April 28 Meeting Minutes
Paul Casali
DORC Monthly Meeting, Monday, April 28, 2025 DRAFT
Guest Speakers
NYS Assemblywoman Jennifer Rajkumar || Candidate for NYC Public Advocate
NYS Senator Kevin Parker || Candidate for NYC Comptroller
Endorsements
DORC will be making endorsements for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate. Note: Only members who have paid dues will be able to vote and you must attend the meeting to vote.
Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance
Guest Speakers
Video conference set up for guest speakers as both were in Albany, NY, working on budget reconciliation as part of their current job duties.
NYS Assemblywoman Jennifer Rajkumar, candidate for NYC Public Advocate, spoke first.
NYS Senator Kevin Parker, candidate for NYC Comptroller, ended up being unable to talk to the group. Per Roy Moskowitz, Senator Parker will talk to DORC May 2025.
Endorsement Discussion
● There were not enough members present to satisfy a quorum to make formal endorsements.
● Questions on endorsements and endorsement processes
● DORC bylaws - does anyone have the latest and greatest?
● May meeting, to take place May 19, 2025, DORC will be endorsing candidates for NYC Comptroller, NYC Public Advocate, & NYC Mayor.
● As there are many candidates for each office, & there may not be a majority (50% of the quorum) to endorse one single candidate, President Paul Casali explained that DORC can & has done “ranked choice endorsements” in the past.
● President Paul Casali explained ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is available for all city elections.
● We do not have to do ranked choice endorsements. (Further discussion?)
● P. Casali brought up the point, for further discussion perhaps, if local & state candidates do not make time to come to talk to DORC, do we not endorse them?
● We have not had any mayoral candidates speak to DORC nor ask for endorsement. Working on this.
Old Business
Treasury report
$3,025 in savings PAC $6,800 (approx)
Motion/Voice Vote: All financials accepted
Steve Schwall (sp?) is chair of PAC
S Schwall said we need a new chair of PAC
Also we we need new treasurer
Motion/Voice Vote: P Casali is on the PAC (new chair?) accepted
Motion/Voice Vote: Minutes from last meeting accepted
Open Discussion
Kevin Parker next month
Endorsements next month
Controller
Advocate
Mayor? Possible but mayoral primary is next month as is city council primary.
S Schwall asks for better video conferencing setup in the future. Group is unsure what can be done. To be discussed if necessary.
Joanne Olbrich spoke to Jumanne Williams for NYC Public Advocate
Roy Moskowitz spoke to Jennifer Rajkumar
Paul Casali spoke to Justin Brennan for Comptroller/2nd choice Ismael Malave
Paul Casale endorsed Jumanne Williams as NYC Public Advocate
New Business
Steve Schwall had posters for 106th memorial parade on Forest Avenue
Roy Moskowitz : website is not live yet. Should be live within 48 hours. [UPDATE: website is LIVE!]
May 19, 2025 will be next meeting