VID President Nadine Hoffmann and CRDCNYC President Michael Schreiber welcomed panelists NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Small Business advocate Attorney Steve Barrison and Queens Center for Progress Executive Director, Charles Houston, each with different reference points regarding the $ 15 minimum wage.
The Forum was held in conjunction with Downtown Independent Democrats and was co-chaired by DID President Jeanne Wilcke and
VID President Jonathan Geballe.
The meeting will open with reports from
VID President, Erik Coler, Elected Officials and District Leader Keen Berger
Assemblymember Deborah Glick, with
VID President Jonathan Geballe and Executive Committee Member Ellen Peterson - Lewis
Our immediate past
VID president, Jonathan Geballe, won appointment as Male District Leader with a resounding vote on January 31 at the 66th Assembly District Part A County Committee special election replacing Brad Hoylman.
This year we have formed an Affordable Housing Committee, chaired by
VID President Erik Coler, that meets regularly with the purpose of protecting rent - stabilized and rent - controlled tenants.
WestView Publisher George Capsis (second from left) is pictured at the festivities with New York City Public Advocate Letitia James;
VID President Erik Coler; and New York State Senator Brad Hoylman (left to right).
For 40 Years of Grassroots Activism and Progressive Leadership, The Very Special Inaugural VID Member's Award — Tony Hoffmann, Former District Leader and Two - Time
VID President.
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 of the NYS Democratic Committee Progressive Caucus, Rachel Lavine; District Leaders Keen Berger and Jean Grillo; past
VID Presidents Jonathan Geballe, William Stricklin, and Katharine Wolpe; present VID President, Tony Hoffmann; Judges (and judges - elect) Frank Nervo, Kathryn Freed, Josh Hansshaft, Andrea Masley, Margaret Chan, Carol Sharpe, JJ Kelley, Dakota Ramseur, Anil Singh and Tania Kennedy; from the press Lincoln Anderson (The Villager) and photographer Tequila Minsky joined the festivities.
Not exact matches
Any ex officio member of the Executive Committee (District Leaders, past
president) who runs against a
VID slate or endorsed candidate will forfeit his / her seat on the Executive Committee until the next annual vote for Executive Committee members.
With a full house Nadine Hoffman,
VID's new
President opened a lively meeting to elect new
VID officers for 2015: Treasurer (s), Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries and Executive Committee.
«
VID is delighted with Governor Cuomo's just and wise decision,» said Erik Coler,
President of
VID.
VID is proud to sponsor an important panel on upcoming elections at our next
VID General Membership meeting May 4: «Getting Out the Voter 2012 (NYS Legislature, Congress,
President)» Four panelists will explore upcoming campaigns, and how we get our citizens to register, and our registered voters to the ballot box.
This was also the meeting for
VID members to elect a
president and three vice
presidents for 2014.
Thursday May 9, 2013, 6:30 PM *, Endorsement Meeting St. John's Lutheran Church 83 Christopher Street ● Mayor (Speakers:
VID members) ● Public Advocate (Speakers:
VID members) ● Borough
President (Speakers:
VID members) ● Civil Court Judges (Speakers: candidates +
VID members)
On December 13th, with a full house of members
VID elects new officers — Tony Hoffmann
President and three Vice
Presidents: Nat Johnson, Marti Speranza and Peter Crosta.
December 11, 2014 Photo Gallery
VID elects 2015
President and Vice
Presidents and holds a forum on Net Neutrality with Tim Wu.
And, Congratulations to our
President Erik Coler for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft), the tallest mountain in Africa, and he brought the
VID flag with him flown on the mountain as a present to the club (Donated to the
VID Clubhouse).
In a new behind - the - scenes
vid from Marvel Entertainment, Chris Pratt, Robert Downey, Jr., and Tom Holland — along with Kevin Feige, Infinity War producer and the
president of Marvel Studios, and Anthony and Joe Russo, the directors of the film — talk about why this Avengers / Guardians of the Galaxy crossover is set to be such a massive deal for Marvel fans across the board.