November 1st, 2009
Margaret Chin is spending the last two days before New York's City's general election greeting voters at subway stops, working the phones – determined to finish strong. In spite of her all-but-certain victory in the District 1 City Council race next week, she's not taking anything for granted. In a message to supporters, she said, "please make sure to tell your friends and family
to get out and vote on Tuesday… I want to win with a
high turnout."
Chin is not expected to face much of a challenge from her Republican opponent, in the heavily Democratic district. According to Campaign Finance Board records, Irene Horvath has one single campaign contribution of $100. The contributor: Irene Horvath.
Chin is urging voters to support Bill Thompson, in his uphill battle to defeat Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She and Thompson have a rally planned tomorrow afternoon (Monday) at 430pm, in Chatham Square. In an article appearing on CNN.com, Chin said of Bloomberg, "He needs to be a mayor for everyone. I think he's favoring the more
well-to-do… New York City's working families have lots of
needs, and he hasn't always been there for them."
Continue reading Assured of Victory, Chin Hopes For High Voter Turnout
November 1st, 2009
There was a nice feature in yesterday's Times on the Halloween party at the Educational Alliance's Sirovich Senior Center on 12th Street. Reporter Susan Dominus begins by marveling that the East Village,the "youth capitol of the island," has an "elderly population, people who have seen more in their time than a bustling coffee shop’s worth of twenty-something stylists." But if you get past the odd premise, the story's a good read:
… a group of 100 or so people, many of them over 80, demanded the
visual attention of anyone in the vicinity. There was no ignoring the
blinking lights on a woman’s visor or the glittery cat-eye sunglasses
on another woman. The Statue of Liberty graced the crowd with her
presence, as did Charlie Chaplin, in the form of an 82-year-old woman,
originally from Shanghai, with a fake mustache and a black sequined
top. It was noted to one tiny woman, 86, that she had a stuffed puppy
lodged in the brim of her silver hat. “I know,” she said. “I put it there.” She was going for a look inspired by Dorothy… Leave it to young people to dress up as ghosts, ghouls and other forms
of the unliving; this crowd was injecting pure flash into their
regalia. “Who am I?” said Ricarda Torrez, 72, dressed like a movie star
at the spa, with a pink towel wrapped turban-style around her head.
“I’m me!”
Continue reading NYT Features Halloween at Educational Alliance’s Senior Center
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