August 22, 2012 : PRESS RELEASE
More Momentum in the Race to Succeed Senator Tom Duane
NEW YORK, NY – Democratic State Senate candidate Brad Hoylman kicked his campaign for progressive reform into high gear by announcing the support of hundreds of community leaders. Hoylman is running to succeed Senator Tom Duane, who is stepping down from his seat representing parts of the West Side, East Side and downtown Manhattan.
“I’m so grateful for the support of so many distinguished community leaders and neighborhood activists from every part of the district,” said Hoylman. “It’s a sign that the people I have worked with for nearly two decades are rallying around our message of progressive reform for our communities.”
The local activists and leaders endorsing Hoylman praised his commitment to reform and his record of getting results on community issues:
“We have served with Brad Hoylman as fellow Community Board Chairs and have witnessed firsthand his dedication, commitment and outstanding service to the neighborhoods he represents,” said Julie Menin and Dominic Pisciotta, former chairs of Community Boards 1 and 3. “As fellow parents, we know that he will keep the needs of New York City’s youth and its schools very much in mind. We are delighted to endorse him in his run for State Senate and know that he will be a stalwart fighter for the needs of his constituents and a powerful voice in Albany.”
“We have two new public schools coming online in the district thanks to Brad’s efforts,” said District 2 Community Education Council Chair Shino Tanikawa. “Working with local public school parents and elected officials, he spearheaded efforts to raise awareness about school overcrowding and the need for a new middle school and elementary school in the neighborhood. I know Brad will continue to fight for our public schools if he’s elected to the State Senate.”
“Brad has a longtime commitment to preserving and creating affordable housing,” said Chelsea Tenant Advocate Michael McKee. “He began his nonprofit legal career building affordable housing, was a board member of Tenants & Neighbors and recently helped establish a $1 million legal defense fund for rent regulated tenants. Brad will be a strong voice for tenants in Albany.”
“Brad helped reform our community boards by creating new standards for selection of board members, rooting out conflicts of interest, and instituting continuing education for members,” said Community Board leader and Stuyvesant Town resident Mark Thompson. “We need this kind of reform-minded approach in Albany.”
The full list of community leaders whose support is being announced today is listed below.
Brad Hoylman has been a Democratic grassroots activist for over twenty years. He is the former Chair of Manhattan Community Board 2, a position to which he was unanimously elected three times. Brad also holds the position of Democratic District Leader. He is a Trustee of the Community Services Society of New York, the city’s leading anti-poverty organization, and is a former board member of the Empire State Pride Agenda, Tenants & Neighbors, Class Size Matters and Citizen Action. He is also a parent. He lives in the Village with his longtime partner, David, and their 20-month-old daughter, Silvia.
The 27th District includes Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen, as well as parts of SoHo, NoHo, the Upper West Side, Midtown, the East Village, Alphabet City, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, Waterside Plaza and Phipps Plaza.
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Community Leaders Endorsing Brad Hoylman, Democrat for State Senate
(organizations listed for identification purposes only)
Kirstin Aadahl, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenant Activist
Susanna Aaron, Member of Community Board 2
Catherine Abate, Former State Senator
Liz Abzug, LGBT Activist
Miguel Acevedo, Founder of Fulton Youth of the Future
Anna Allen, Chelsea Healthcare Advocate
Bruce Anderson, LGBT Activist
Ann Arlen, Environmental Advocate
Steve Ashkinazy, LGBT Activist, Former Community Board 2 Member
Barbara Backer, Pedestrian Advocate
Vikki Barbaro, Chair of Community Board 5
Charles Bayor, Member of Community Board 4
Muriel Beach, Senior Citizens Advocate
Barry Benepe, Founder of Greenmarket Program, Transportation Alternatives
Albert Bennett, Village Preservationist, Block Association Leader
Keen Berger, Member of Community Board 2, District Leader
Christine Berthet, Member of Community Board 4, CHEKPEDS
Ann Binstock, PS 87 PTA President
Sandra Blackwood, PS 40 PTA President
Katy Bordonaro, Affordable Housing Activist
Bill Borock, Council of Chelsea Block Associations
Frieda Bradlow, Environmental Advocate
Charles Buchwald, District Leader
Stanley Bulbach, Community Activist
Richard Caccappolo, Member of Community Board 2
