VID Elects 2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements at January 9th Meeting. Full Meeting Minutes Here David Siffert opened the 2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements meeting with a discussion about how to handle endorsing civil judge candidates in light of the fact that the County’s panel will not report out approved judges until the day after our February meeting. He suggested three options: One, to hold a special meeting on the Tuesday after the regular meeting to address the endorsements. Two, to leave the endorsements to the Executive Committee. And three, to hold an extra long meeting on the normal date, February 13. and […]
Events & Calendar
Democratic Primary Endorsements – UPDATE
The election season starts on December 12th, when VID will vote on their Democratic Primary Endorsements for President. It is also the night that the membership will elect VID’s 2020 President and three Vice Presidents. Now would be a good time to sign on or renew your membership, if you haven’t already. Only paid up members will be able to vote. Click here for Candidate and Member rules for Dec. 12th Additional Democratic Primary Endorsements The January 9th Membership Meeting will host candidates for NYS Senate and Assembly as well as State Committeewoman and State Committeeman for the 66th AD. Added […]
VID Celebrates the Holidays
VID celebrates the Holidays where fun was had by all at the record breaking open house, hosted by Frieda Bradlow and her son Robert. Elected officials in attendance were Senator Chuck Schumer, Congressmember Caroline Maloney, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Borough President Gale Brewer, Councilmember Carlina Rivera, Councilmember Brad Lander and Erik Bottchrt representing Speaker Corey Johnson, with dozens of Judges and Judicial Candidates. Here’s a sampling: