LEAPS

(Limited Equity and Affordability at Penn South)

Presents A Town Hall With The

75th Assembly District Democratic Candidates

“This year,” the event organizers from LEAPS note, “voters in the 75th Assembly District will be electing a new State Assembly Member to represent Mid-Manhattan, Chelsea, and Penn South in Albany–for the first time in 52 years.”

The reason? Current State Assemblymember Richard Gottfried is retiring. Soon after his Dec. 2021 announcement, a multitude of willing successors  threw their hats into the ring. “Lots of candidates initially threw their hats into the race,” recalled the organizers, who went on to observe, “four remain. ” (That is true of the

Democratic field: Joseph A. Maffia is running as a Republican).

Referencing that field of four (Chris LeBron, Layla Law-Gisiko, Harrison Marks, Tony Simone), LEAPS  says they “invited all four to this Town Hall with cooperators from Penn South and Chelsea. . .to meet with and explain their position to the voters.” Every candidate accepted and is expected to attend.

As for the issues attached to candidate positions, expect the following subject matter, which appeared as bullet points in a recent LEAPS email promoting the Town Hall:

—The Good-Cause Eviction Bill

—NYCHA Public Housing

—State Aid to Limited Equity Cooperatives

—Modernization of Mass Public Transit

—The Penn Station Area Redevelopment Project

—Public Education

—Addressing the Homelessness Crisis

—Ending Gun Violence

—Real Gun Control

To access the Town Hall on Zoom, click on the below link close to the 7pm start time.

Note: The Meeting ID is 885 0539 5306  and the Passcode is VOTE.  

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88505395306?pwd=Xxu2WJgBO-ul2uQ56CLKJ26U3VpxrZ.1