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2009 Citizens Union Voters Directory a Nonpartisan Guide to Informed Voting 2009 CITIZENS UNION VOTERS DIRECTORY A NONPARTISAN GUIDE TO INFORMED VOTING PRIMARY ELECTION VOTE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 VISIT WWW.CITIZENSUNION.ORG FOR UPDATED INFORMATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Peter J.W. Sherwin, Chair Allan H Dobrin Malcolm MacKay Luis Garden Acosta, Vice Chair Helena Rose Durst Anthony Mattia Gena Lovett, Treasurer Edythe W First Tom Osterman Christina R Davis, Secretary Ester Fuchs, Ph D John Proudfit Robert Abrams Sally Goodgold Bruce Raab VOTERS DIRECTORY PRIMARY ELECTION 2009 John P Avlon Chung-Wha Hong Anusha Rasalingam Joel Berger John R Horan Luis O Reyes, Ph D Nancy Bowe Robert M Kaufman Lillian Rodríguez López Gerrard P Bushell Ian L Kelley, Esq Torrance Robinson Lucy Cabrera, Ph D Eric S Lee Alan Rothstein John Crotty Ogden N Lewis Edward C Swenson “A Union of Citizens, without regard to party, Mark Lieberman for the purpose of securing the honest and efficient government of the City of New York.” LOCAL CANDIDATES COMMITTEE John Horan, Chair Seth Hufford John T Moran Tim Abraham Doug Israel Jasmine Moy Miriam Adelman Yvette Jackson Jacqueline Ross Scott Avidon Jonathan Judge Frances Scanlon About this Directory and Citizen Union’s Evaluation Process 2 Thomas H Bach Rita Kardeman Kenneth F Seplow Josephine Barnes Peter Killen Peter J W Sherwin David A Brauner Patricia Killen David Slotnick Citizens Union Preferred Candidates 4 John Delmar Adam Kurtz Anthony R Smith Patricia Dolan Sandra Lespinasse Triada Stampas Gail Erickson Matthew Levison Edward M Strauss, III Contested Primary Elections 5 Arthur Galub Mark Lieberman Jesse Strauss Joseph Gapper Alan Lubliner Edward Swenson Elaine Gerstein Grace Lyu-Volckhausen David Ward Selected Questions from Citizens Union’s City Council Sally Goodgold Anthony Mattia William I Weisberg Candidate Questionnaire 10 William M Herrlich Bill Meehan David Westerman Tracie Holder Andra Miller Dominic Williams Selected Questionnaires Responses 12 STAFF Dick Dadey, Executive Director Adelia H Harrison, Executive Andrea Senteno, Program Ballot Marking Device Information 16 Rachael Fauss, Policy and Assistant Associate and Local Candi- Research Associate Ya-Hsuan Huang, Web Producer dates Staff Coordinator DeNora Getachew, Director and Graphic Designer Vera Willensky, Volunteer Further Information 17 of Policy and Advocacy Sally McCullough, Office Coordinator and Legislative Counsel and Finance Manager INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS Jenna Kelsey Nina Pedrad Daniel Rudofsky Rebecca Moses Lauren Randall Matthew Rothstein Amanda Rosenberg 2 1 ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY AND their position on term limits, and their knowledge of district, city, and statewide CITIZENS UNION’S EVALUATION PROCESS issues No single answer by a candidate ensures – or rules out – a preference We New Yorkers this September will be voting in primary elections to select party will evaluate candidates with competitive general election contests in the com- candidates for mayor, comptroller, and public advocate, borough presidents, district ing months, so please look out for our November general election directory attorneys and city council representatives in the first citywide election since 2005 The preferences for the races we have evaluated thus far are contained within While the number of candidates seeking office this year may have been higher if this directory, but since Citizens Union is co-sponsoring Campaign Finance Board term limits were not extended in 2008, Citizens Union still believes that regardless debates for the 3 citywide offices (Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller) with its of whether voters cast their ballot on our old Shoup lever machines or on an Elec- partners the Daily News, NY 1, NY 1 Noticias, Time Warner, and WNYC, Citizens tion Systems & Software (ES&S) AutoMARK ballot marking device voters will have Union cannot make its preference decisions for the citywide races until after these plenty of options on September 15th debates occur Accordingly, please visit Citizens Union’s website (www citizensunion To help our supportive and loyal Citizens Union members prepare for the upcom- org) in the coming weeks before the primary election to find out the organization’s ing primary election, we bring you our annual voters directory, which is not possible preferences for comptroller and public advocate without the hard work of Citizens Union’s staff, members of the Citizens Union Please note that Citizens Union does not evaluate candidates for federal office or Local Candidates Committee, and Citizens Union Board This directory lists every candidates seeking judicial elective office, except for those to the surrogate’s court contest for all municipal public offices that will be on the ballot in New York City Note that