Author: Sandro Sherrod

Labor day is especially important to me this year because of the renewed attacks on organized labor that is becoming commonplace across our nation and has only served to strengthen my commitment to advance progressive politics in our district and further afield.

It also marks a bittersweet close of summer and our hiatus that signifies a return to our regular meetings. Please note that our meeting date has been changed to September 19th because of a conflict with the county executive committee meeting.

 

Tilden General Membership Meeting

Agenda

September 19, 2011 – 8:00 pm
123 East 15th Street

1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes
4. President’s Report
5. District Leader s Report
6. Treasurer s Report
7. Old/New Business
8. Adjournment

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The Fall New York County Democratic Committee Cocktail Party is once again upon us. This fundraiser is also the event where the candidates for the Supreme Court will be announced.  The Cocktail Party will be September 8th at 6:00 pm at SEIU 32 BJ, 101 Avenue of the Americas, club members are entitled to a discounted ticket rate of $50.  Please contact Mallory Ward at (212) 309-2863 or manhattandems@gmail.com for additional information or to RSVP.

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Also on September 8th is the second Community Forum On Parks & Waterfront Access On The East Side.  It will be held at the Sutton Place Synagogue, 225 East 51st Street, at 4:00 pm.  The third and final forum will be held on September 20th at 5:00 pm at NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue Smilow Seminar Room.  Please visit http://www.eastsideopenspace.com for more information on the initiative.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and NY County Democrats are invited to participate in Hand in Hand on September 10th.  This event will consist of a hand-in-hand line spanning Manhattan’s west side from Battery Park up the Hudson River waterfront in a demonstration of remembrance and reflection.  Please sign up at http://handinhand911.org to receive your t-shirt and instructions on how to participate.

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The New York County Judicial Convention will be held on September 22nd at 6:00 pm again this year at Harlem Hospital, 506 Lenox Avenue and 135th Street.  Delegates and alternate delegates should wear their Tilden t-shirt so we stand out of the crowd.  If you have not yet received your t-shirt; please email me to arrange for a pick-up.

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The New York County Committee Meeting is scheduled for September 26th at 6:00 pm and will be conducted at the SVA Theater at 260 West 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue.  County Committee members should attend in their Tilden t-shirt.  Again, if you  have not yet received one please let me know.

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The Tilden Executive Committee will meet briefly before our general membership meeting on September 19th at 7:00 pm. 

Tilden Executive Committee Meeting

Agenda

September 19, 2011 – 7:00 pm
123 East 15th Street

1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes
4. Treasurer s Report
5. Old/New Business
6. Adjournment

 

Because we have no contested races is our Assembly District, there will be no primary election this year.  Please make sure that any poll workers you might normally work with are aware of this and do not attempt to report for work in our district.  This might be especially confusing since there are primaries elsewhere in the county.

I look forward at seeing you at one or more of the many events this month.

As the petition season draws to a close, we are at the end of another highly successful Tilden petition drive.  It is now time to celebrate our successes.   Please join us this Monday evening for wine and hors d’oeuvres as we unwind and share some of our more memorable petitioning moments with each other.

What:  Tilden Petitioning Wrap-Up Party
When: Monday, July 11th, 6:30pm
Where:Bistro Lamazou
           344 Third Avenue (btw 25th & 26th Streets)

Please bring your completed petitions as your ticket to this event.

Community Board Six is sponsoring an important forum on Medicaid next week which you should attend!

Medicaid and You

Home Health Care & Disability Services

Community Board Six Manhattan presents:
A forum that focuses on the impact of Medicaid redesign in two critical areas: Home Based Care and changes affecting the disabled. There will be a focus on both the positive and negative impacts on our residents, their families and care givers; who are dependent on Medicaid services.

Moderated by:
Meryl Weinberg
Executive Director, Metropolitan Hospital, HHC

Panelists:
Assembly Member Richard Gottfried
Chair, NYS Assembly Health Committee

Ann Frisch, RN, MBA, Executive Director, HHC Health & Home Care

Heidi Siegfried, MSW, JD, Health Policy Director, Center for the Independence of the Disabled NY

Cosponsored by:

Congress Member Carolyn Maloney
State Senators Tom Duane & Liz Krueger
Assembly Members Richard Gottfried & Brian Kavanagh
Council Members Dan Garodnick, Jessica Lappin & Rosie Mendez

When:
Thursday,June30,2011

Where:
NYU Langone Medical Center 550 First Avenue, Alumni Hall A

Time:
7:00 pm

Info:
For further information please contact Community Board Six at (212) 319-3750 or mn06@cb.nyc.gov

 

Tomorrow, Thursday 6/23 from 7-730pm please bring your completed petitions to us at Seafarer’s at 123 East 15th Street so we may better organize our petitioning efforts and target under represented areas of our district.

If you can not make it please call (347) 948-3367 to let us know about your petitions.

