Ice cream social in support of Brad Hoylman-Sigal for Borough President
Monday, May 12, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Join Caroline Laskow, Ella Leitner, Kate Nammacher, and Melissa Shiffman in support of GSD’s endorsed candidate for Manhattan Borough President, Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
With NYC matching funds, your contribution is matched x8!
Phone Calls and Postcards
Every Tuesday until Primary Day, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Seward Coop Community Room, 266 East Broadway
To help get out the vote for our endorsed candidates, GSD is sponsoring phone banks and postcard-writing for District Attorney Alvin Bragg and City Councilmember Christopher Marte.
To make calls, bring a laptop, mobile phone, and headphones.
At our May meeting, voting members of the club will have a chance to vote on a series of bylaws amendments proposed by a special bylaws committee and the Executive Committee.
Below, Jeremy Sherber describes the proposals and explains the reasoning behind them.
Thanks to all for joining us on Tuesday night for an active, packed meeting.
April General Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 6:30 pm
Seward Coop Community Room
266 East Broadway
Join us for pizza and cake celebrating the successful end to our spring petitioning!
We have a full agenda Tuesday with in-person and remote guests starting at 6:30 pm:
We will also be discussing local, political, and club issues:
Councilmember Christopher Marte joined us to explain his bill — NYC Council Int 1096: Protecting the vested health insurance coverage and contributions of retired employees of the city of New York. Members voted in favor of a resolution supporting Int 1096.
Desiree Gazzo of NYC DDC gave a presentation on the progression of East River Park and answered members’ questions and concerns. Projected opening of the Corlears Hook Bridge and amenities is late Spring/Summer 2025. Sign up for updates here. View the slide presentation here.
Ain’t I a Woman visited us back in the Fall with home health attendants to share their stories of working 24 hour days, despite only being paid for 13 hours. They returned to ask for our support in pressuring elected officials to pass the No More 24 bill, enforce labor law, and pay back wages that are owed to them. They are holding a protest on Wed, March 12th, 11am in front of Governor Hochul’s NYC office (919 Third Avenue).
Write 500 Postcards to Wisconsin Voters by March 14! Thank you to those who picked up postcards for the special election for Wisconsin State Supreme Court! Here is the script.
Representatives from the City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) updated community members on the progress and challenges at East River Park during GSD’s March meeting this week.
The slide deck from their presentation is below.
Andrew Cuomo’s long political career and near-universal name recognition may redraw the Democratic primary for NYC Mayor.
But there are many who are ready to remind voters about Cuomo’s past misdeeds and policies targeting New York City commuters, homeless, public school students, and women.
Stop me if you've heard this one before… pic.twitter.com/H7xzrcqGQq
— Scott Stringer (@scottmstringer) March 1, 2025
“If New Yorkers want a corrupt bully with a record of alleged sexual misconduct, supporting Republicans, selling out to developers, and exacerbating crises, they can just stick with the current mayor. Andrew brings nothing to this race but baggage and an outstanding debt of $5 million. Hard pass.” (via Twitter)
“Andrew Cuomo destroyed New York City by cutting $2.5 million in Medicaid and thousands of psychiatric beds, resulting in a crisis of homeless people with serious mental illness on our streets, and by cutting MTA funding, resulting in the ‘Summer of Hell.’” (via email blast)
“Andrew Cuomo is no friend to New York City. As Governor, Cuomo slashed funding from our schools and subways, closed our hospitals, hurt our tenants and seniors — and Black New Yorkers paid the price. Cuomo encourages corruption, silences accountability, and has stood by as Donald Trump conducts a hostile takeover of our local government.” (via statement)
“Attorneys tell me to keep my head down and my mouth shut, but that is precisely why and how powerful men believe they can continue to act with impunity. This is not who we are as Americans — and certainly not who we are as New Yorkers. If we see something, we are supposed to say something. And elections give us our loudest voices.” (via Vanity Fair)
Your friends and neighbors are looking for people with shared values who are engaged politically during this wild time. Let’s get out on the street and let them know Grand Street Dems is here and ready to help them raise their voices.
Join us this weekend on Grand Street to get signatures to help our endorsed candidates get on the ballot for the June 24 primary, and bring some visibility to our club.
Scott Stringer petitioning with GSD on Grand Street this week.
Petitioning Kick-off
Sunday, February 23
12:30 – 2:30 pm
Saluggi’s — 399 Grand Street
Our endorsed candidates need your help to get on the ballot for June’s Democratic primary.
Every candidate needs a certain number of signatures from local Democrats to qualify for the June primary ballot.
We need your help to carry petitions to your neighbors to get those signatures!
Come to Saluggi’s Sunday afternoon to get petitions and instructions — we’ll tell you everything you need to know.
RSVP below so we’ll be ready for you.