FREE OPEN BAR FOR NEW AND CURRENT MEMBERS
from 7-9 PM. Appetizers will be served.
We will be signing up new members at the door. Please RSVP.
2010 Membership Dues
Regular Membership (18-39 years old): $35
Undergraduate (Full time student): $20
Sustaining Membership (ages 40 & up): $50
Benefits of Membership
- Reduced rates and free admission to club events
- Special invitations to exclusive parties
- Inside track on all political happenings in NYC
2010 is a great year to be a Republican. So please come out to join our team and show your support for our party!
Joseph Morrison Skelly is the editor of the recently published volume Political Islam from Muhammad to Ahmadinejad: Defenders, Detractors, and Defintions (Praeger Security International), which systematically scrutinizes Islamism, the ideology of our enemies. He will reflect on the features of this ideology and discuss a strategy for victory in the War on Islamist Terror, particularly in the light of recent events at home and abroad. Dr. Skelly has published widely on the topics of international terrorism, international relations, military affairs, and university reform. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a college professor in New York City, and a long-time association with the New York Young Republican Club.
Joseph E. Fallon, just completed work as an instructor at the US Army Intelligence Center at Ft. Huachuca, AZ. He taught "cultural awareness" to American and foreign military officers involved in intelligence, counter-intelligence, and interrogation. This included country studies on Afghanistan and Iraq, the tenants of Islam, Islamic extremism, cross cultural communication, rapport building and negotiations. He is a published author. In addition to his writings on US foreign policy, he wrote two seminal works on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism for the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He began his Masters Degree program at the American University of Cairo, Egypt and completed it at Columbia University's School of International and Public Policy. He has traveled to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Jonathan J. Judge is a candidate for City Council in a Special Election for former councilman Simcha Felder's 44 district seat. Mr. Judge has bee President of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club for the past three years and is a vice-chairman in the Kings Republican County Committee. He's a graduate of Brooklyn College, a John Hopkins alumni, an NYU Grad student and currently the community coordinator for Community Board 14 in Brooklyn.
Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (btw 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge
Thursday, February 11th
7:30PM to 9:30PM
Please be on time.
Afterward, we will continue political discussions over food and drink.
New Location:
Third and Long NYC
35th Street and Third Avenue
Order YourDinner Reservations now!
Click to See Menu
Dinner & 3 Hour Open Bar!
Kosher meals available (request during ticket purchase)
This is our biggest event the year where we'll honor prominent and notable Republicans and feature many invited guests.
Master of Ceremonies - Joel Mowbray
Award-winning investigative journalist and nationally-syndicated columnist.
Honorees include:
Hon. Serphin R Maltese
Lawrence Kudlow
Rep. Scott Garrett
He has performed several studies on a variety of education policy issues including high-stakes testing, performance-pay for teachers, and the effects of vouchers on the public school system. His research has been published in the journals Education Finance and Policy, Economics of Education Review, Teachers College Record, and Education Next. His op-ed articles have appeared in numerous newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today and he is often quoted on education issues. Winters previously worked as the Senior Research Associate with Manhattan Institute senior fellow Jay P. Greene at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Curtis Sliwa is highly nationally and internationally respected grass-roots leader, community activist, patriot, motivator, and "role model for real life." Curtis Sliwa is founder and leader of The Guardian Angels and host of The Curtis Sliwa Show. After 13 years at AM 770 WABC, Sliwa has moved over to New York's new conservative radio station, WNYM AM 970 The Apple.
A charismatic and sought-after communicator, he has addressed Super Bowl crowds, corporate teams, media professionals, senior executives, non-profit associations, and educators. His powerful, uplifting messages of overcoming fear and adversity to achieve self-reliance and contribute to one's community take on important new relevance in corporate and institutional environments.
We as that you RSVP to this meeting
Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (btw 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge
7:30PM to 9:30PM
Afterwards, we will continue political discussions over food and drink at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 3rd Ave (btw 38th & 39th St)
KATRA - Cocktails Cuisine Culture
217 Bowery Street (by Rivington St)
New York, NY 10002
(212) 473-3113
7 PM to 11 PM
Admission will be your 2010 NYYRC Membership Dues!
Cash, Check, Credit Cards will be accepted!
Includes:
- 2 hour open bar
- Hor d'oeuvres throughout the night
- Gifts for joining
- A Chance to win fabulous prizes!
- Special Guest, DJ K-Breezy of Z100
Surprises to come!
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE as we need to provide a head count.
You can RSVP with this Facebook invite, or email RSVP@nycyr.org.
