the rights and dignity of all workers. He has an outstanding record of results standing up for working families against discrimination, predatory banks, mortgage scams and waste, fraud and abuse in government. We look forward to working with Attorney General Cuomo to make New Yorker a better place for workers, consumers and all New Yorkers.”

“I am proud to have the support of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) which represents thousands of hard-working families,” said Andrew Cuomo, candidate for New York State Attorney General. “I would be honored to earn the AFL-CIO endorsement because it speaks for the needs and priorities of millions of working and middle class New Yorkers. As Attorney General, I will work day in and day out to protect workers’ rights and dignity. I will take on the powerful institutions that put profits over people and the federal government when it fails our families. I will be New Yorkers’ toughest advocate.”