New York, NY - Dan Goldman, candidate for Congress in NY-10 and lead counsel for Trump’s first impeachment, was today endorsed by former Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch and former Congressman Steve Israel. These endorsements are a continuation of the campaign’s momentum and come after Goldman raised over $1.2 million from more than 2,100 individual contributions in just a month since declaring his candidacy, more than double the next largest end-of-quarter reported in the field, and polling that shows him as a frontrunner for the nomination.

“With our democracy under attack as never before, we must elect courageous leaders,” Richard Ravitch said. “Dan Goldman has the intelligence, creativity, and integrity needed for this moment. He is a skilled prosecutor who stood up to Trump and proved the case in the first impeachment. In this moment of great urgency, Dan is exactly the type of leader we need uniquely qualified to save our democracy and our fundamental rights. I am proud to support Dan Goldman in this campaign to represent us in Congress.”

“Dan Goldman’s skills, expertise, and courage are badly needed in Congress right now to stand up to Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress,” Steve Israel said. “He will be a strong voice for gun control, reproductive rights, and the right to vote. I know what it takes to win Congressional elections and am proud to be part of Dan’s growing campaign to defend our democracy, our fundamental rights, our safety, and our planet itself."

“I am honored to have earned the support of former Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch and former Congressman Steve Israel, two leaders who have spent their careers serving New York City and State,” Dan Goldman said. “Few elected officials past or present understand the concerns of New Yorkers at the state and federal level the way they do, and I am incredibly grateful for their vote of confidence in our campaign’s vision for commonsense and competent leadership. This is another sign of the momentum we are feeling as we campaign across the district and build this campaign to defend our democracy and protect our fundamental rights.

Richard Ravitch is an attorney, businessman, and public official who formerly served as New York State’s Lieutenant governor from 2009 to 2010. A dedicated public servant, Ravitch has been engaged in both public and private sectors for over 50 years. He began his career as a principal of the HRH Construction Corporation, where he supervised the development, financing, and construction of over 45,000 units of affordable housing across the United States. Ravitch was appointed as the chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 1979, where he developed a long-term capital plan, budget, and financing for a system-wide upgrade of operating equipment and signal capabilities. In 1999, Ravitch was appointed co-chair of the Millennial Housing Commission, examining the federal government’s role in meeting the nation’s growing affordable housing challenges. Currently, Ravitch is a director of the Volcker Alliance, a nonprofit focusing on the challenge of effective execution of public policy and rebuilding the public’s trust in government.

Steve Israel is a former Congressman, author, and political commentator who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. While in Congress, Israel served as House Democrats' chief political strategist from 2011 to 2015 as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Israel also served on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, taking a leading role in supporting historic preservation, land conservation, and cultural arts investments. Since leaving Congress, Israel has been a regular political commentator on CNN and MSNBC, as well as his commentary being featured regularly in the New York Times, The Atlantic Magazine, The Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Currently, Israel serves as Director of the nonpartisan Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University, where he was appointed in 2019.

Dan Goldman and his wife, Corinne, live in lower Manhattan where they are raising their five children. In 2019, Dan Goldman served as lead counsel for the impeachment investigation of President Donald J. Trump for abusing his office for his personal interest regarding Ukraine. In that role, Goldman led depositions and questioned witnesses in public hearings, and testified before the House Judiciary Committee.

Prior to that, Goldman served for a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York working with Preet Bharara. In that role, he held powerful actors accountable and made our city safer. He took on some of the office’s biggest and most consequential cases: prosecuting violent criminals and gun trafficking, mafia bosses and Russian organized crime, and landmark insider trading and major corporate fraud cases. In law school, Goldman contributed to Michelle Alexander’s seminal book, The New Jim Crow, which addressed the inequalities in our criminal justice system.

The Democratic Primary in New York’s 10th congressional district is on Tuesday, August 23.