The Coalition Against Privatization will be handing out informational leaflets citywide on Saturday, July 12. Neighborhood activist Elizabeth Adam will meet volunteers in front of the Jefferson Market, 450 Sixth Ave. (10th to 11th Streets) between 12 noon and 4 p.m.
Non-profit health insurers GHI and HIP are proposing a merger and becoming a private company. For more information, contact noprivatization@yahoo.com or 718-869-2279.
State Senator Tom Duane wull report on Albany developments at our meeting on Thursday, July 10th,
7:30 pm,at the LGBT center, 208 West 13th Street near 7th Avenue.
He will report on the legislature's actions this year, working with the new Governor, and the
proposed Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station at Pier 40.
Petitioning for Primary, September 9, 2008
Petitioning has open for VID endorsed candidates.
Petitions, candidates info, and district maps are
available at V.I.D. headquarters, the basement, of 26 Perry Street (just west of 7th Ave). The hours to pick up petitions or to return completed nominating petitions
at V.I.D. headquarters are: Tuesday and Fridays, hours 5:30-7:30 pm. If you have any questions or need to schedule another time, please call Kathy Jacobson at 212-989-3123.
Frank Nervo, Candidate for Civil Court Judge, September 9, 2008 Primary
Frank Nervo, ex offico VID member, longtime downtown resident and community advocate is Democratic candidate for Civil Court Judge for the First Municipal District(Greenwich Village, Hudson Square, Soho, part of the Lower East Side and Chinatown). Endorsed by Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick, State Senator Tom Duane, Democratic clubs: Village Independent Democrats, Village Reform Democrats, Downtown Independent Democrats, Lower East Side Democrats, United Democratic Organization (U.D.O.).
To join his campaign and for information, call 212-352-0200.
The Village Independent Democrats made the following endorsements at its May 27 membership meeting at Judson Church:
- U.S. Congress 8th District- Rep. Jerrold Nadler
- U.S. Congress 14th District- Rep. Carolyn Maloney
- N.Y. State Senate- Sen. Tom Duane
- N.Y. State Assembly- Assembly Member Deborah Glick
- Manhattan Surrogate Court (2 ballots)- Nora Anderson
- Civil Court - 1st District- Frank Nervo
- State Committeewoman, 66th Assembly District-Rachel Lavine
- State Committeeman, 66th Assembly District-
Arthur Schwartz
- Judicial Convention Delegates, 66th Assembly District
- Frieda Bradlow
- Lorna Gottesman
- Keen Berger
- Jonathan Geballe
- Alternate Convention Delegates
- Sharon Woolums
- Sandro Sherrod
- Katherine B. Wolpe
- Katherine Jacobson
- Brad Hoylman
Tuesday, May 27th, 7:30 p.m. Endorsement Meeting
Judson Memorial Church, Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson Street (just below Washington Square South)
- U.S. Congress 8th District (Nadler) and 14th District (Maloney)
- New York State Assembly – 66th District (Glick)
- New York State Senate – 29th District (Duane)
- New York County Surrogates’ Court
- New York City Civil Court – 1st District
- Judicial Convention Delegates and Alternates, 66th Assembly District.
Thursday, March 27th, 7:30 p.m. Executive Committee meeting at V.I.D. headquarters, 26 Perry St.
Thursday, April 10th, Membership meeting, 7:30 p.m. Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street near
7th Avenue, 4th Floor. Speaker: John C. Liu, Chair, City Council Transportation Committee.
Peaceful civil disobedience actions are planned to take place March 19 in Washington D.C.
VID Executive Committee member, Tim McNerney, will coordinate VID's participation with
United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ), one of the sponsors On Saturday, March 22,
River to River: Join Hands for Peace, starting at noon, volunteers will join hands in a
human chain along 14th Street from Avenue A to 11th Avenue in a call for peace.
Invitations have been sent out to members, City and State officials,
and friends announcing our 51st Annual Dinner to be held on Thursday, April 3, 2008,
at the Manhattan Penthouse, 80 Fifth Avenue(at 14th Street) Cocktails and light buffet
start at 6 p.m;program begins at 7:30 p.m. This year's honorees will be
Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair, NY State Board of Elections; our own District Leaders,
Keen Berger and Brad Hoylman; Melissa Sklarz, Director NY Trans Rights Organization (NYTRO);
VID members will have another chance to endorse a Presidential candidate on Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m., at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Parish Hall, Second Avenue and East 10th Street. You'll also hear about upcoming events marking the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war and the latest developments on local issues and New York State politics. Everyone is welcome, but only VID members for at least 90 days are eligible to vote.
"Is Impeachment Necessary to Protect the Constitution?"
will be discussed by former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman; Bruce Fein, constitutional scholar; and Scott Horton, adjunct professor, Columbia Law School, at a Town Hall Meeting at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South(at Thompson St.) on Sunday, March 9, from 4-6 p.m. Congressman Jerry Nadler has been invited, but not confirmed. For info, call 212-340-9548 or e-mail: info@asknadler2impeach.org.
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