NYYRC Endorsements for 2005 Elections
Nov 7, 2005
SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO BEST REPRESENT
THE IDEAS AND SPIRIT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TAKE STANDS ON PROPOSITION 1 AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
(New York) - The New York Young Republican Club has announced its endorsements for the 2005 election cycle. After a recent meeting of the Board of Governors, where many races were discussed, the board members decided to endorse candidates who best represent what they see as the ideas and spirit of the Republican Party in NY and who they see as being leaders that we as Republicans can look to build for the future.
The following is the list of candidates the NYYRC has endorsed:
PUBLIC ADVOCATE - Jay Golub
MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT - Barry Popik
CITY COUNCIL:
DISTRICT 6 - Josh Yablon
DISTRICT 35 - Tony Herbert
DISTRICT 38 - Viviana Hernandez
DISTRICT 43 - Pat Russo
The Board also addressed two very important issues currently facing New Yorkers. These issues are:
BALLOT PROPOSAL 1 "REFORMING THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS" - the NYYRC urges a NO vote on Proposal 1, also referred to as the "Runaway Spending Amendment." The members believe this to be an unconstitutional power grab by the state legislature in order to short-circuit responsible budget negotiations for the future spending proposals in New York State.
REDEVELOPMENT OF LOWER MANHATTAN - the NYYRC has voted to support the alternate development plan for Ground Zero, created by architect Kenneth Gardner and supported by the Twin Towers II Memorial Foundation (http://wtctowersmemorial.org). This is the plan supported by developer Donald Trump and the NYYRC also agrees that this plan is far superior to the Freedom Tower plan now being supported by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. The two main concerns of the NYYRC Board were to have a more respectful and appropriate memorial, and to build two towers instead of one, single tower in the place of the former Twin Towers.
"The Board of the NYYRC is proud to endorse and support these excellent candidates, who are some of the best and most interesting NYC's Republican Party has to offer," said Chairman Robert Hornak. "We wish them well in this years election and look forward to working with them in the future as Republican leaders devoted to building the Republican Party in NYC."
For more information contact:
Robert Hornak, Chairman
(212) 533-4940
RobertH@nycyr.org
