July Meeting: More Pre-Reading from the Times

Opinion A Daring Plan to Fix the Subways By The Editorial Board June 3, 2018 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has long estimated that it could take half a century to make New York City’s neglected subway system reliable. What ...

July Meeting: Some Pre-Reading! NYT on the Subway

FFDC Member Nancy Lang has put together some materials to help us prepare for our July meeting on something many of us think a lot about: TRANSIT.  Here is a first installment.    The Case for the Subway It built the city. Now, no matter the cost ...

Club Endorses Roberts and Trapanotto for State Committee

After hearing from all candidates at its May 8th meeting, the Four Freedoms Democratic Club voted overwhelmingly to endorse Adam Roberts and Lauren Trapanotto to represent New York's 76th Assembly District on the New York State Committee.

FFDC Endorses, and Doesn't, in State Races

On May 8, the Four Freedoms Democratic Club held its bi-annual State Offices Endorsement Meeting, at which members voted on endorsements for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Senate (28th District and 29th District) and State Assembly (76th Dis...

FFDC Hosts Successful Spring Soiree

The Four Freedoms Democratic Club was honored to be sponsored by, and have in attendance, our dedicated elected officials at our annual Spring Soiree on Thursday, April 12th. 

FFDC Rejects IDC "Unity" Deal

In a poll of members at the April Meeting of the Four Freedoms Democratic Club, members voted overwhelming to reject the "unity deal" announced earlier this month between the state Democratic Party leadership and the Independent Democratic Confere...

County Democrats Approve Some, But Not All Proposed Rules Changes

The next in a series of reports from Pierre Ratzki, the 76th Assembly District's representative to the County Democratic Party's Rules Committee. Since my last update, the Rules Committee has met two more times, on February 13th and March 1st. We ...

FFDC Stands in Solidarity with Students Seeking Gun Safety

The FFDC Executive Board has passed a resolution proclaiming that we stand in solidarity with the call by students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for a School Walkout on March 14, 2018, to promote the enactment of common sense gun safety ...

Club Endorses Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney

The Four Freedoms Democratic Club voted overwhelmingly to endorse Carolyn Maloney for a 14th term representing New York’s 12th Congressional District (NY12), at its bi-annual Congressional Endorsement Meeting on February 13, 2018.