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 […]
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October 8 General Meeting
VID members readied for Nov. 3rd election at the October 8 General Meeting…and for a new political year with a long list of VID Constitutional Amendments. Special Guests included the Honorable Harvey Epstein, the Honorable Brad Hoylman and Brooklyn BP Eric Adams. Full October 8 General Meeting Minutes HERE In his President’s Report at the October 8 General Meeting, David Siffert opened by saying he was focused on November, and mentioned that Saturday, October 10, there would be a phonebank […]
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 […]
Thanks to Our True Blue Supporters
VID’s True Blue Supporters Highlighted Our 62nd Annual Awards [cincopa AAOAhdOe9XBP] Among many illustrious attendees were Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Borough President Gale Brewer, Senators Brad Hoylman and Robert Jackson, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, and Councilmember Carlina Rivera. Of course, we owe a special thank-you to our awardees: our incredible Speaker and Councilmember Corey Johnson, grassroots allstars True Blue NY and No IDC NY, and VID legend Frieda Bradlow. Lastly, we need to thank the Gala Committee — Sara […]