Endorsements

2025 Candidate Forums & Endorsement Meetings

VID is excited to co-host a series of candidate forums and endorsement meetings in preparation for the 2025 New York City elections. Please mark your calendars for the following dates. Candidates are strongly encouraged to appear in person.  Scroll down for a list of VID endorsed canddiates.

 

  • January 29  
    NYC Council District 1 & 2 Forum & Endorsement meeting. 
    More info. here.

 

 

VID Membership Endorsement Meetings:

  • NYC Council District 1 & 2 endorsement meeting will take place after the candidate forum meeting on January 29th.
  • Citywide candidate endorsement meeting for NYC Comptroller, Public Advocate and Mayor will take place at our regularly scheduled monthly meeting on  February 13 

VID Voting eligibility: You must be a member of the club for 90 days and dues up to date. Although individuals can join multiple clubs, members are only permitted to vote in one, local Democratic club.

Questions? Please contact [email protected]

Please check the calendar for any updates.

2025 Endorsement Results

 

2024 Endorsements

VID congratulates the following Democratic candidates endorsed at its Feb 8 Membership meeting!

President:  Vice President Kamala Harris

NY Senate:  Senator Kirstin Gillibrand

U.S. Congress, 10th District: Rep. Daniel Goldman

U.S. Congress, 12 District: Rep. Jerry Nadler

State Senate, 27 SD, State Senator: Brian Kavanagh

State Senate, 47 SD,State Senator: Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Assembly 66 AD, Assemblymember: Deborah Glick

Civil Court District 1: Ilona Coleman

Civil Court, District 2: Alice Tam Tiem

Civil Court, Countywide:  Allison Greenfield

Civil Court, Countywide: Malaika N. Scott-McLaughlin

Civil Court, Countywide: Crystal Villasenor

Civil Court, Countywide:  Harold Bahr

Civil Court, Countywide:  Elizabeth Shamahs

Civil Court, Countywide:  Louis Nock

Supreme Court, District 1: Gerald Leibovitz

Supreme Court, District 1:  Cynthia Kern

 

2024 Judicial delegates

  • Melissa Carty
  • Patricia Laraia
  • Dan Palmisano
  • David Siffert

2024 Judicial Delegates - alternates

  • Rick Braun
  • Judith Jacobson
  • Linda Jacobson
  • Karla Moskowitz
  • Kathy Slawinski

Click HERE for a list of the 2024 elected VID Executive Committee officers and members 

Petitioning begins February 27th, 2024.  

VID endorses candidates running in the 66th Assembly District and ballot proposals in all national, state, and local elections. In accordance with our Constitution, a candidate or ballot proposal must receive a majority vote in order to receive a VID endorsement. Members assume voting privileges after 90 days of membership in good standing. Candidates participate in a General Meeting forum and have an opportunity to speak to the membership for a brief time and participate in a Q & A session. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) applies to all VID endorsements and elections except for the Executive Committee as per the constitution.  For voting and election information in NYC click here.

Club Endorsement Procedure for Candidates. Interested in VID’s endorsement? Please follow the steps below:

  • Contact us. Email Tony Hoffmann with some general information about what office you’re running for/district and a little bit about yourself. 
  • Fill out a questionnaire. Questionnaires will be available beginning 12/20/24. This will let us know a little more about your campaign, where you stand on the issues important to us, and what you’d like to accomplish as an elected official. Completed questionnaires will be distributed to membership and made public on our website, so put your best foot forward. Please contact us to receive a questionnaire: Tony Hoffmann.
  • Attend a meeting. We encourage candidates to get to know us by coming to a meeting. Speaking time is reserved for scheduled endorsement meetings.
  • Candidates are strongly encouraged to participate in forums in person if possible.