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November 2025
VICTORY FOR VID ENDORSED CANDIDATES!
For a full recap of election results, click here.
(SOME) VICTORY PARTIES!
MAMDANI!
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(L) with Brad Hoylman-Sigal (center) Manhattan Borough President
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MARK LEVINE, NYC COMPTROLLER
(L) Jumaane Williams Public Advocate; (R)Mark Levine NYC Comptroller
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(R) with Erik Bottcher NYC Councilmember District 3
With Harvey Epstein NYC Councilmember District 2
And the next day in Puerto Rico.....
SOMOS!
Photo credit: Richard Corman, President Downtown Independent Democrats
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(L) with Christopher Marte NYC Councilmember, District 1; (R) VID District Leader, 66th AD Part A Mar Fitzgerald (left) with DID District Leader 66th Part B Jeannine Kiely (center) and VID Executive Committee Member Patricia Laraia
October 2025
NYC Passes First-in-the-Nation Gun Safety Warning Bill
The City Council has passed Councilmember Erik Bottcher’s bill requiring gun stores to display graphic warning images about the dangers of firearms in the home, similar to cigarette labels. Signs will highlight risks like accidental shootings, suicide, and domestic violence. “I can’t think of a deadlier consumer product that has no warning at the point of purchase,” Bottcher said.
with Councilmember Keith Powers (left) and Councilmember Yusef Salaam (right)
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Sending a message to the occupant in the White House
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Hands off AG Tish James! With Gov. Kathy Hochul, elected officials and other distinguished guests.
Gov. Kathy Hochul
Middle Photo: Rep. Dan Goldman. Righ: Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani
L-R: Rep.Adriano Espaillat; State Senator Brad Holyman-Sigal: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
L-R Manhattan Borough President, Mark Levine
October 2025
VID members joined hundreds at Foley Square on Oct. 23 to protest the ICE raid that detained nine Canal Street vendors, standing in solidarity with immigrant communities and demanding an end to federal overreach in New York City. Click here for more photos.
October, 2025
VID was out in support in honor of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and the unveiling of the street in his name.
Photo left
Mar Fitzgerald, VID District Leader 66th AD Part A and CB2 member,
with Patricia Laraia, VID Executive Committee Member and CB2 member
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Assemblymember Deborah Glick (left) with Jeannine Kiely, District Leader Part B (3rd from left) and Patricia Laraia.
Councilmember Erik Bottcher, Chair Cultural Affairs Committee
Oct 18, 2025 NO KINGS!
What a day for New York City! More than 100,000 filled the streets as part of the nationwide No Kings march, one of nearly 2,700 peaceful protests across the country, with almost 7 million standing up for democracy.
photo credit: Carlos Chiossone @chiosphoto
Thank you to NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Councilmember Chris Marte for marching with us!
Thank you to all of our elected officials who came out to march with us!
representing the UFT!
Friends from the Downtown Independent Democrats
Can you spot the VID member? It's not that obvious!
VIDers were representing in big town and teeny tiny towns!
Some other signs from NYC and beyond:
October 2025
Hands off Tish!
VID members joined New Yorkers at Foley Square on Oct. 10 to stand in solidarity with Attorney General Letitia James and demand: Hands off Tish James!
September, 2025
VID members joined over 100 neighbors at the Dapolito rally to demand restoration, not demolition, of the beloved Tony Dapolito Recreation Center.
VID at the Labor Day Parade
On Saturday, September 6, VID members joined tens of thousands of workers, families, and over 200 unions marching up Fifth Avenue in the nation’s largest and oldest Labor Day Parade. Led by the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, the parade was a powerful show of solidarity—and VID was proud to stand with New York’s labor movement.
VID VP & UFT Rep, Mindy Rosier with endorsed candidate for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani
VID VP, Caroline Donahue with AG Tish James (L) and marching with friend of VID Jen!
NO KINGS Nationwide Mass Protest, June 2025
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Preparing for the NO KINGS! June, 2025
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May Day Nationwide Protest - May 1, 2025
Thousands turned out this May Day, and VID was proud to be there. From the No More 24 workers’ rally at City Hall to the Rally for the Rule of Law at Foley Square to the massive May Day Rally and March to Battery Park, New Yorkers showed up in force to demand justice, rights, and accountability.
The real highlight was the power of so many people coming together and a surprise appearance by AOC added an extra jolt of inspiration!
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Day of Action - April 19 Rally!
Over 750 protests took place nationwide on April 19 as part of the 50501 movement’s “Day of Action” against Trump’s authoritarian agenda. From immigration to environmental justice, hundreds of thousands (if not millions) joined in nationwide. In New York City, thousands, including many VID members, rallied at the NYPL and marched through Midtown, from 42nd Street to Madison, up to 59th Street, to Central Park.
Photo: Carlos Chissone
"saluting" Trump Tower
Hands off Global Protest! April 5, 2025
Despite the rain, it is estimated that more than 100,000 people filled the streets of NYC for the Hands Off! march - and more around the world—an unforgettable day of energy, unity, purpose and joyful resistance. VID showed up in force alongside fellow New Yorkers, elected officials, Democratic clubs, unions, and grassroots activist partners, Markers for Democracy, Downtown Nasty Women, Team Min, The Wednesday Group and many more to defend democracy and demand accountability. Check out the photos of our members, the signs from NY and beyond, and the joy of the day!
There’s more work ahead because the stakes are higher than ever. But every action is a step in the right direction. To quote Sen. Booker, “Never let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something. Greatness lies in the doing, not the doubting.”
Special thanks to Rise & Resist for marshaling this massive march and for always working hard to keep us safe in the streets.
Congressman Dan Goldman
Assemblymember Deborah Glick (L)
Councilmember Erik Bottcher (L). Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (R)
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander
THANK YOU RISE & RESIST FOR MARSHALLING AND KEEPING NEW YORK SAFE!
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