Elizabeth Golluscio led the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:29 pm. Minutes was read by Dominick Maiorano.
The presidential Inauguration was four days away. 4 members in the audience planned to attend. President-Elect Trump is expected to pardon about 1,000 January 6 convicted people. Two groups of volunteers are planning to welcome those to be released at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Brooklyn MDC. Donald Onuma, 19-year-old, campaign manager for Bashek Grimes, talked about togetherness. Ed Lee is planning to protest at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network meeting on January 18.
Candidates who spoke before the club were, left to right, John Patrick Healy, City Council District 26; Bashek Grimes, Queens Borough President; Alexander Caruso, City Council District 19; Jeffrey Horowitz, City Council District 51; Hatem El-Gamasy, City Council District 45; Ramses Frias, City Council District 25; Supreet McGrath, City Council District 29; Ricard Pacheco, City Council District 25; Jonathan Rinaldi, City Council District 30; and Henry Ikezi, Queens Borough President. Moderator, Jim Strawhorn.
You could watch the YouTube video of the meeting!
The meeting ended at 9:28 pm.
The next meeting is February 20, 2025. We will be preparing to start petitioning!
(City Council Candidates who have filed with NYCCFB as of 1/16/25, 142)
| Coleman, Jess K | Dem | City Council District 01 |
| Lewinsohn, Elizabeth | Dem | City Council District 01 |
| Marte, Christopher | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 01 |
| Qiu, Helen J | Rep | City Council District 01 |
| Yu, Eric | Dem? | City Council District 01 |
| Batchu, Sarah L | Dem | City Council District 02 |
| Epstein, Harvey D | Dem, Assembly 74 | City Council District 02 |
| Gordillo, Andrea | Dem | City Council District 02 |
| Murillo, Jason C | Dem Con | City Council District 02 |
| Ryan, Allison L | Dem | City Council District 02 |
| Schargel, Gail | Dem | City Council District 02 |
| Weiner, Anthony | Dem | City Council District 02 |
| Bottcher, Erik | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 03 |
| Creneti, Michael | Dem | City Council District 03 |
| Flores, Louis | Dem | City Council District 03 |
| Romeo, Dominick | Dem | City Council District 03 |
| Trafficante, Liliana M | ??? | City Council District 03 |
| Aronson, Vanessa T | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Bondy, Faith | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Florczak, Lukas | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Maloney, Virginia | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Storch, Rachel | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Wetzler, Benjamin D | Dem | City Council District 04 |
| Menin, Julie | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 05 |
| Brewer, Gale | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 06 |
| Abreu, Shaun | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 07 |
| Khan, Tiffany | Dem | City Council District 07 |
| Okporo, Edafe | Dem? | City Council District 07 |
| Alayeto, Clarisa | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Aulbach-Sidibe, Daniel K | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Colon, Federico | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Encarnacion, Elsie R | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Feliciano, Hector | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Gibbs, Edward | Dem, Assembly 68 | City Council District 08 |
| Lopez, Wilfredo | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Reyes, Nicholas | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Zayas, Evette | Dem | City Council District 08 |
| Salaam, Yusef | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 09 |
| Sanchez, Elizabeth | Dem? | City Council District 09 |
| De La Rosa, Carmen | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 10 |
| Dinowitz, Eric | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 11 |
| Herbert-Guggenheim, Danielle | Dem | City Council District 11 |
| Riley, Kevin C | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 12 |
| King, Andy | Dem | City Council District 12 |
| Aldebol, Shirley | Dem | City Council District 13 |
| Diaz, David A | Dem | City Council District 13 |
| Marmorato, Kristy | Rep, incumbent | City Council District 13 |
| Perez, John | Dem? | City Council District 13 |
| Reets-DuPont, Theona S | Dem | City Council District 13 |
| Torres, Jacqueline | Dem | City Council District 13 |
| Cabrera, Fernando L | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 14 |
| Harris, John Maynard | Dem | City Council District 14 |
| Hodge Vasquez, Bryan | Dem | City Council District 14 |
| Sanchez, Pierina A | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 14 |
| Feliz, Oswald | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 15 |
| Joseph, Shakur T | Dem | City Council District 16 |
| Stevens, Althea V | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 16 |
| Ortiz, Antirson R | Dem | City Council District 17 |
