For Immediate Release & Listing:

Contact:

Maria Passannante-Derr
maria@mariaforcouncil09.com

NYC OBAMA SUPPORTERS TAKE FIRST STEPS TOWARD CHANGE WITH A COMMUNITY
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DRIVE BEFORE PRESIDENT-ELECT TAKES OFFICE

January 8, 2009-New York- In response to an e-mail from the Obama
Campaign calling upon his supporters to continue the grassroots
movement, Maria Passannante-Derr, Candidate for City Council,
organized Obama: Change Is Coming NYC. 40 New Yorkers came to that
first meeting late December to organize for change. They agreed the
first action was to sponsor the group's First Annual Non-Perishable

State of New York | Executive Chamber
David A. Paterson | Governor

For Immediate Release: January 11, 2009
Contact: Errol Cockfield | errol.cockfield@chamber.state.ny.us | 212.681.4640 | 518.474.8418

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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Please see attached release regarding legislation introduced to end "Gotcha!" tickets and create a five-minute grace period for parking violations.Pictures:1484 - (from left to right) Council Members David Weprin, Simcha Felder and Vincent Gentile discussing the legislation.
1504 - (from left to right) Council Members Davide Weprin, Simcha Felder and Vincent Gentile ripping up mock parking tickets in protest.Felder: No More "Gotcha" TicketsFELDER INTRODUCES FIVE-MINUTE "GRACE PERIOD" FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS 

Please see the attached and embedded media alert regarding a press
conference this morning introducing a five-minute grace period for
alternate side parking and other parking violations. Press conference
will be at 11AM on the steps of City Hall.

Felder: Goodbye "Gotcha!" Tickets
BILL WOULD CREATE FIVE-MINUTE "GRACE PERIOD" FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS

WHO: Council Members Simcha Felder, James Vacca, Lew Fidler, David
Weprin, Vincent Gentile and Colleagues

WHAT: Bill to Create a Five-Minute Grace Period for Parking Violations

WHEN: 11 AM, Sunday, January 11, 2009

WHERE: Steps of City Hall

Are municipal bonds the world's largest Ponzi scheme? Is 2009 the year that it all comes crashing down, as cities and states default? (Do they have any choice?)

Muncipals bonds, in theory, are perfectly legitimate. However, as municipalities became addicted to debt and unwilling to raise taxes, selling off the distant future to pay for the present and near future sounded pretty good to politicians. This all brings us to creatures like the MTA, needing new bonds to pay off the old bonds. Forget about transportation, its stated purpose.

Two recent articles are about the New York Yankees' misuse of municipal bonds, and one article in Saturday's NY Times deserves a look.

State of New York | Executive Chamber
David A. Paterson | Governor

For Immediate Release: January 9, 2009
Contact: Errol Cockfield | errol.cockfield@chamber.state.ny.us | 212.681.4640 | 518.474.8418

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ALERT FROM NEW YORK CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER

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News from New York Republican State Committee
For more information contact: Matthew Walter, 518-462-2601
Republican Chairs Renew Calls For Democracy in Senate Replacement
Mondello: "The people should decide"

ALBANY, NY (01/09/2009; 1412)(readMedia)-- State Chairman Joseph Mondello and County Chairs from across the state renewed calls for the Legislature and Governor Paterson to pass a bill requiring a special election to fill any vacant United States Senate seat. This week, Assembly Republican Leader James Tedisco has been aggressively advocating for the rights of New Yorkers by pressing for a special election, and legislation calling for special elections-- not appointments-- to fill vacancies in a variety of positions have been introduced in recent years.

Please see the attached and embedded media alert from Council Members
Felder and Vacca. Press conference is this Sunday at 11 am
introducing 5-minute grace period for alternate-side and other parking
violations.

—MEDIA ALERT—
Contact: Eric Kuo
(718) 753-8833
Michael Casertano
(718) 419-5881

Felder: Goodbye "Gotcha!" Tickets
BILL WOULD CREATE FIVE-MINUTE "GRACE PERIOD" FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS

WHO: Council Members Simcha Felder and James Vacca and colleagues

WHAT: Bill to Create a Five-Minute Grace Period for Parking Violations

WHEN: 11 AM, Sunday, January 11, 2009