General Meeting of New York Senate District 17 for Progress
Sunday, November 19th, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Learn about New York Senate District 17 for Progress' focus for the upcoming legislative session in Albany. Help the grassroots group build its strategies for promoting and lobbying on behalf of issues that are important to residents of District 17.
The neighborhoods in District 17 are Borough Park, Midwood, and Brooklyn Chinatown and parts of Sunset Park, Kensington, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend.
Since 2012, State Senate District 17 has been represented by Simcha Felder. Right after he was first elected, the registered Democrat informed his constituents that he would be caucusing with the Republicans, not with his own party. That political stance advantages the Republican Party in the Senate.
Agenda
- Ross Barkan, Democratic candidate in 2018 for State Senate District 22, will talk about the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)--a group of eight Democratic senators who are in a coalition with the Republican senators. Barkan will also talk about running as a progressive in South Brooklyn.
- See the initial draft of the group's mission statement. This will be the last opportunity to attend a meeting, which will make you eligible to vote on the mission statement.
- Discuss what the group will focus on in the upcoming legislative session. Name the most important or immediate problems in your lives and which issues you'd want the group to focus on.
- Hear about the various projects that people in the group have been working on. Volunteer to help, if you can.
The meeting is free and open to the public and will be held on Sunday, November 19th, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location
1016 Beverley Road
between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road
Brooklyn