Heather Campbell, Member of Community Board 2, PS 41 Parent Advocacy Committee Chair
Jesse Campoamor, Member of Community Board 4, Labor Activist
Lisa Cannistraci, Member of Community Board 2, Small Business Owner
Elizabeth Caputo, UWS Community Board Activist
David Caraway, Former CRDC Executive Committee, LeGal Member
Matthew Carlin, Former President of Stonewall Democrats
Ray Cline, President of Village Reform Democratic Club
Ivy Cohen, Preservationist, Arts Advocate
Denise Collins, Member of Community Board 2, PS 3 Parent Leader
George Cominskie, Westbeth Artist Residents Council
Lee Compton, Member of Community Board 4, Biotech Executive
Larry Condon, Block Association Leader
Pier Consagra, Member of Community Board 2
Katherine Consuelo-Johnson, Member of Community Board 4, Public School Parent Leader
Mary Conway-Spiegel, PS 11 Parent Leader, Education Advocate
Debra Cooper, State Committee Member
Doris Corrigan, State Committee Member
Terri Cude, Community Action Alliance on NYU 2031, Member of Community Board 2
Louise Dankberg, District Leader
Joshua David, Chelsea Community Activist
Sarah Desmond, Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Housing Advocate
Sylvia Di Pietro, Member of Community Board 5
Doris Diether, Village Zoning Expert, Preservationist
Kathryn Donaldson, Village Block Association Leader
Constance Dondore, Village Activist
Marilyn Dorato, Greenwich Village Block Association Leader
Mary Dorman, District Leader
Lesley and Nick Doyel, Council of Chelsea Block Associations, Save Chelsea
Cristy Dwyer, Member of Community Board 2
Brian Ellner, Marriage Equality Advocate
Bob Ely, Member of Community Board 2, PS 3 Parent Leader
Susan Enzer, President of Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club
Kathleen Faccini, Village Activist
Elka Fears, West 46-47 Block Association
Sheelah Feinberg, Public Health Advocate
Kevin Finnegan, Village Labor Activist
Georgette Fleischer, East Side Activist
Cormac Flynn, Village Activist
Robin Forst, President of Lower Manhattan Democrats
Gail Fox, Union Square Activist
Lyle Frank, Member of Community Board 6
Sylvia Friedman, State Committee Member
Joy Garland, Executive Director Emerita of Stuyvesant Cove Park Association
Jonathan Geballe, President of Village Independent Democrats
Ethan Geto, Civil Rights Activist
Georgette Gittens, District Leader
Peter Gleason, Civil Rights Attorney
Larry Goldberg, Parks Activist and Preservationist
Lorna Gottesman, Village Labor Activist
Nick Gottlieb, PS 3 Parent Leader
Alison Greenberg, East Side Preservationist
Sasha Greene, Member of Community Board 2
Jean Grillo, District Leader
Paul Groncki, Chair of 100 West 16th St Block Association, Chelsea Activist
David Gruber, Chair of Community Board 2
Joe Hagelmann, Former President of Stonewall Democrats
Jo Hamilton, Former Chair of Community Board 2
Robert Hammond, Village Community Activist
Arthur Harris, Village Reform Democratic Club, Former Member of Community Board 2
Anne Hearn, Member of Community Board 2,Washington Square Village Tenant Leader
Anthony Hoffmann, Village Activist, Former District Leader
Nadine Hoffmann, Village Activist, Former District Leader
Molly Hollister, District Leader
Allan Horland, Medical Doctor, Community Activist
Justin Hoy, Co-President of Save Chelsea
Catherine Hughes, Chair of Community Board 1
Joanne Imohiosen, Upper West Side Community Activist
Ken Jockers, Chelsea Nonprofit Leader
Corey Johnson, Chair of Community Board 4
Zella Jones, NoHo Activist
Tony Juliano, Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce
Bob Kalin, Hell’s Kitchen Tenant Activist
Lisa Kaplan, LES and Affordable Housing Activist
Robbie Kaplan, LGBT Legal Advocate
Irene Kaufman, Public School Parent Advocacy Committee
Peggy Kerry, Former State Committee Member
Jeannine Kiely, Member of Community Board 2, Public School Parent Leader
Ed Kirkland, Chelsea Waterside Park Association, Member of Community Board 4
Ann Kjelberg, PS 41 Parent Leader
Honi Klein, Former Executive Director, Village Alliance
Laura Koestler, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenant Activist
Arthur Kriemelman, Member of Community Board 2, President of the SoHo Alliance
Greg Lambert, East Side Activist
Dodge Landesman, Member of Community Board 6
Rachel Lavine, State Committee Member
Burt Lazarin, Member of Community Board 4
Rita Lee, Village Activist, Former District Manager of Community Board 2
Ray Lee, Member of Community Board 2
Harry Malakoff, Youth Sports Advocate, Penn South Resident
Adam Malitz, Member of Community Board 1
Jason Mansfield, Member of Community Board 2
Carlos Manzano, Former State Committee Member
Jay Marcus, Member of Community Board 4
Chad Marlow, Village View Activist
John Marsh, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenant Activist