 

Thanks and keep up all the great work. -sandro

Petitions

It is everybody’s favorite time of year- Petition Time!  Tuesday, June 7th is the first day of petitioning and we will be out in force starting at 7:45 am along Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village on First Avenue at 20th and 23rd Streets, at Waterside Plaza by the bus stop and pedestrian bridge and at East Midtown Plaza on 23rd Street between First and Second Avenue.  Please come with your clipboard, petition, your Tilden button and be ready to talk to your fellow voter for this important part of the election process.

Petitions and Instructions will be available for pick up on Monday, June 6th at 7:30 pm at Seafarer’s, 123 East 15th Street.  Please let us know if you will be joining us whether for a few minutes or a couple of hours.  If you can not join us on Tuesday please call (347) 948-3367 to arrange to receive your petition at a later time.

 

Street Fair

The Annual Tilden Street Fair will be on June 12th from 11 am – 4 pm along Third Avenue from 23rd to 34th Streets.  Please join us at our booth while we answer questions and continue to petition.  Remember that the proceeds from the street fairs are donated to worthwhile charities that work to improve the lives of people in our community.  Recently, the Henry Street Settlement-Meals on Wheels, People’s Symphony Concerts and Auxiliary to Bellevue Hospital have been among some of the recipients of this event.

 

Petition Drop-off

In lieu of a regular general membership meeting on Thursday, June 23rd you may turn in your completed petitions at Sefarer’s, 123 East 15th Street.  Remember not to complete the witness portion, as we will do that together, to ensure that errors which may invalidate the petition are not made.

 

Rent Regulations to expire June 15

There are only a dozen days left until the current rent laws that protect affordable housing expire! If you have not yet done so- please call the Governor and let him know how important Rent Regulation is to you.  His NYC office can be reached at (212) 681-4580 or his Albany one at (518) 474-8390.

 

New Yorker’s United for Marriage

New Yorker’s United for Marriage phonebanks for marriage equality are still being held Mondays and Thursdays from 5pm until 8:30pm at SEIU 1199, 330 West 42 St on the 7th Floor. To RSVP log on to http://tinyurl.com/4ymk9fj or for additional information, please contact Colin Casey at (212) 633-8052 or colin@tomduane.com from Senator Duane’s office.

 

Thanks, you did it!

Thanks to all the Tildenites who joined Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in supporting Kathy Hochul who won the May 24th Special Election for the seat vacated by Rep. Chris Lee, against a Republican and a tea party independent. 

 

The photographs from the Tilden 58th Annual Dinner and Reception are now available on our website, facebook and flickr.

Please visit us at http://tildendemocrats.com to see them.  While you are there, be sure to click on the Like button for facebook too!

Some of you might have had trouble viewing getting the district leader’s report referenced in my last email so you can get it by following this link. http://bit.ly/j2EBsF

We have several very exciting and important events this month for you to participate in. First please be sure to join us at our general membership meeting on May 19th where we will hear from our esteemed past President and Councilmember Dan Garodnick.

The independent judicial screening panel is out and so is our own May district leaders’ report.

There are only about 40 days left until the current rent laws that protect affordable housing expire! Please join other Tildenites and the Real Rent Reform (R3) Campaign in Albany. R3 has arranged for buses every week this month to bring the message directly to Albany and will be departing from various locations depending on the day. Please RSVP to realrentreform@gmail.com to go on Tuesday, May 10th, 17th or 24th or on Wednesday June 1st. Also, there is a Mother’s Day March for Stronger Rent Laws- May 8th at Noon meeting in the Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Hester Street. For more information on the march contact Esther Wang at (212) 473-6485 or ewang@caaav.org

There are also two very important phone banking initiatives underway. First, the Maloney Campaign asks you to spend an afternoon or evening phonebanking for Kathy Hochul- Kathy is a democrat running for the seat vacated by Rep. Chris Lee in the May 24th Special Election against a Republican and a tea party independent. The phonebanking will be Wednesday May 11th from 5pm-9pm and Saturday May 14th from 12pm-4pm. For location, more information and to RSVP call 917-692-6457 or email shelby@carolynmaloney.com

Second, State Senator Tom Duane requests our help in the New Yorker’s United for Marriage phonebanks for marriage equality which are being held Mondays and Thursdays from 5pm until 8:30pm at SEIU 1199, 330 West 42 St on the 7th Floor. To RSVP log on to http://tinyurl.com/4ymk9fj or for additional information, please contact Colin Casey at (212) 633-8052 or colin@tomduane.com

Remember, when you attend any of these events be sure to tell them Tilden sent you!

Tilden General Membership Meeting
Agenda

May 19, 2011 – 7:30 pm
123 East 15th Street

1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes
4. President s Report
5. District Leader s Report
6. Treasurer s Report
7. Report from Councilmember Dan Garodnick
8. Endorsement
9. Old/New Business
10. Adjournment

Happy Spring,

Sandro Sherrod
President