| Perez Jr., Freddy | Dem | City Council District 17 |
| Sanchez, Justin E | Dem | City Council District 17 |
| Santana, Elvis | Dem | City Council District 17 |
| Uribe, Jasmine | Dem | City Council District 17 |
| Farias, Amanda | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 18 |
| Caruso, Alexander | Dem | City Council District 19 |
| Paladino, Vickie | Rep, incumbent | City Council District 19 |
| Ung, Sandra | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 20 |
| Henriquez, Yanna M | Dem | City Council District 21 |
| Monserrate, Hiram | Dem | City Council District 21 |
| Montoya, Erycka | Dem | City Council District 21 |
| Navarro, Sandro S | Dem | City Council District 21 |
| Thomas Henry, Shanel | Dem | City Council District 21 |
| Caban, Tiffany | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 22 |
| Lee, Linda | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 23 |
| Gennaro, James F | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 24 |
| Ashiq, Abubakar | Blk | City Council District 25 |
| Frias, Ramses | Rep | City Council District 25 |
| Haque, Shah S | Rep, Dem? | City Council District 25 |
| Krishnan, Shekar | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 25 |
| Pacheco, Ricardo J | Dem | City Council District 25 |
| Won, Julie | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 26 |
| Daniels, Vera V | Dem | City Council District 27 |
| Pieters, Austin | Oth | City Council District 27 |
| Williams, Nantasha | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 27 |
| Hankerson, Tyrell D | Dem | City Council District 28 |
| Hitlall, Romeo | Dem | City Council District 28 |
| LeGrand, Latoya | Dem | City Council District 28 |
| Miller, Constance | Dem | City Council District 28 |
| Singh, Japneet | Dem | City Council District 28 |
| McGrath, Supreet | Dem | City Council District 29 |
| Schulman, Lynn | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 29 |
| Pogozelski, Paul J | Rep? | City Council District 30 |
| Rinaldi, Jonathan D | Rep | City Council District 30 |
| Smyth, Dermot | Dem | City Council District 30 |
| Vaichunas, Alicia | Rep | City Council District 30 |
| Wong, Phil | Dem | City Council District 30 |
| Brooks-Powers, Selvena | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 31 |
| Ariola, Joann | Rep, incumbent | City Council District 32 |
| Martinez, Angel* | City Council District 33 | |
| Restler, Lincoln | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 33 |
| Gutierrez, Jennifer | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 34 |
| Ashman, Dion M | Dem | City Council District 35 |
| Hudson, Crystal | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 35 |
| Robertson, Hector | Dem | City Council District 35 |
| Wedderburn, Sharon | Dem | City Council District 35 |
| Osse, Chi | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 36 |
| Nurse, Sandy | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 37 |
| Aviles, Alexa | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 38 |
| Quero, Luis E | Rep | City Council District 38 |
| Spiak, Peter | Blk | City Council District 38 |
| Ye, Ling | Dem? | City Council District 38 |
| Hanif, Shahana | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 39 |
| Kornberg, Maya | Dem | City Council District 39 |
| Saghir, Luke P | ??? | City Council District 39 |
| Cambry, Yvette§ | Dem | City Council District 40 |
| Joseph, Rita C | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 40 |
| Alexandre, Dominique K | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Arnwine, Dante | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Cunningham, Bianca | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Henderson, Jamell | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Lynch, Lawman | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Mealy, Darlene | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 41 |
| Thompson, Jammel A | Dem | City Council District 41 |
| Banks, Christopher | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 42 |
| Chan, Jerry | ??? | City Council District 43 |
| Zhuang, Susan | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 43 |
| Tischler, Harold | Rep | City Council District 44 |
| Fridman, Moshe | Dem | City Council District 44 |
| El-Gamasy, Hatem | Rep | City Council District 45 |
| Louis, Farah | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 45 |
| Narcisse, Mercedes | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 46 |
| Willabus, Dimple | Dem | City Council District 46 |
| Batista, Anthony | Dem | City Council District 47 |
| Santosuosso, Kayla | Dem | City Council District 47 |
| Vernikov, Inna | Rep, incumbent | City Council District 48 |
| Blas, Sarah | Dem | City Council District 49 |
| Carter-Williams, Jozette | Dem | City Council District 49 |
| Diakhate, Abou S | Dem | City Council District 49 |
| Hanks, Kamillah M | Dem, incumbent | City Council District 49 |
| Carr, David M | Rep, incumbent | City Council District 50 |
| Horowitz, Jeffrey | Dem | City Council District 51 |
| Morano, Frank | Rep | City Council District 51 |