Full House for VID Forum on Affordable Housing Village Independent Democrats sponsored a free-wheeling forum, “Opening Doors: Affordable Housing in the de Blasio Era,” at St. John’s Lutheran Church Annex, on November 14. The forum was inspired by Mayor-elect de Blasio’s pledge to build 200,000 units of affordable housing and end what he has termed the “Tale of Two Cities” that currently characterizes New York City: a few wealthy at the top, and the rest struggling for life’s basics, including […]
Past Event Recaps
VID Co-Sponsors Air Rights Legislation Forum…and signs a post forum letter
The West Village Air Rights Issue Simultaneous to the VID-co-sponsored forum questioning the new Air Rights Legislation, Assembly Bill 8031/Senate Bill 5824 is signed into law by Governor Cuomo. A GVSHP-VID-Air-Rights-Letter drafted by Andrew Berman (GVSHP) was approved this week by VID’s Executive Committee. It outlines a long list of necessary questions left unanswered by the legislation. The letter’s goal is to ensure that the allowance for air rights transfers is not, and cannot be, used in a way which […]
VID Endorsed Candidates 2013
VID’s Endorsed Candidates 2013 Mayor: Bill DeBlasio Public Advocate: Letitia James Comptroller: Scott Stringer Manhattan District Attorney: Cyrus Vance Jr. Manhattan Borough President: Gale Brewer City Council District 3: Corey Johnson City Council District 2: Rosie Mendez City Council District 1: Margaret Chin Civil Court Judges: Kathryn E. Freed, Marcy S. Friedman, Adam Silvera State Supreme Court: Peter Moulton , Deborah James, Anil Singh
Pride Parade 2013 with VID and Friends
Pride Parade 2013 could not have been more significant or memorable. Tens of thousands of participants celebrated Edie Windsor’s and attorney Roberta Kaplan’s victory in striking down DOMA‘s unequal treatment of same sex marrieds, just days before. With this decision, the Supreme Court drew a line in the sand against anti-homosexual bigotry – and a multitude of same sex couples shared their jubilation. Rising to the top of Twitters list was #gayprideparade ; FaceBook pages are still awash with pictures […]