On Thursday, February 9th members participated in the VID Spring 2023 endorsements conducting interviews with 13 candidates running in the June Primary: three running for new City Council Districts; two running in the 66th AD as District Leaders; eight running for Civil Court Judgeships. There were also endorsements for 13 Judicial Delegates and Alternates. You can see the full candidates list here. And, here are the results of the VID Spring 2023 endorsements: District Leaders, 66th AD – Jen Hoppe, […]
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January 14th General Meeting
The First Meeting of the Year Highlighted Ranked Choice Voting, NYC Candidate Endorsements and VID Elections Full Meeting Minutes Co-President Cam Krause opened the January 14th General Meeting with a vote on the agenda, which passed unanimously. Co-President Mar Fitzgerald gave the President’s Report. She announced it was the first meeting of 2021, also the first meeting under her and Cam’s leadership. She said they were very honored to be serving as Co-Presidents, and that the Executive Committee had signed […]
June 11 Meeting Passes Four Resolutions
The Membership Meeting of June 11 Passed Four Resolutions Addressing Voting Rights, Medical Aid in Dying, Police Reform and Definding the NYPD President David Siffert brought the meeting to order, and a motion to adopt the agenda passed. Resolutions Melissa Carty read her Resolution to Eliminate the 20% Matching Requirement for State Elections and led a discussion. (This resolution eventually passed by email.) Amanda Cavanaugh and Keen Berger debated the debated the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Amanda, who is […]
2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements
VID Elects 2020 Officers; NYS Candidate Endorsements at January 9th Meeting. 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 […]