In This Issue
President's Report
Vote for TPID Directors 2024-2025
TPID-Endorsed Candidates for the June 25 Primary
Petitioning Is Underway for Our Endorsed Candidates
The Suozzi Campaign Thanks Three Parks
Susan Baldwin 1943-2024
Recommended Read: Laboratories of Autocracy
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March Club Meeting
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at
W. 103rd St., Ballroom
*** 7:30 pm ***
What's Going on with the State
and City Budgets?
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James Parrott
Director of Economic and Fiscal Policies
Center for New York City Affairs
The New School
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Vote for
Three Parks Independent Democrats
Board of Directors 2024-2025
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AGENDA
7:15 pm: Sign in
7:30 pm: Call to Order
Speaker: James Parrott
Questions and Answers
Speakers: Nominees for TPID Board of Directors
Vote for TPID Board of Directors 2024-2025
District Leader Report
State Committee Report
Adjourn
Masks will be available for free at the Hostel
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President's Report
By Lorraine Zamora
Petitioning is here again, and we’re off and running!
As I write this, Three Parks has officially launched Petition Signing Season. Weather permitting, we will host petition tables on Broadway every weekend at mid-day and every Wednesday during the evening rush during March (see the schedule further on in this newsletter). Please come and help gather signatures for our endorsed candidates. As I’m sure you know, all candidates running for office need to receive a specific number of signatures in order for their names to be on the Primary ballot in June. Please watch for our eblasts and check our website for updates. Our deadline for petition submission is April 1, latest.
My thanks to Theresa Canter, Dan Cohen, Chuck Wall, Lynn Thomas, Lynn Max and Steve Max for the extraordinary job they’ve done to organize and coordinate the gathering of petition signatures.
And thanks to everyone at Three Parks for all that you do!
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Vote for
TPID Board of Directors
2024-2025
The vote will take place at the March 13 Club meeting.
Here is the list of nominees:
Officers
President, Lorraine Zamora
1st Vice President, Daniele Gerard
2nd Vice President, Lynn Max
Treasurer, Ellen Flax
Recording Secretary, Michael Stearns
Corresponding Secretary, Chuck Wall
Membership Director, Josh Pepper
Special Events Director, Lois Safian
Program Director, Wendy Diller
Members-at-Large
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Raven Brown
Corinne Constantine
Liza Cooper
Tim Eckersley
Paul Froelich
Mary Ann Marks
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Steve Max
Miriam Rabban
Irene Shrier
Daniel Tsadok
Doug Whelan
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For profiles of the nominees, click here.
The ballot box will open when the last Board candidate has finished speaking and will close when the last Club member in the room has voted.
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Make Sure You Are Eligible to Vote!
In order to vote to endorse candidates and for the Board and officers, you must be a member of Three Parks Independent Democrats. Also, your dues must be current for the year in which the endorsement vote is held. In addition, you must have attended, as a member, at least one Club meeting in the six months prior to the endorsement vote. For new members, membership becomes effective one month after dues payment. For more information and a list of eligible voters, click here.
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Below is the list of Club members eligible to vote on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. If you do not see your name here but believe you are qualified to vote, please contact the Membership Director, Theresa Canter.
Voters Eligible Mar. 13, 2024
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Eligible if dues are paid by the date of the meeting | |
- Bardin Robert
- Crowley Kitty
- Dupuis Marnie
- Gemson Constance
- Goldberg Beryl
- Halgood Prince
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- Harris Keith
- Jamison-Howard Ruth
- McEldowney Merle
- Niedernan Adele
- Perez Julio
- Pfeiffer Ilene
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- Samuels Katherine
- Simon Franklin
- Simon Barbara
- Taylor Russel
- Eric Weltman
Weltman Eric
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TPID-Endorsed Candidates for the June 25 Primary
Here are the candidates that Three Parks has endorsed for the June 25 primary:
United States Congress
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Adriano Espaillat
NY 13th District
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Jerrold Nadler
NY 12th District
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New York State Offices
Cordell Cleare, Senate Dist. 30
Brad Hoylman-Sigal Senate Dist. 47
Micah Lasher, Assembly Dist. 69
District Leader (Female)
Theresa Canter
Democratic State Committee
Lynn Thomas ● Douglas Kellner
Civil Court Judges
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Allison Greenfield
Louis L. Nock
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Malaika Scott-McLaighlin
Ralph L. Wolf
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Delegates
Alan Flacks
Elizabeth Kellner
Aaron Mendelsohn
Josh Pepper
Deborah Thomas
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Alternate Delegates
Elaine Hazzard
Susan Maderer
Alfred Placeres
Stephanie Tegnazian
Doug Whelan
Anthony Zak
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To hear audio recordings of the January and February club endorsement meetings, click here.
