1. DFNYCers Take Action Against Arizona's Immigration Law (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
When Arizona passed its draconian anti-immigration law which is now going through the court system, Democracy for NYC members searched for ways to stop the terrible law and stand up for civil rights: ~ DFNYC joined NY-based immigra...
2. Mark Ruffalo at Hydrofracking Rally & EPA Hearing in Sept. (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Mark Ruffalo at Rally at City Hall: On August 10th, Actor Mark Ruffalo was at City Hall, joining grassroots activists and politicians in a rally against hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Formation in u...
4. DFNYC Endorses Jeremiah Frei-Pearson for Assembly! (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Democracy for NYC recently hosted a candidate forum and held an endorsement vote for the Democratic primary in the 36th Assembly District. All candidates were invited to participate and all DFNYC voting members were eligible to vote. Here...
5. Proposed bylaws & upcoming elections for new DFNYC leadership (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
DFNYC has drafted bylaws for membership ratification and there will be elections for new leadership this spring. Click on "Read more" for details and to download the proposed bylaws.
6. Big Linkup Report: Upcoming Elections for New DFNYC Leadership (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Last Wednesday, February 3rd, Democracy for NYC combined our neighborhood Linkups into one big Linkup, with special guest Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America. It was a well-attended evening filled with a good mix of socializing and polit...
7. DFNYC Supports Dean (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Democracy for NYC sent the following press release in reponse to the attacks directed at Howard Dean by the White House.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2009
Contact: Bernadette Evangelist 212-608-3213 bevangelist@df...
8. Taking a Stand Against Afghan War (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
The following article by DFNYC member, Chuck Zlatkin, appeared in The Indypendent, the newspaper of the nyc independent media center
Taking a Stand Against Afghan War
From the December 11, 2009 issue
By C...
9. Obituary for a Cookie Factory (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Stella D'oro is gone
On Thursday, October 8, the Stella D'oro factory was taken from the Bronx. The brand, logo, and machinery will go to a location in Ohio where unions and organized labor will not impinge on the profits of th...
10. DFNYC Sponsors Queens Pride Parade (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
On Sunday, June 7, DFNYC marched in the Queens Pride parade in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Queens is proving to be a major nexus in the push to enact marriage equality in New York. Three of the seven state Senators in Queens are not fully on boa...