Tonight is the Manhattan Young Democrats Straw Poll for Attorney General.
We will be gathering at Luca Lounge in the East Village from 7-11 pm for some drinks, debates, and decisions. Join us!
www.lucaloungenyc.com/lounge/
222 Avenue B between 13th/14th
From 7-9pm reduced prices: $5 mixed drinks, beer & house wines.
Meanwhile, here is some key info on the candidates to get you thinking.
RICHARD BRODSKY
- Current and Previous Positions Held:
- New York State Assemblyman (Westchester)
- LGBT Rights:
- Pro-Marriage Equality
- Supports Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
- Environmental Protection and Rural Development:
- Supports ‘cancer mapping’ (state produced maps of environmental facilities and cancer hotbeds)
- Supports the Department of Environmental Protection regulation over the Indian Point power plant
- Supports bond acts to support clean air and water programs
SEAN COFFEY
- Current and Previous Positions Held:
- Naval JAG Officer, Federal Prosecutor
- LGBT Rights:
- Pro-Marriage Equality
- Supports Employment Non-Discrimination Act
- Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
- Supports Fair housing rights for LGBT
- Environmental Protection and Rural Development:
- Opposes drilling in the Marcellus Shale until it can be guaranteed that it would be pollution-free
- Will work to create more clean energy jobs and sustainable development sector
ERIC DINALLO
- Current and Previous Positions Held:
- Manhattan ADA
- Assistant New York AG
- New York State Commissioner of Insurance
- LGBT Rights:
- Pro-Marriage Equality
- Supports Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
- Supports Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
- As AG, will w add a LGBT Advocate position in Civil Rights Bureau
- As AG, will Challenge Federal Ban of gay men’s blood
- Helped extend insurance benefits to same-sex couples while co-chairing the New York’s Universal Health Insurance Task Force
- Environmental Protection and Rural Development:
- Will assign an Assistant AG to each county
- Expand basic legal services to local municipalities
KATHLEEN RICE
- Current and Previous Positions Held:
- Kings County ADA
- Nassau County DA
- LGBT Rights:
- Pro-Marriage Equality
- Supports Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
- Supports Employment Non-Discrimination Act
- Supports Dignity for All Students Act
- Supports Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- As Nassau DA, Rice recruited LGBT prosecutors and appointed New York State’s first hate crimes-oriented prosecutor
- Environmental Protection and Rural Development:
- Will ensure that landlords will provide for non-toxic living spaces for tenants
- Will ensure that the same environmental protection laws will be enforced against corporate polluters regardless of the socioeconomic status of the area
- Will create a “311” system for legal assistance in rural ares
- Will create a Rural Affairs Advisory Council and appoint representatives (both elected and not-elected) from all regions of the state
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN
- Current and Previous Positions Held:
- New York State Senator (Manhattan)
- LGBT Rights:
- Pro-Marriage Equality
- Supports Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
- Supports Dignity for All Students Act
- Supports repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
- Supports Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- Supports Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act
- Environmental Protection and Rural Development:
- Plans to expand the AG’s Environmental Protection Bureau with “innovative legal challenges and building regional environmental alliances”
