Democrats * Pride Rainbow Independent Democrats Etc. 2008 Democratic Primary Endorsements * Brooklyn Congressional - 10th District Kevin A. Powell N.Y.S. Senate - 21st District Kevin S. Parker N.Y.S. Senate - 25th District Daniel Squadron (Note: District in two boroughs!) N.Y.S. Assembly - 42nd District Rhoda Jacobs N.Y.S. Assembly - 55th District William Boyland N.Y.S. Assembly - 59th District Alan Maisel Civil Court Devin Cohen * Manhattan N.Y.S. Senate - 25th District Daniel Squadron (District in 2 NYC boroughs!) Surrogate's Court Nora Anderson N.Y.S. Assembly - 72nd District Miguel Martinez Civil Court Nancy Bannon * Queens N.Y.S. Senate - 10th District Shirley Huntley N.Y.S. Senate - 15th District Joseph Addabbo N.Y.S. Senate - 16th District Toby Ann Stavisky N.Y.S. Assembly - 22nd District Ellen Young N.Y.S. Assembly - 31st District Donovan Richards N.Y.S. Assembly - 34th District M. Den Dekker * Staten Island Congressional - 13th C.D. Michael McMahon * The Bronx N.Y.S. Senate - 33rd District Pedro Espada, Jr. N.Y.S. Assembly - 79th District Michael Benjamin N.Y.S. Assembly - 83rd District Sherman Browne N.Y.S. Assembly - 85th District Reuben Diaz, Jr. Civil Court Elizabeth Taylor! * * * * * =Primary Day= Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Polls open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. PRIDE Democrats ("PRIDE") is a New York City-wide political club. The "PRIDE" name is an acronym for Pride Rainbow Independent Democrats Etcetera. PRIDE Dems is primarily -- but definitely not exclusively -- a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("GLBT") political organization. PRIDE Dems has the longest-reaching Gay historical roots of any Gay political club in New York. It commenced and incrementalized as the political arm of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association ("S.V.A."). It took a quarter-of-a-century for this political group to get its own name and identity but when it did, on the occasion of the international "Stonewall 25", it got the best and the most appropriate moniker: PRIDE! PRIDE Democrats sponsored the largest candidates' forum -- literally a political "who's who" -- in the history of the State of New York. Among those cabdidates who attended and spoke were Geraldine Ferraro, Mark Green, Betsy McCaughey, Peter Vallone, Sr., Charles Hynes, James Larocca, Sandra Frankel, Eliot Spitzer, Oliver Koppell, Catherine Abate, Evan Davis, Edolphus Towns, Ken Diamondstone, Eric Schneiderman, Danny O'Donnell, Jerry Goldfedder, Carlos Manzano, Aubrey Lees, Christopher Lynn, Christine Quinn, et al. The forum was held at the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center on West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, on Thursday evening, August 27, 1998. It started right on time at 7 p.m. and lasted right up to 11 p.m. for four 'all-seats-taken/standing-room-only' hours. Williamson had the big Assembly Hall decorated with red, white, blue and pink balloons. In another break from the usual, he allowed the candidates to post their campaign posters on the walls. Prior to the event, we were repeatedly told by most all: "Don't have a political forum in late, hot, summer August; no one will come. Besides, so many people are on vacation then". Williamson Henderson announced that when he throws an event, people will come even if there's a "heat wave". There was! The Gay Center's barely acceptable air-conditioning system then (years before the renovation) would be severely tested that very hot evening. It failed -- and totally broke down. Hot, hot, hot. Nonetheless, the forum event was so important, strategically timed in close proximity to the Primary Election, and so well-promoted and advertised that it was incredibly an overwhelming and unique success. It seemed that almost everyone was surprised -- except Williamson. He was the director, the manager and the chief moderator of the entire Democratic candidates forum. He also chose sectional co-moderators namely Liz Abzug (LJACS), Matt Foreman (ESPA), Kevin McGruder (GMAD) and Noah Pfefferblit (MBP Office) to help out with the big forum. Media advertising was handled exclusively by the New York Blade News under the project promotional direction of Williamson. PRIDE Democrats, unlike its counterparts, does not entertain 'conventional wisdom' or simply choose 'safe' candidates. With determined, daring and dashing political strategies, maneuvers and approaches, PRIDE is known for promoting a "dark horse" that places first or getting behind a losing underdog and turning them into a thoroughbred winner! PRIDE has many prominent non-GLBT members such as U.S. Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney, New York State Governor Eliot L. Spitzer, New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, former Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate and U.S. Congressmember Geraldine A. Ferraro, former New York City Council Speaker Peter A. Vallone, Sr., former N.Y.S. Lieutenant Governor Betsy H. McCaughey, Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., N.Y.S. Senator Eric Schneiderman and the late and great N.Y.C. Councilmember James E. "Jed" Davis. To quote PRIDE founder Williamson Henderson, "Unlike any other Gay (or non-Gay) political club, if expedient or necessary, we will go anywhere -- uptown, crosstown and/or downtown, East Side/West Side -- to hand out our PRIDE endorsement literature as long as it is to registered-to-vote citizens. In general elections, we distribute the lit to everyone! You won't be surprised to know, if you know New York City and the GLBT communities, that in our political communications and travels, we have come across the paths of a few Democrat rats. Who hasn't? Undeterred and more motivated, PRIDE Dems pushes on and up the ladder -- and typically prevails." P.R.I.D.E. =2005= Archive  PRIDE Democrats Endorsements in Primary Election on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 "PRIDE does not just endorse, we ACT!" New York City Mayor: C. Virginia Fields New York City Public Advocate: Betsy F. Gotbaum (re-elect) Manhattan Borough President: Margarita L. Lopez Manhattan District Attorney: Leslie Crocker-Snyder New York City Council 2nd District: Rosaura "Rosie" Mendez [East Village, Lower East Side, Gramercy * Manhattan] 4th District: Daniel R. Garodnick [Midtown East, Murray Hill, Central Park East * Manhattan] 5th District: Jessica C. Lappin [East Side, Turtle Bay, Kips Bay, R.I. * Manhattan] 7th District: Robert J. Jackson (re-elect) [West Harlem * Manhattan] 8th District: Melissa M. Viverito [East Harlem, U.W.S. * Manhattan Mott Haven, Port Morris * Bronx] 9th District: Yasmin H. Cornelius [Central Harlem, Morningside Heights * Manhattan] 10th District: Miguel M. Martinez (re-elect) [Washington Heights, Inwood * Manhattan] 11th District: G. Oliver Koppell (re-elect) [Riverdale, Norwood * Bronx] 13th District: James "Jimmy" Vacca [Pelham Bay, Throgs Neck * Bronx] Bottom Line: V-O-T-E in the Democratic Primary Election on Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 PRIDE Democrats =====Endorsements===== in the General Election 2005 same endorsees as Primary except..... N.Y.C. Mayor: Michael R. Bloomberg Manhattan District Attorney: Robert M. Morgenthau & Staff N.Y. City Council District #9: Inez R. Dickens (Primary winner) [Central Harlem * Manhattan] N.Y. City Council District #23: David I. Weprin (Primary unopposed) [Queens Village, Fresh Meadows * Queens] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.R.I.D.E. =2006= Archive PRIDE Democrats Primary Endorsements ------U.S. Senate------ Hillary R. Clinton, New York ------New York Statewide------ Eliot L. Spitzer for Governor David A. Paterson for Lieutenant Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for Attorney General ------U.S. Congress------ Kevin A. Powell, 10th Dist. (Brooklyn) Yvette Clarke, 11th Dist. (Bklyn.) ------N.Y.S. Senate------ Shirley Huntley, 10th Dist. (Queens) (ABA = Anyone But Ada) Hiram Monserrate, 13th Dist. (Qns.) Kevin S. Parker, 21st Dist. (Bklyn.) Ken Diamondstone, 25th Dist. (Bklyn.) Eric T. Schneiderman, 31st Dist. (Manhattan) ------N.Y.S. Assembly------ Jose J. Peralta, 39th Dist. (Queens) Hakeem S. Jeffries, 57th Dist. (Bklyn.) Linda Rosenthal, 67th Dist. (Manh.) Brian P. Kavanaugh, 74th Dist. (Manh.) Michael Benjamin, 79th Dist. (Bronx) ------N.Y.C. Judicial------ Paul M. Feinman, 1st Dist. (Manhattan) David B. Cohen, 2nd Dist. (Manh.) Eileen A. Rakower, 3rd Dist. (Manh.) Note: PRIDE Dems does not endorse when we do not hear! V=O=T=E! N.Y. Primary Election Tuesday, September 12, 2006 --------------------------------------------------- Victory Election Party ("VEP") for * Andrew Cuomo * at Sheraton Ballroom Seventh Av. & West 52 St. Manhattan, New York 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sampling of Super Special Guests: Former U.S. Congressmember Geraldine Ferraro Former N.Y.S. Governor Mario "Dad" Cuomo N.Y.C. Mayor-for-Life Ed Koch Former N.Y.S. First Lady Matilda "Mom" Cuomo Former Atty. Gen. candidate Charlie King Good Morning America's Chris "Bro" Cuomo Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Maria "Sis" Cuomo Cole (& Kenneth) Councilmember Jessica Lappin Ambassadresses Cuomo-Kennedy Gyrlz R.S.V.P. (212) 425-1110 (24/7/365) PRIDE is so proud of our big majority of winners!!! V-O-T-E in the New York General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. SPITZER for N.Y.S. Governor PATERSON for Lieutenant Governor CUOMO for Attorney General PRIDE Democrats meetings: 3rd Wednesday @ 8 p.m. GLBT Center, 212 West 13 Street (between Seventh Avenue and Greenwich Avenue) Manhattan, New York. PRIDE Democrats dues: $25 yearly sponsorship: $100 annual PRIDE Democrats e-mail: PRIDEdemocrats@nyct.com PRIDE Dems campaign cellphone: (917) 374-9729 P/D Campaign Literature Drop-Off: 70-B Greenwich Avenue (off Seventh Av. near St. Vincent's Hospital) Manhattan, N.Y. PRIDE Democrats meetings in 2008 -- all are on Wednesdays -- all @ 8 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) July 16 August 20 September 17 In reality, PRIDE Dems also meets daily via phone, fax and e-mail! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ==Prideful-e-vent== 2009 Candidates Forum Thursday, August 27th |