You can also pre-pay by paying for your 2010 Membership dues and your reservation will be guaranteed for the party.
Just go to our SECURE SERVER PAGE and your membership will be your RESERVATION.
This will be our last official NYYRC meeting of the year, so join us, and bring a friend. We look forward to seeing you!
Directions:
By Subway
6 train to Spring, walk east (with traffic on Spring)
N/R train to Prince, walk east (against traffic on Prince)
F train to Second Ave, (exit 2nd Ave walk to Bowery, turn south)
J,M,Z to Delancy, walk north on Bowery
This year, we are doing things a little differently. Rather than issue a Club release of those candidates our leadership has come to an agreement on supporting, a few of our leaders are issuing their individual support to show the diversity within our organization.
We hope that everyone goes to the polls and votes on November 3rd. Even if you are not pleased with the top of the ticket, there are our local candidates that have campaigned long and hard that need your support. We can bring about change by taking a stand and electing candidates that share our ideals.
]]> Daniel Peterson – PresidentMany Republicans are disappointed in the decisions our party has made during the year, where we had an opportunity to develop a clear message on what it means to be a Republican in New York. Even with some disappointment, we have a lot to be proud of.
This year, the Republican Party has put forth many strong candidates throughout the five boroughs for citywide office and the council and I encourage moderate to conservative voters should go to the polls and vote for these candidates. The more votes we get for the local seats, the better chances we have of winning them and expanding our voice within city government.
New York City
For one of our city-wide offices, I whole-heartedly throw my support behind Alex Zablocki for Public Advocate. Though I’m not a fan of the actual office, it is clearly an office for the conservative voice in this very liberal city. Alex has shown he understands the best way to utilize the office and by electing him, he will be in a position to be a foil for the city council or mayor.
When it comes to borough-wide seats, I will vote for Robert Hornak as President of Queens and throw my support behind Jim Molinaro as President of Staten Island. The borough presidency is the real advocacy office for our neighborhoods. The BP confronts proposed changes that may enhance or threaten our communities. Both Mr. Hornak and Mr. Molinaro are two candidates that will make the right decision in enhancing our boroughs with small businesses and fighting to prevent the wrong kind of development.
There are fifty-one city council seats and at least 35 will have Republican candidates running, more than likely as a challenger to a Democrat incumbent. I encourage republicans, conservatives and independents everywhere to vote Republican for city council and send a message that New York needs more balance. If there isn’t a Republican on the ballot in your district, candidates on the Conservative or Libertarian lines should get your support.
Westchester County
Our neighbors just above us have some wonderful candidates that deserve our support. If you live in Westchester, or have friends and family living there, please tell them that our Republican candidates deserve a vote.
Rob Astorino (County Executive) We invited Mr. Astorino earlier this year to come speak to the membership of the New York Young Republican Club. What we heard is a bright and vibrant candidate who understands the role of county executive and what needs to be done to turn things around. Westchester has been plagued by high taxes and inexcusable moves by the Democrats in the legislature and the current executive, Andy Spano. It’s time for a change where real progress can create jobs and prevent residents from fleeing this beautiful area of New York State.
Dan Schorr (District Attorney) Mr. Schorr also addressed our club’s membership this year and Westchester will be a better place to have a man focused on fighting crime and locking up those that do us harm. Janet DiFiore has shown her office is sometimes soft on crime and seems more interested in making deals than keeping criminals off the street. We cannot afford the continued regressive steps that could return us the 1970s.
Susan Konig (CL-9) Another long time friend of many Young Republicans, Ms. Konig has the right fiscally responsible message Westchester residents can get behind. She gets my support and she deserves yours as well.
Other Races
November 3rd also brings an interesting campaign up in northern country, the 23rd Congressional District. It’s a three-way race between a Democrat, a Republican and a Conservative candidate. The Republican Party made a bad choice to replace Congressman Hughes and is paying dearly for it. The biggest issue that we will face once this race is decided will be the Employee Free Choice Act, or Union Card Check bill that would take away the freedom and personal liberty of employees all across America. The bill title is actually misleading, because what it will do is remove secret balloting. Without your vote’s right to privacy, your freedom of choice will be taken away. The Republican in this race supports the Employee Free Choice Act. Therefore, my support is fully behind Conservative Doug Hoffman. I ask all New Yorkers living in the 23-CD to vote Doug Hoffman on Tuesday.
To all my New Jersey friends, don’t be fooled by the independent for Governor and cast your vote for Chris Christie. Christie has been wishy-washy in clearly stating how he plans to fix Trenton. However, I believe divided government works better than one-party rule and right now, both houses in the New Jersey legislature are and will be controlled by the Democrats. Christie can bring much needed balance to New Jersey politics and his record as a prosecutor should convince well over 50% of New Jersians to vote for him.
