VID Celebrates its 58th year with an Awards Gala A highlight in the spring season of NYC politics, VID’s 58th Annual fête promises no less in 2015. The Spring Forward Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, April 30th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Tio Pepe Restaurant, at 168 West 4th St. Honors will go to Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu for bringing progressive values to the ballot and challenging the Democratic status quo. Receiving honors for the fight for […]
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Frieda Bradlow Hosts VID Holiday Party…Again!
Hostess Par Excellence, Frieda Bradlow, Hosts VID Holiday Party…Again! Grateful pols, VID members and friends vigorously bound up Frieda Bradlow’s steps on a very crisp December 15th to enter the by now celebrated West Village political parlor. The conversation was, at times, animated, at others hushed; the food scrumptious; the drink just right. The list of attendees? Take note: NYC Comptroller John Liu; Borough President-Elect Gale Brewer; NYS Senator Brad Hoylman; NYS Assemblymember Deborah Glick; NYS State Committee member and President […]
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 […]