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Petitioning Is Underway for Our Endorsed Candidates
Now that the endorsement votes are completed, it is time to petition to get our endorsed candidates on the June 25 Primary ballot. This year, petitioning began at the end of February and runs through March. A schedule of petitioning events for March 6 -- 10 is shown below.
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Join Us at Sidewalk Tables and at the
W. 97th St. Farmers' Market
Wednesday, March 6
W. 104th Street & B'way, SW corner
W. 97th Street & B'way, NW corner
4:30--5:30 PM
Friday March 8
Farmers' Mkt on W. 97th St. btwn Amst. & Col. Aves.
10 AM -- 12 noon
Saturday March 9
W. 104th Street & B'way, SW corner
W. 97th Street & B'way, NW corner
12:00--2:00 PM
Sunday, March 10
W. 105th St. & B'way, NE corner
11:00 AM -- 1:00 PM
More petitioning events to follow.
Be sure to check the TPID website petitioning page before visiting the table in case of last-minute changes
To volunteer for any of these petitioning events, RSVP here.
Volunteers can pick up petitions at the W. 104th Street sidewalk table. To arrange petition pick-up at other times, call Lorraine Zamora at (917) 348-5136.
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Above: NYS Assembly candidate Micah Lasher (4th
from left) joins Three Parks members for petitioning at
the W. 97th Street Farmers' Market on March 1.
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Above: NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and NYS Assembly candidate Micah Lasher (back row, 2nd and 4th from left) join Three Parks members for petitioning on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
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The Suozzi Campaign Thanks Three Parks
Nate Munson-Palomba, Campaign Field Director for Democratic Congressional Candidate Tom Suozzi in CD3 on Long Island, salutes all the Three Parks volunteers who helped achieve last month's election victory.
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Hi Three Parks -
Thank you all so much! Has been an honor to work with you all once again, and looking forward to doing so in November!
Onward! -- Nate Munson-Palomba
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Three Parks Club members and friends wrote and sent more than 4400 postcards to Long Island voters, and also canvassed door-to-door in the district. Suozzi's win marks an important step in regaining Democratic control of Congress. | |
Susan Baldwin 1943-2024
Susan Baldwin, a longtime member of Three Parks Independent Democrats with her husband William and daughter Emily, died at home on Feb. 15.
Since moving to the Upper West Side in the late 1960s, Susan was a Democratic Party activist, having served as a state Democratic Committee member in the 1970s and ‘80s, and as a member of the Riverside Democrats before becoming a founding member of TPID. One of her favorite activities was soliciting signatures on ballot nominating petitions for candidates. ...
Read More.
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Recommended Read:
Laboratories of Autocracy by David Pepper, St. Helena Press, 2021
State governments are essential to our lives, our communities, and the functions of our democracy. Unfortunately, most Americans are woefully unaware of how state government works and pay little attention. Yet state legislatures are currently under nationwide attack from Republicans.
David Pepper’s book Laboratories of Autocracy is an important exploration of the Republicans’ continuing autocratic campaign to take over state governments, viewed particularly through the lens of the state of Ohio. ...
Read More.
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Don't Miss Out! Renew Your Three Parks Membership Now for 2024
Click here or mail in the membership form at the
end of this newsletter.
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Wednesday, Mar. 13, 7:30 PM
Three Parks Club Meeting
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Three Parks Board Meeting
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Wednesday, Apr. 10, 7:30 PM
Three Parks Club Meeting
Wednesday, Apr. 24, 8:00 PM
Three Parks Board Meeting
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The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors of the articles and are not necessarily representative of Three Parks.
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Lorraine Zamora
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Theresa Canter
Daniel Marks Cohen
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