Citizens Union also has slightly changed our voters’ directory format on September 15, 2009 We caution voters that New York’s confusing election laws from previous years in that the summaries of specific races we evaluated will be found may result in the last minute elimination (or reinstatement) of some candidates to the on Citizens Union’s website at: www citizensunion org, along with candidates’ re- ballot, so the list contained in this directory may have changed since this document sponses to our questionnaire was printed Recommendations for a “Preferred” rating are made by the Local Candidates Com- Members of Citizens Union’s Board and nonpartisan member interview teams from mittee on the basis of the interview, research, an issues questionnaire, and first-hand Citizens Union’s Local Candidates Committee evaluated candidates for Manhattan knowledge of the candidate These recommendations are reviewed by the Citizens District Attorney and many key City Council races We thank them for contributing Union Board, which makes the final decision The “Preferred” rating reflects a can- their time, energy, expertise and commitment this summer to interviewing candi- didate that Citizens Union deems not only qualified for the office being sought, but dates, analyzing races, evaluating candidates and assisting in making these important committed to an agenda of positive reform Candidates not preferred may neverthe- decisions less be highly regarded by Citizens Union These distinctions are generally reflected In our candidate evaluation process, we rely on information from many sources, in the commentaries Citizens Union issues “Preferences” during the Primary Elec- including the candidate’s responses to our questionnaire, previous track record on tion and an “Endorsed” rating applies only to General Election contests A “No reform, and ability to represent their district well Citizens Union’s interview teams Preference” rating may result when there is insufficient information available, when were charged with soliciting candidates’ views on key proposals aimed at reforming one or more of the candidates has not been interviewed, or when a determination has the legislative process in New York City, assessing the candidates’ general experience, been made that the candidates are of equal merit 2 3 PREFERENCES CONTESTED ELECTIONS CITIZENS UNION CANDIDATE PREFERENCES CONTESTED PRIMARY ELECTIONS NEW YORK CITY MAYOR CITYWIDE TERM OF OFFICE: 4 YEARS w SALARY: $225,000 Mayor William C Thompson Jr (D) Dem: Tony Avella † Roland Rogers William C. Thompson Jr. † BRONX City Council District 11 Anthony Cassino (D) City Council District 12 Andy King (D) NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER City Council District 14 No preference (D) TERM OF OFFICE: FOUR YEARS w SALARY: $185,000 Dem: Melinda Katz † John C Liu † BROOKLYN David I Weprin † City Council District 33 Evan Thies (D) David Yassky † City Council District 34 Diana Reyna (D) City Council District 35 Letitia James (D) NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC ADVOCATE City Council District 36 Al Vann (D) TERM OF OFFICE: 4 YEARS w SALARY: $165,000 City Council District 39 Brad Lander (D) City Council District 41 Tulani Kinard (D) Dem: Bill de Blasio † City Council District 45 Jumaane Williams (D) Eric N Gioia † Mark Green † Norman Siegel † MANHATTAN Imtiaz S Syed Manhattan District Attorney Leslie Crocker Snyder (D) City Council District 1 Jin (P J ) Kim (D) QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT City Council District 3 Christine Quinn (D) TERM OF OFFICE: 4 YEARS w SALARY: $160,000 City Council District 4 Ashok Chandra (R) City Council District 7 Robert Jackson (D) Dem: Marc C Leavitt City Council District 9 Inez Dickens (D) Helen M Marshall ^ City Council District 10 Ydanis Rodriguez (D) Robert Schwartz MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUEENS TERM OF OFFICE: 4 YEARS w SALARY: $190,000 City Council District 19 Kevin Kim (D) City Council District 20 S J Jung (D) Dem: Richard M Aborn † City Council District 23 Mark Weprin (D) Leslie Crocker-Snyder † Citizens Union preferred candidate in bold Cyrus Vance Jr † City Council District 25 Daniel Dromm (D) * District overlaps boroughs City Council District 26 James Van Bramer (D) † Has returned candidate questionnaire; City Council District 27 Leroy Comrie (D) selected responses on page 12 ^ Incumbent candidate City Council District 29 Lynn Schulman (D) 4 5 CONTESTED ELECTIONS CONTESTED ELECTIONS NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL BROOKLYN TERM OF OFFICE: 4 YEARS w SALARY: $112,500 District 33 District 34 Dem: Isaac Abraham † Dem: Maritza Davila BRONX Kenneth J Baer † Gerald A Esposito † Doug Biviano † Diana Reyna ^† District 8 * District 11 Ken Diamondstone † Dem: Gwen Goodwin Dem: G Oliver Koppell ^† Stephen T Levin Melissa Mark-Viverito ^ Anthony Perez Cassino † Jo Anne Simon † Robert J Rodriguez Evan R. 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