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Goldman Sachs Protest, Thursday, January 21st |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
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Goldman Sachs Reaps, America Weeps Protest
On January 21st, join Jonathan Tasini, Progressive Democrats of America, Democracy for America, and Democrats.com in giving voice to the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and their life-savings because of the culture of greed on Wall Street. At noon on Thursday, people will gather in front of the Manhattan, NY headquarters of Goldman Sachs—the day Goldman Sachs and other large financial institutions announce the bonuses they will dole out. We need new rules to make sure that the great wealth of our country is shared equitably.
What: Rally
When: Noon, Thursday, January 21st
Where: Goldman Scahs, 85 Broad Street
The rally is co-sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America, Democracy for America, and Democrats.com. Bring your energy, signs and banners.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 )
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Happy New Year! Three Linkups Tonight, January 6th |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 |
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Happy New Year!
Unbelievably enough, we are already into the New Year of 2010—so we wish the best to the DFNYC community! Here's hoping that 2010 brings a more progressive outlook to the US - but since hope doesn't bring change by itself, here's to the work that we'll all be doing to help make it happen!
Big Linkup later, stay tuned for specifics . . .
Three Linkups tonight, January 6, Upper West Side, Sheepshead Bay, and Sunnyside
The Upper West Side Linkup will take
place, with hosts Bernadette Evangelist and Sally Swisher, who would
welcome anyone from any of the cancelled linkups who is stranded
without their normal political discussion. Our main topic will be the
sorry state of healthcare reform - and what we can do at this late
date. If you come with ideas, you'll be ahead of most of us - but come
anyway, maybe we'll discover something.
When: 7 PM, Tonight, Wed., Jan. 6
Where: The Parlour, South side of W. 86th Street, between Broadway &West End Ave., Manhattan (half a block from the #1 train)
The Sheepshead Bay Linkup will also occur, with hosts Annette Mont and
Estelle Glasser. The agenda for this linkup is also relaxed, so come
with good ideas on how to move forward.
When: 7 PM, Tonight, Wed., Jan. 6
Where: Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead 1669 E. 22nd St.
The Sunnyside Linkup with host Dan Jacoby will go ahead on schedule.
When: 7:30 PM, Tonight, Wed., Jan. 6
Where: Bliss St. Station restaurant, corner of 47th St. & Greenpoint Ave.
DFNYC is planning a big linkup to be held in late January for the whole community with invited speaker Jim Dean. We will all gather to properly kick off the new year and discuss some exciting plans for DFNYC going forward. Be on the look-out for more information and plan to get together to share food and drink . . . and re-energize each other for the year to come.
Since we've been working on this big event, many of the local Linkups have arranged to skip January's regularly scheduled meetings—which would have been tonight, Wednesday, January 6.
The cancelled linkups are: Astoria, Bayside, West Villiage
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 January 2010 )
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Sunday, 20 December 2009 |
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
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DEMOCRACY FOR NYC APPLAUDS HOWARD DEAN
Democracy for NYC is proud to stand with Gov. Howard Dean in support and appreciation of his courage in challenging Congress and the White House to actually provide the American people with the affordable healthcare they need—and that they elected Democrats to get. Dean reflects the views, frustration, and sense of betrayal of DFNYC members along with other progressive healthcare advocates, and ordinary citizens who have hoped and believed that their voices would be heard in the crafting of this so-called healthcare legislation.
Along with the Governor, we call on our Senators and Representatives to hold strong on their promises to us. They should not send a bill to the President unless it has a way to control costs and keeps health insurance affordable to all by including a strong public option or some other mechanism to provide competition with the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. Without this, we agree with Gov. Dean that the "individual mandate" should be removed from the bill.
Dean is reminding Congress that they work for the people, and the people aren't interested in compromise after compromise until "reform" is a giveaway to private insurance companies at the expense of the American people. We agree.
Democracy for NYC (DFNYC) is a volunteer driven, non-profit political action committee and part of a national coalition of local groups committed to the ideals espoused by Democracy for America, the organization founded by Howard Dean.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 December 2009 )
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New Voting Machines Demonstration |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 |
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You are invited to evaluate and testify on what may become your new voting system for New York City.
On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, the New York State Board of Elections certified two optical scanning voting systems -- from Dominion and ES&S. The Commissioners of the New York City Board of Elections will select one of them early next year for use in all future elections starting in the fall of 2010.
Bo Lipari, the only member of the Citizens Advisory Committee with a technical background and long advocate of verifiable voting systems, has said: "Based on my evaluation of the data I conclude that no matter how far they’ve come and how close they now are, the voting systems under consideration have not yet met all of New York’s requirements. I will therefore vote No on recommending approval of these systems for certification." His entire report, "My Vote on NY Voting Machine Certification," can be read at http://www.bolipari.com/boblog/
The Board of Elections in the City of New York will be hosting public
demonstrations and a public hearing of the two poll site voting systems
that are being evaluated for use in the Fall 2010 elections and beyond.
Event: Public Demonstrations
Time: Monday, December 21, 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Manhattan office of the New York City Board of Elections, 200
Varick Street, 10th Floor (corner of Houston & 7th Avenue South— take the 1 train to Houston St. stop).
Event: Public Hearing*
Time: Tuesday, December 29, 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Board of Elections in the City of New York Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 6th Floor
42 Broadway. New York, NY 10004
* Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes.
Other times and locations to view and test voting systems:
BROOKLYN
Wednesday 12/16/09
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Board of Elections Borough Office
345 Adams Street, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
QUEENS
Thursday 12/17/09
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Board of Elections Borough Office
126-06 Queens Boulevard, 1st Floor
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
STATEN ISLAND
Thursday 12/17/09
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Board of Elections Borough Office
1 Edgewater Plaza, 4th Floor
Staten Island, NY 10305
BRONX
Tuesday 12/22/09
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Board of Elections Borough Office
1780 Grand Concourse, 5th Floor
Bronx, NY 10457
For more information: call: 866-VOTE-NYC (866-868-3962) NYC Board of Elections: www.vote.nyc.ny.us
and/or call or email Tim Gay, Deputy Chief Clerk, Manhattan Board of Elections, 212-886-2109 or
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 December 2009 )
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Phonebank to Get Swing Dems in Congress to Support Healthcare |
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Written by Tracey_Keij_Denton
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 |
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Who: DFA, FireDogLake, and other progressive organizations are targetting specific members of Congress on health care!
What: Phonebanking party! We'll call like-minded people that are constituents of Congressional representatives that we need to persuade to support real health care reform, and ask these people to call their representatives.
When: This Saturday, Dec. 12, 1-5pm
Where: Home of Merle McEldowney, 76th & Broadway, Manhattan
RSVP: merle.mceldowney-at-gmail.com (replace-at- with @)
More phonebanking events in NYC: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/event/search_simple
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