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Hit the streets with CFD for
Stringer for Comptroller and Landis for City Council!

May has arrived, finally bringing with it the sunny days and spring weather we've looked forward to throughout the long, grey winter.

Your friends at Community Free Democrats are hitting the streets
and we'd like you to join us!



We'll be tabling at Upper West Side street fairs this month.  As you know, CFD uses these events to distribute important literature about voting, about our club, about the issues we care about, and about the great progressive candidates we endorse for public office, like Marc Landis for City Council and Scott Stringer for Comptroller..

We'll be staffing a table at street fairs in our neighborhood from approximately
11 am to 3 pm on the following days:
 
Sunday 5/19
Sunday 5/26

Are you available to join us on any of these dates? If so, please e-mail our VP of Membership, Audrey Isaacs, at membership@cfdnyc.org, and let us know the date you're available.  We'll follow up with a preferred time slot.

We hope you can join us for a few hours on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in May!

CFD's May Newsletter

In this edition of The Community Free Democrat
(Click here for the newsletter.)

RESULTS OF THE APRIL 25 ENDORSEMENT VOTES

For New York City Council, 7th District:
Mark Levine
endorsed with 74% of the vote on the first ballot
Joyce Johnson second with 19%
Mark Otto and Luis Tejada tied with 2% each

For District Leaders: 67th Assembly District
Shari Gottheim
Marc Landis

For District Leaders: 69th Assembly District
Joan Paylo
Nick Prigo

For Judicial Delegates and Alternates:
67th Delegates (in order)
Susan Gwertzman
Rob Gottheim
David Matarasso
Hilda B Classon

67th Alternate (in order)
Ari Goodman
Louis Cholden-Brown
Bridget Amatore
Mark Finkel

69th Delegate (in order)
Lloyd McAulay
Rebecca Gantcher
Ron Walton
John Bonhomme

69th Alternate (in order)
Bob Eckel
Judith Bader-York
Audrey Isaacs
Sharon Silberfarb

RESULTS OF THE MARCH 21 ENDORSEMENT VOTES

For New York City Comptroller, CFD endorses
SCOTT STRINGER

For New York County District Attorney, CFD endorses
CY VANCE, Jr.

For New York City Council - 6th District, CFD endorses
MARC LANDIS

Percentage of first-choice ballots (preferential voting), 6th District council race:

Marc Landis 80%, Mel Wymore 9%, Helen Rosenthal 6%, Debra Cooper 2%,
Ken Biberaj 1%, Noah Gotbaum 0%, No Endorsement/Blank 2%

CFD District Leaders Release Blueprint for Election Administration Reforms

During the Presidential Election, the voting experience of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers was tarnished by huge lines, jammed ballot scanners, chaotic poll sites, and unqualified poll workers.

We have been vigorously advocating for reforms in the wake of this difficult election. And as part of our advocacy effort we are releasing a report title "End Election Day Chaos: Fix New York's Voting Procedures." This report outlines common sense on-the-ground improvements that can be made to improve the administration of poll sites in our city.

This report complements the other work we have done on election reform. Late last year we sponsored a petition advocating for reforms at the state level. This petition, signed by more than 650 Upper West Siders, seeks to institute early voting, "no excuse" absentee ballots, same-day voter registration, and non-partisan election administration.

The contents of this report, the petition signatures we gathered, and our testimony have already been delivered at the New York City Council Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councilmember Gale Brewer.

If you have any questions, comments, or additional ideas feel free to contact nprigo@gmail.com and let us know what you think.

Regards,
Marc Landis, Joan Paylo and Nick Prigo
District Leaders, Community Free Democrats

Monthly Meeting

Candidates Forum:
Manhattan Borough President

Endorsements:
Mayor
Public Advocate
Manhattan Borough President

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Goddard-Riverside
Community Center
593 Columbus Ave
@ West 88th Street

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CFD-AFFILIATED
ELECTED OFFICIALS

U.S. Representative
8th Congressional District
Jerrold Nadler

Manhattan Borough President
Scott Stringer

New York State Attorney General
Eric T. Schneiderman

Assemblymember
67th Assembly District (AD)
Linda B. Rosenthal

67th AD District Leader
Marc Landis
67th AD Political Leader*
Shari Gottheim

69th AD District Leaders
Joan Paylo
Nick Prigo

67th AD State Committeeman
Vincent C. Alfonso, Ph.D.

(*Presumed District Leader; awaiting County Committee approval.)

CONTACT US

CFD President
president@cfdnyc.org

CFD Board
board@cfdnyc.org

Newsletter Submissions
newsletter@cfdnyc.org

THANK YOU!

Our 44th Annual Spring Gala Was a Resounding Success!

Community Free Democrats wishes to thank our sponsors for the 44th Annual Spring Gala on April 14, 2013 for helping to make the event such a resounding success. We could not have done it without you!

Click here to see our sponsors and acknowledgements.