VID chooses Public Advocate and Manhattan DA Endorsements on Feb. 6th
At the stroke of noon on Feb. 6th, VID, DID, Grand St. Dems, Coalition for District Alternatives, the United Democratic Organizations, New Downtown Democrats and the Village Reform Democratic Club hosted a well-attended Zoom forum for Public Advocate Candidates. Those present: Theo Chino , Anthony Herbert and Jumaane Williams.
At a 3:30pm endorsement meeting, VID selected both their Public Advocate and Manhattan DA endorsements after an hour and a half debate focused primarily on the Manhattan District Attorney race. The candidates considered were: Tahanie Aboushi, Alvin Bragg, Liz Crotty, Diana Florence, Lucy Lang, , Janos Marton, Eliza Orlins, Dan Quart and Tali Farhadian Weinstein. In addition to the latter debate Kelly Grace Price and a team of devoted members of VID’s Campaign Finance Committee presented a deep dive into the campaign finance records for the Manhattan District Attorney candidates.
The VID membership chooses Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate and Alvin Bragg for Manhattan District Attorney.