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  • GSD recommends mixed votes on 2025 ballot proposals

    This November’s ballot will include six ballot proposals seeking voter approval: one to amend the New York State Constitution, and five more that would amend the New York City Charter.

    GSD members recommend the following votes:

    Proposal 1

    Allows skiing and related trail facilities on state forest preserve land. The site is 1,039 acres. Requires State to add 2,500 acres of new forest land in Adirondack Park.

    👍 YES

    Proposal 2

    Fast track applications delivering affordable housing in the community districts that produce the least affordable housing, significantly reducing review time. Maintain Community Board review.

    👎 NO

    Proposal 3

    Simplify review of modest amounts of additional housing and minor infrastructure projects, significantly reducing review time. Maintain Community Board review, with final decision by the City Planning Commission.

    👎 NO

    Proposal 4

    Establish an Affordable Housing Appeals Board with the Council Speaker, local Borough President, and Mayor to review Council actions that reject or change applications creating affordable housing.

    👎 NO

    Proposal 5

    Consolidate borough map office and address assignment functions, and create one digital City Map at Department of City Planning. Today, the City Map consists of paper maps across five offices.

    👍 YES

    Proposal 6

    Move the City’s primary and general election dates so that City elections are held in the same year as Federal Presidential elections, when permitted by state law.

    👎 NO

  • GSD recommends five candidates for Mayor

    At the beginning of the primary season, GSD members endorsed Scott Stringer for NYC Mayor, and subsequently helped petition to qualify Stringer for the June primary.

    In April, the club approved a resolution encouraging voters to not rank Andrew Cuomo on their ballots.

    But that still leaves room for four more names to select on this year’s ranked-choice ballot, with nearly a dozen candidates to choose from.

    In fact, if your preference is to defeat Andrew Cuomo, who is currently the front-runner in multiple polls, it’s important to take advantage of all five ranking options on your ballot, to ensure that your vote continues to have an effect even if your first (or second, or third …) choices do not gain enough votes city-wide to survive the instant runoff process.

    With that in mind, GSD members voted again in May to recommend five candidates (Stringer plus four) for Mayor:

    Scott Stringer
    Brad Lander
    Zohran Mamdani
    Adrienne Adams
    Zellnor Myrie

    Make sure your vote counts — rank all five for Mayor.

  • Stringer, Williams, Levine, and Hoylman-Sigal collect GSD endorsements for 2025 Democratic primary

    Grand Street Democrats members voted to endorse candidates for city-wide and borough-wide offices this week:

    • For Mayor: Scott Stringer
    • For Public Advocate: Jumaane Williams
    • For Comptroller: Mark Levine
    • For Manhattan Borough President: Brad Hoylman-Sigal

    These four endorsements round out GSD’s slate of candidates for the 2025 primary season, after previously endorsing Alvin Bragg for Manhattan District Attorney, Christopher Marte for City Council District One, and Jessica Kramer and Joseph Gordon for Democratic District Leaders.

    With news surrounding Mayor Adams’ compromises with the Trump administration in order to escape federal indictments, it couldn’t be more clear that our local elections matter a great deal this year. GSD members will begin collecting signatures on February 25 to help their endorsed candidates get on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 24.

  • Grand Street Dems endorses Jessica Kramer and Joe Gordon for Democratic District Leaders

    For the first time since GSD was founded in 2017, the club has endorsed two new candidates for Democratic District Leader for Assembly District 65 Part A:

    Jessica Kramer is an entrepreneur and member of the Seward Park Cooperative Board.

    Joe Gordon is a sales consultant, minority owner of Akademisk Boldklub, and a longtime resident of Hillman Coop.

    We look forward to petitioning with them starting in February!

  • Alvin Bragg for Manhattan District Attorney

  • Christopher Marte for City Council District 1