For city-wide races, I will vote for Alex Zablocki for Public Advocate and Joe Mendola for City Comptroller. I abstain from the mayor’s race, because there is no one of interest in my mind.
For borough-wide campaigns, I ask that you join me and vote for David Casavis in Manhattan and that you join and support our former YR president, Robert Hornak, for Queens Borough President.
Our club did an outstanding effort in promoting Ashok Chandra for city council (CD-4) and I encourage voters to cast their ballots for him, as well as our other east side candidate Stephen Kaufman (CD-5).
In Queens and Brooklyn, I support Dan Halloran (CD-19), Tom Ognibene (CD-30), Eric Ulrich (CD-32) and Bob Capanao (CD-43). If all get elected, New York will certainly see how Republicans can effectively bring real change.
I also ask that voters go out and pull the lever for Rob Astorino (County Executive) and Dan Schorr (District Attorney) up in Westchester and Chris Christie (NJ Governor) across the Hudson. That is all.
Public Advocate
Alex Zabloki is a reform oriented Republican. Although I disagree with him on some issues, I am happy to support him as a voice for the hard-working citizens of NYC.
Comptroller
Joseph Mendola is a Financial Compliance Special running on fiscal accountability for Comptroller. He is well qualified and deserves our support.
Borough Presidents
I support David Casavis in Manhattan and Robert Hornak in Queens.
City Council
I will be voting Republican for city council and encourage everyone to vote for Ashok Chandra in the 4th district and Stephen Kaufman in the 5th district. I support the campaigns for Dan Halloran (CD-19), Tom Ognibene (CD-30) and Eric Ulrich (CD-32) in Queens, and our good friend Bob Capano (CD-43) in Brooklyn.
NY-23 Congressional
The decision our party leaders made in upstate New York was a huge mistake. I, along with many downstate Republicans, support the candidacy of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. He is a political outsider who holds the core values Republicans stand for. The Republican candidate is supported by ACORN and the Daily Koss. I've supported more liberal Republicans in the past, but in this case and for this race, a liberal candidate on the Republican line would be a huge mistake. Republicans in the 23rd congressional district need Doug Hoffman to win this election.
Despite some of the decisions our party leaders have made in 2009, I do believe everyone is working towards the same goal of building a stronger Republican Party.
Borough President
David Casavis and Robert Hornak. In largely middle-class Queens, Robert will be a good choice to fight for lower taxes and streamlined government, expecially when compared with do-nothing Helen Marshall.
New York City Council
Republicans hold merely 3 of 51 city counciul seats. The reason our city budget is massive and we are drowning in high taxes is because there is so few voices in the council who aren't completely in the pocket of public unions and other special interest groups. Our Republican candidates will fight for efficient, limited government, competent money management, and preserving quality of life in the city. They all deserve your vote for those reasons.
Westchester
As a successful businessman who hasn't spent his entire life in the public sector like Andy Spano, Rob Astorino is clearly the intelligent choice here. Spano, the snake, hijacked the Conservative Party line this year in a backroom deal and now is running on its line in this election. During his time as County Executive, the size of Westchester government has tripled under Spano, and the county is in the top 10 of highest property taxes in the nation. Not a good top 10 list to be on. Three cheers for Conservative chairman Mike Long to stand front and center to endorse Astorino.
Date:
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Time:
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
Wheeltapper Pub at the Fitzpartick Grand Central Hotel
141 E 44th St
New York, NY
The New York Young Republican Club made great strides in local campaigns this year, so let's all celebrate the end of this election cycle with some food and drink and look forward to 2010!
Please RSVP so we know who's coming!
]]>Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (btw 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Guest Speaker Info:
John Wilson is an editorial writer with the New York Post,
where he covers a wide range of local and national issues, from cigarette taxation to the rise of the Working Families Party. He's been with the Post since 2007, when he won the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in College Journalism. John Wilson will discuss his coverage on the Ashok Chandra campaign as well as the candidates who ran on the Working Families Party line.
Councilman-elect Dan Halloran. Republicans had some hard fought victories in Queens on Election Day and the one that was covered the most was District 19. Dan will join us and discuss how he was able to run a winning strategy and reclaim this middle class district from the Democrats.
Please RSVP to this meeting.
Susan Konig was a Westchester legislator candidate , whose battle is still on going, because her loss was less than 200 votes! A recount of the machines has narrowed her gap to 130 votes with nearly 400 paper ballots yet to be counted. Konig is also a mother of four, columnist for the NY Post, Washington Post, National Review Online, and Catholic Digest. She is also author of I Wear the Maternity Pants in This Family and Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children).
