New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was a special guest speaker at the 2025 Representative Assembly in Rochester.
She touched on her long history with NYSUT beginning in 2005 when she ran for office and had the support of educators and other unions when she won her first House seat in 2006. “We know how to amplify our voices, we know how to fight hard,” the senator said, touching on the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in New York state.
“When we fight, we win,” Sen. Gillibrand extolled the gathered delegates as she called on educators to be on the vanguard in protecting students and democracy.