College Democrats: Get involved in New York City politics this summer!
The campaign season this year is heating up, and Democrats in New York need your help. If you’re registered to vote in New York City, here’s your chance to get involved in competitive races, build up your resume with on-the-ground experience on some of the largest elections in the country this year, and help Democrats get on the ballot in local elections. Two candidates in particular are looking towards College Democrats in order to help collect petitions: Melinda Katz and Tony Avella.
As you may already know, this time of the campaign cycle is crucial for candidates in citywide elections. In order to get on the ballot, a candidate must first collect a specific number of petition signatures by a given deadline. We need your help getting signatures. The first two weeks of petitioning are extremely important, and starting Tuesday, June 9th, candidates for every office in the city will begin collecting these signatures.
The Melinda Katz for Comptroller campaign is offering concerned citizens and voters a wonderful opportunity to join and contribute to an elite team of highly talented individuals who are working together to help the candidate become New York City Comptroller. As Land Use Chair in the New York City Council, Melinda funded 90,000 units of affordable housing, protected more than 7,500 New York City blocks in historic neighborhoods from development, built new schools in all five boroughs of New York City and created tens of thousands of jobs.
Now Melinda is running for New York City Comptroller, where she will use the resources of that office to guarantee Federal stimulus dollars free up credit and create jobs, as opposed to fattening the bonuses of Wall Street executives. For local companies that are profitable but struggling under unsustainable debt racked up in periods of easy credit, she will tap pension funds as a source of capital while restructure their balance sheets in order to return them to viability.
If you want to volunteer or intern on this exciting campaign, please contact the campaign by emailing Josh at jlopez@melindakatzforny.com . Also, if you know anyone who may also be willing to help, please do not hesitate to invite them to be a part of the campaign and give them Josh's contact information.
The other candidate, Tony Avella, is a Democrat from Queens with impeccable ethics, would be a great alternative, and wants to change the status-quo that runs rampant in New York City politics. Tony Avella is running for mayor, and his campaign needs to make sure they have enough signatures to get Tony's name on the ballot, a minimum of 7500 before July 8. They are currently looking for volunteers who are interested in petitioning, so if you're interested in being part of an exciting grassroots campaign and giving our standing mayor a run for his money, please call them at (718)-855-7038. Tony will also be holding a training session this Sunday, June 7th at 5pm to go over petitioning and get ready to take to the streets. The campaign offices are located at: 2 Prince Street, Suite 6006, Brooklyn, NY 11201 .
To learn more about Melinda Katz, visit her website at http://melindakatzforny.com
To learn more about Tony Avella, visit his website at http://www.tonyavellaformayor.com/
~ John Farrelly
New Media Director, College Democrats of New York
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“The CBO found the Recovery Act is responsible for 600,000 to 1.6 million jobs and has raised GDP by 1.2 to 3.2 percent. Without the Recovery Act these jobs would have either disappeared or never existed in the first place and this positive economic growth would not have been possible.
“Our economy still has a long way to go and we will not rest until everyone who wants a job can find one, but the economy is no longer in a free-fall. Democrats in Congress showed real leadership by supporting the Recovery Act. Unfortunately, Republicans - the Party of NO -refused to offer an alternative. They stood on the sidelines as President Obama and Congressional Democrats took the steps necessary to reverse the economic decline they inherited after eight years of failed Republican economic policies. Now, by cheering for the Act’s failure, the GOP remains on the wrong side of history. As President Obama and Democrats continue to take steps to strengthen our economy, it’s time for Republicans to stop saying 'No', quit playing politics and start working with us on behalf of American families and workers.” Read More...
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“The CBO found the Recovery Act is responsible for 600,000 to 1.6 million jobs and has raised GDP by 1.2 to 3.2 percent. Without the Recovery Act these jobs would have either disappeared or never existed in the first place and this positive economic growth would not have been possible.
“Our economy still has a long way to go and we will not rest until everyone who wants a job can find one, but the economy is no longer in a free-fall. Democrats in Congress showed real leadership by supporting the Recovery Act. Unfortunately, Republicans - the Party of NO -refused to offer an alternative. They stood on the sidelines as President Obama and Congressional Democrats took the steps necessary to reverse the economic decline they inherited after eight years of failed Republican economic policies. Now, by cheering for the Act’s failure, the GOP remains on the wrong side of history. As President Obama and Democrats continue to take steps to strengthen our economy, it’s time for Republicans to stop saying 'No', quit playing politics and start working with us on behalf of American families and workers.”