After a forum on Sunday, May 23rd and voting period extending from the forum through our June 2 Linkups last week, Democracy for NYC is proud to announce that we have endorsed the following candidates in the 2010 Democratic primaries in NYC (for results in each race, scroll down):

Attorney General:  Eric Schneiderman

Congress, District 10:  Kevin Powell

Congress, District 14:  Carolyn Maloney

Congress, District 15:  Jonathan Tasini

State Senate, District 10:  Lynn Nunez

State Senate, District 27:  Igor Oberman

State Senate, District 30:  Bill Perkins

State Senate, District 32:  Charlie Ramos Jr.

State Senate, District 33:  Desiree Hunter

State Assembly, District 26:  Steve Behar 

No Endorsements:  In several races, we did not endorse a candidate.  DFNYC endorsement rules provide that a candidate must receive 55% of the vote to be endorsed. 

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order with other candidates running for the same office:

Attorney General

Richard Brodsky: 3%
Sean Coffey:  6%  
Eric Dinallo:  3% 
Kathleen Rice: 12%
Eric Schneiderman: 67%

Other: 6% (Write-ins for Liz Holtzman, who has since decided not to run)

No Endorsment:  3% 

U.S. Senate - No Endorsement

Randy Credico:  39%
Chuck Schumer:  46%

No Endorsement: 15%

Congress

District 10:

Kevin Powell: 60%
Edolphus Towns: 27%

No Endorsement:  13%

District 14:

Carolyn Maloney: 76%
Reshma Saujani: 15%

No Endorsement: 9%

District 15:

Joyce Johnson:  3%
Vincent Morgan:  0%
Adam Clayton Powell IV:  0%
Charlie Rangel:  17%
Jonathan Tasini:  67%

No Endorsement:  13%

State Senate

District 10:

Lynn Nunes:  76%

Shirley Huntley:  5%

No Endorsement:  19%

District 27:

Carl Kruger:  4%
Igor Oberman:  88%

No Endorsement:  8%

District 30:

Bill Perkins:   91%
Basil Smikle:  9%

No Endorsement:  0%

District 31 - No Endorsement:

Adriano Espaillat:  19%
Mark Levine:  26%
Anna Lewis: 33%
Miosotis Muñoz: 15%

No Endorsement:  7%

District 32:

Ruben Diaz Sr.:  0%
Charlie Ramos Jr.:  100%

No Endorsement:  0%

District 33:

Pedro Espada Jr.:  3%
Desiree Hunter:  81%
Jose Gustavo Rivera: 13%

No Endorsement:  3%

Assembly

District 26:

Steve Behar:   73%
Ed Braunstein: 0%
John Duane:   18%
Elio Forcina: 0%
Michael Sais (not running):  0%
Matt Silverstein (not running):  6% 

No Endorsement:  3%

Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State

Democracy for NYC joins Three Parks Independent Democrats in urging Governor Paterson to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State. Anything less than an outright ban puts all of us at risk from drilling's potential to pollute our water and food supply and cost us billions in filtration systems.

At a recent meeting with the Governor's staff, members of Three Parks learned that New York State has no contingency plan either for installing filtration systems anywhere in the state or for maintaining supplies of drinking water in the event that water systems become polluted as a result of hydraulic fracturing. The fracturing process involves injecting millions of gallons of highly toxic fluids into the ground at every well site. As has become painfully evident following the Gulf disaster, the worst-case scenario can happen. Our government should not open the State to this risky form of drilling, as no one is prepared to deal with the possible consequences. We also learned that there is no requirement that drilling companies demonstrate they have the capacity, knowledge, or financing to clean up a major spill of toxic liquid into a waterway or the water table.  Indeed, we don't know if it is even possible to clean up such a spill

Call or write the Governor today!

A human being will take your comments at 518-474-8390 or 518-474-1041
 
OR write to Hon. David A. Paterson, State Capitol, Albany, N.Y. 12224
 
OR click on Contact the Governor at http://www.ny.gov/governor  

Jonathan Tasini, DFNYC-endorsed candidate for Congress, invites us to:

"Blow-Out For Real Change: Fundraiser for Jonathan Tasini For Congress" on Monday, June 21 at 6:00pm. 

Event: Blow-Out For Real Change: Fundraiser for Jonathan Tasini For Congress
Start Time: Monday, June 21 at 6:00pm
End Time: Monday, June 21 at 8:00pm
Where: Bamboo52

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=133721683309310&mid=275a17aG24d98baaG4da80dcG7&n_m=sleet15%40nyc.rr.com