Great first meeting!

Grand Street Democrats had its first regular meeting Monday night with about 100 neighbors in Seward’s community room.

Thank you to Councilmember Margaret Chin and Councilmember-elect Carlina Rivera for kicking off the meeting (and for sticking around!).

We heard from a number of you about what issues you think GSD should be standing up for, and, importantly, what we can all do to help. Those comments encouraged us to set up several initial committees, including Political & Social Action, Outreach, Big D (electing Democrats everywhere), and our Student Committee.

Incredible turnout at our 1st Meeting! Over 90 people signed up, discussed goals & joined committees to make them happen. You can still join us online (see link in bio) – this is just a grand beginning. #changeishere #togetherwebuild #grandstreetdems

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What’s next?

We are already working on organizing a public meeting in December to take our concerns about Grand Street & Clinton Street traffic directly to local elected officials as well as the NYC Department of Transportation and our local 7th Precinct of the NYPD.

And we will be in touch after Thanksgiving with dates for initial meetings of our different committees, so that each group can start to set its own priorities.