Bob Martin, Chelsea and Housing Activist
Michael McKee, Chelsea and Housing Activist
Scott Melvin, President of Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats
Zenaida Mendez, Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Housing Activist
Julie Menin, Former Chair of Community Board 1
Betsy Mickel, Village Block Association Leader
Cameron Miller, Hell’s Kitchen Activist
David Mixner, Civil Rights Activist, Author
Carolyn Montgomery, Hell’s Kitchen Small Business Owner
Florent Morellet, Member of Community Board 2, LGBT Activist
Steven Newmark, President of Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club
J.D. Noland, West 48th St Association, Member of Community Board 4
Tom Nooter, District Leader
John Owens, HK5051
Judy Paul, Member of Community Board 2, Small Business Leader
Ellen Peterson Lewis, Village Activist, Environmentalist
Brice Peyre, Former President of Stonewall Democrats, East Side Activist
AJ Pietrantone, Chelsea/West Side Community Activist
David Pincus, Member of Community Board 4, Arts Advocate
Dominic Pisciotta, Former Chair of Community Board 3
Keith Powers, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Activist
Andy Praschak, LGBT Activist
John “Butch” Purcell, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Activist
Jennifer Rajkumar, District Leader
Lois Rakoff, Member of Community Board 2, BAMRA, Bellevue CAB
John Raskin, Transportation Advocate, Former Hell’s Kitchen Organizer
Marisa Redanty, Manhattan Plaza Tenant Leader
Connie Ress, Chelsea LGBT and Community Activist
Joe Restuccia, Member of Community Board 4, Hell’s Kitchen Affordable Housing Expert
Anne Rettenberg, President of Gramercy Stuyvesant Independent Democrats
Robert Riccobono, 1st Vice Chair of Community Board 2, Vice President of SoHo Alliance
Adam Riff, Good Government Activist
Carol Rinzler, East Side Activist
Nanette Ross, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenant Activist
Robin Rothstein, Member of Community Board 2, Arts Advocate
Tamara Rowe, CEC District 2 Leader
Joanna Saccone, Village Activist
Steve Sanders, Former Assembly Member
Maury Schott, Member of Community Board 2
Tom Schuler, District Leader
Alan Schulkin, Downtown Labor Activist
Arthur Schwartz, State Committee Member
John Scott, District Leader
Shirley Secunda, Member of Community Board 2, Planning Advocate
Roberta Semer, Lincoln Towers Community Activist
Sandro Sherrod, Member of Community Board 6
Yvonne Sherwell, Tenant Activist
Eric Shuffler, PS 199 Parent Leader, Lincoln Towers Activist
Elaine Shulman, President of Ansonia Independent Democrats
Frederica Sigel, Member of Community Board 2
Adam Silvera, Former District Leader, East Village Activist
Melissa Sklarz, President of Stonewall Democrats
Steven Skyles-Mulligan, President of Chelsea Reform Democratic Club
Cynthia Smith, Former GLID President
Steven Smollens, District Leader, Tenant Advocate
Chuck Spence, Former President of West 44 Street Block Association
Chenault Spence, Member of Community Board 2
Peter Staley, LGBT & AIDS Activist
Susan Steinberg, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenant Activist
Richard Stewart, Member of Community Board 2
Trevor Stewart, Village Preservationist
Arthur Stoliar, Former Chair of Community Board 2
Gloria Sukenick, Penn South Housing Activist
Mary Swartz, Save Chelsea Activist
Sean Sweeney, Executive Director of SoHo Alliance, Member of Community Board 2
Shino Tanikawa, Chair of Community Education Council, District 2
John Tepper Marlin, Budget Expert, Chelsea Resident
Martin Tessler, Former Community Board 2 Member
Mark Thompson, Community Board Leader
Beth Torin, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Activist
Kathleen & Martin Treat, Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association
Robert Trentlyon, Chelsea Activist, Open Space Advocate
Yayoi Tsuchitani, Village Activist
Kay Vota, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Activist
Annie Washburn, Founding Executive Director of Meat Packing District Improvement Association
Will Weder, Health Care Activist, Member of Community Board 6
John Weis, Former Chair of Community Board 4
Scott Widmeyer, Former Chair of The Victory Fund
Jeanne Wilcke, President of Downtown Independent Democrats
Susan Wittenberg, Member of Community Board 2
Pamela Wolff, Member of Community Board 4, Chelsea Activist
Katharine Wolpe, East Village Activist
Antony Wong, Member of Community Board 2
Sharon Woolums, Open Space Advocate
Celia Wu, Village Activist
Mel Wymore, UWS Community Board Leader
Carol Yankay, Village Activist
Elaine Young, Member of Community Board 2
Bari Zahn, HIV/AIDS Activist
Annette Zaner, Village Activist
Elizabeth Zechella, Member of Community Board 4, Arts Advocate
Bob Zuckerman, Former President of Stonewall Democrats
William Zwart, LGBT Activist