Richard Brenner and Matt Klein

The speakers on the Living Wage Panel, Richard Brenner and Matt Klein

On Thursday, January 12th VID hosted a discussion on pending New York City Council Living Wage legislation.  The speakers, Richard Brenner and Matt Klein representing the Housing Conservation Coordinators  and the West Side Neighborhood Alliance provided a lively and informative presentation and handled a multitude of questions from the VID audience.
VID then passed a resolution supporting the Living Wage proposal and urging Council Speaker Christine Quinn to support the bill and to promptly take action to enact it.
For more background on the Living Wage campaign go to:  http://www.livingwagenyc.org/
UPDATES – January 13, 2012:
Comments on legislation from Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Council Members G. Oliver Koppell, Annabel Palma, Inez Dinckens and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
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Here are the results from VID’s elections for the remaining 2012 Officers and Executive Committee:
Treasurer:  Celia Wu
Recording Secretary:  Katharine Wolpe will serve as Acting Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary:  Annette Zaner
Executive Committee
Frieda Bradlow
Georgina Christ
Tom Connor
Peter Crosta
Eli Hausknecht
Nadine Hoffmann
Tony Hoffmann
Teresa Hommel
Kathy Jacobson
Nat Johnson
Rachel Lavine
Ellen Peterson-Lewis
Tim McNerney
Yvonne Sherwell
Yayoi Tsuchitani
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St. John's Lutheran Church, 83 Christopher St.

VID’s next General Membership Meeting will be on on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 83 Christopher Street (betw Bleecker and West 4th Streets).

Congratulations to our officers.  Here are the results of VID electionss held on December 4, 2011.
President:  
Jonathan Geballe;  Vice Presidents:  Deley Gazinelli, Katharine Wolpe, Sharon Woolums.

JAN 12th AGENDA UPDATE:
1. District Leaders report.

2.  Elections:  Treasurer, Corresponding Sec,, Recording Sec., Executive Committee.  Members are qualified to vote if they have been members in good standing for 90 days.  Please arrive before 7:30 to sign in and get your ballot.

3.  Living Wage Panel

4.  Agenda items


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Congressman Jerrold Nadler at VID

Congressman Jerrold Nadler speaks about the economic crisis. Photographer: David Lin, Washington Square News

Forum on “THE U.S. ECONOMIC CRISES” Thursday, November 10, 2011, 8 p.m. with Congressman Jerrold Nadler and author Jeff Madrick, moderated by VID’s Tony Hoffman.


Please join us as Congressmen Nadler updates Democrats on what is going on in Washington as vital decisions are reached that will affect our economic future and the 2012 elections.

Jeff Madrick will provide incisive analysis of this Age of Greed. Washington Post Book Review, July 2011.

The free forum concludes with a question/answer period.

Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Time: General Membership Meeting is at 7:30. Forum starts at 8:00 p.m.
Location: Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street (near 7th Ave.), 5th Floor.

UPDATE:  Read coverage in The Villager here; See coverage in the Washington Square News, here or watch  video coverage of Mr. Madrick’s remarks here.

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District Leaders Brad Hoylman and Keen Berger with Assemblymember Deborah Glick

District Leaders Brad Hoyllman and Keen Berger with Assemblymember Deborah Glick at PS3 in 2006

To: VID
From: Brad Hoylman and Keen Berger, your District Leaders

Thanks to the wonderful petitioners, most of the 66th Assembly District has no Democratic Primary on September 13. That means we will be your District Leaders for two more years. We are very grateful.
Of all the 62 Election Districts on the 66th, Part A (our turf), only six will be open for voting on Primary day, Sept. 13.

County Committee – 073/66, vote for 3

Votes at the Brittany–VID endorsed Tom Connor and Teresa Hommel.

Harriet Fields, 644 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
Mary Ann Brady, 31 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
Tom Connor, 39 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003–advocate for Seniors, among others.
Teresa Hommel. 10 St. Marks Place, New York, NY 10003–advocate for better voting procedures, and many community issues.
The next two, vote at PS 3

County Committee 87th Election district [vote for 2]
Irene Kaufman–40 Perry Street, NY, NY 10014. Endorsed by VID. Irene is a tireless and brilliant advocate for better, and less crowded schools.
Peter Falk
Yelena Falk

County Committee – 083/66. Vote for 2
[County Committee] 83th Election District The VID endorsed Joseph DiMattia.
Andrew D. Macvicar, 59 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011
Sylvia DiPietro, 55 West 14th Street, 4H, New York, NY 10011
Joseph Dimattia, 156 Sullivan Street, 21, New York, NY 10012

There is also a Civil Court race(3rd District) in the north side of our district. Three of our EDs are involved: 102, 103 (voting at the LGBT center), and 116 (which votes at PS 70). This race is between Tony Cannataro and Sabrina Kraus. VID endorsed Tony Cannataro as did the New York Times.

Immediately downtown (66th Part B) all the EDs have a District Leader race between David Reck(incumbent, husband of VID, v.p., Eli Hausknecht) and John Scott. Many VID people will be involved.

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