Afterwards, we will continue political discussions over food and drink at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 3rd Ave (btw 38th & 39th St)
This will be our last Speaker Forum for 2009.
Our December Date will be our 2009 Christmas Party.
Download the Citizens Union press release.
Citizens Union (CU) recently announced that Ashok Chandra is the preferred candidate in the Fourth District’s Republican primary. CU cites Ashok’s reform agenda, his policy solutions, and his ability to offer a new perspective as reasons for its support.
Citizens Union is a nonpartisan organization that promotes good government and political reform in New York. It offers all city candidates the opportunity to complete its questionnaire, which addresses issues of government reforms, education, city spending, ballot initiatives, taxation, term limits, and numerous other matters that profoundly affect the citizens of this city.
Upon review of Ashok’s answers, CU applauded his reform-minded stance, his innovative policies, and his principled perspective.
Writes CU:
Mr. Chandra - a young and energetic candidate and a strong proponent of ballot access reform - brings an interesting perspective to this race, and has the potential to begin an engaging dialogue about government reform and policies within the district during the General Election, including his priorities to create incentives for business to remain in the city and ideas to reduce congestion...
as well as his position on term limits, which he believes should have been voted on by the people and not by the elected officials that had an interest in extending their own terms.
The Chandra for New York campaign team thanks CU for its support in the primary and is heartened by the preference, which it regards as yet another indication that Ashok Chandra is the 4th District’s most promising candidate this year.
]]>Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (btw 36th & 37th St)
Second Floor South Lounge
Guest Speaker Info:
TBA
Please RSVP to this meeting.
Afterwards, we will continue political discussions over food and drink at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 3rd Ave (btw 38th & 39th St)
Guest Speaker Info:
Dr. Betsy McCaughey
Dr. Betsy McCaughey is an Adjunct Fellow with the Hudson Institute. Her areas of expertise are Health Care Policy, American Politics and Constitutional Law. She is founder and Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) - a national campaign to support greater infection control in hospitals and other health care institutions. Her research on how to prevent infection deaths has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, 20/20, Dateline NBC, and many other national television and radio programs. And her steps that patients can take to help protect themselves from infection was featured recently in the Wall Street Journal.
In 1994 Betsy McCaughey wrote an influential piece in The New Republic, which helped end the Democrat's nationalization of Healthcare. In 1994, she was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York alongside George Pataki on the Republican and Conservative lines. In 1998 McCaughey-Ross ran for governor on the Liberal Party line.
Since the re-introduction of the "Public Health Option" and other proposals, Betsy McCaughey has returned to the fight against nationalization of health care in a series of articles publications including Bloomberg.com, Investors Business Daily, The American Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post.
Raymond P. Martinez
Mr. Martinez oversees the visits of chiefs of state, heads of government and other international dignitaries who are in the United States to meet with the President, Vice President or Secretary of State. He also accompanies delegations representing the President at official ceremonies abroad.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Martinez served as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under Governor George Pataki from December 2000 to December 2005; as Assistant General Counsel to the Long Island Power Authority; as Special Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff for the New York State Attorney General; and as an attorney in private practice.
Please RSVP to this meeting.
Afterwards, we will continue political discussions over food and drink at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 3rd Ave (btw 38th & 39th St)
Download the entire press release.
NEW YORK CITY – The New York Young Republican Club is proud to announce its official endorsement of Ashok Chandra to represent District 4 in the New York City Council.
Chandra, a 30-year-old Indian-American attorney who lives in midtown with his wife and baby daughter, is a lifelong Republican and an active member of the Club, currently serving as a vice president. Last night, the Club’s executive board voted unanimously to endorse Mr. Chandra in his campaign effort. Of utmost importance to the Club’s decision is that Chandra embodies urban Republican principles in word and action. Mr. Chandra’s agenda calls for the promotion of small business, expansion of charter schools, reform of city government, and responsible city spending.
The Club is actively supporting Mr. Chandra in his race. Members have been collecting signatures throughout the 4th District, energized by the prospect of a Republican primary and excited to support a young and articulate candidate. Says one club member, “We support Ashok not only because he exemplifies conservative ideals and cares for his community. A primary race, especially with such a passionate candidate at the helm, will invigorate the grassroots, and city Republicans will be able to choose for themselves the best Republican to run on their line.”
More information about Ashok Chandra can be found on the web at www.ChandraforNewYork.com or via telephone at (646) 841-2152.
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