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February 20, 2024 Meeting Minutes

Meeting of the 52nd Assembly District Committee

February 20, 2024—7:00 PM
Via Zoom

The meeting of the Assembly District Committee (ADC) was called to order at 7:05 PM by 52nd Assembly District Committee Chairperson Seamus Campbell.

1. Attendance and Quorum

  • At the start of the meeting, there were 36 people in attendance and 50 proxies, totaling 86. A quorum of one-third of the total ADC was needed. The attendance met the 86 needed for a quorum. More members of the ADC were admitted to the Zoom as the meeting progressed with attendance tracked via Google Sheets.

2. Officer Reports

  • Chair Seamus Campbell spoke about getting the ADC certified with the Kings County Democratic County Committee, getting committees launched, sending out member feedback survey, and setting up various points of infrastructure including a website, YouTube channel, dedicated email address, and email marketing system. Chair Seamus Campbell invited members interested in running again for the County Committee to contact Susannah Pasquantonio and/or Rep Your Block for petitioning information the following week.
  • In the absence of Secretary Louis DiMeglio, Seamus Campbell presented the minutes from the October 11, 2023 meeting. The motion to adopt was made by Victoria Eastus and seconded by Hal Friedman. The motion was adopted viva voce.

3. District Leader Reports

  • District Leader Lydia Green spoke about the KCDCC being slow on endorsing for Civil Court, the NYSDC nominating Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for re-election, and plans on introducing a resolution in support of the New York Health Act at the next NYSDC meeting.
  • District Leader Aaron Ouyang yielded back his time since his computer microphone was not working.

4. Election of Parliamentarian

  • Chair Seamus Campbell explained that, due to the resignation of Rachel Eve Stein, there was an open position for the Parliamentarian. As no one signed up for using the Google Form to run for Parliamentarian, Chair Seamus Campbell opened up nominations.
  • Malynda Rascoe nominated herself for Parliamentarian and the nomination was seconded by Denise Marbury.
  • Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon suggested that the election be moved to the end of the meeting to give members time to consider running. It was explained that the vacancy was listed in the meeting notice.
  • Sabrina Gates nominated Joy Foster. Joy Foster declined the nomination.
  • With no other nominations, a motion to elect Malynda Rascoe by acclimation was made by Art Levy and seconded by Victoria Eastus. The election of Malynda Rascoe as Parliamentarian passed viva voce.

5. Committee Reports

  • Nelson Pecora, Chair of the Subcommittee on Rules and Regulations presented the package of rules amendments (n.b.) the committee brought before the membership. Chair Seamus Campbell and Subcommittee Chair Nelson Pecora answered questions from the membership. Elizabeth Davis moved to amend the proposal to have members’ phone numbers and email addresses become an opt-in system, seconded by Nelson Pecora, and passed viva voce. Motion to adopt the overall package of amendments was made by Art Levy, seconded by Steven Olswang, and passed viva voce.
  • Malynda Rascoe, Chair of the Subcommittee on Public Affairs and Legislation said that the committee has not yet met to begin work but shared a link and a QR code for people to join its GroupMe so that they can join the committee and begin to collaborate.
  • Beth Slade, Chair of the Subcommittee on Community Services spoke about the first meeting the committee had where they wanted to see what their KCDCC counterparts and counterparts from other ADCs did. Unfortunately, no other committees had met. The subcommittee is looking for one or two projects – possibly partnering with local BIDs – for the ADC to work on. They are considering creating a newsletter so that members can know ways to be more active in the community.

6. Report from Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon About Redistricting

  • Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon spoke about the new congressional lines released the previous week and the reactions from members of the legislature. After speaking, Assemblymember Simon took questions from the membership. 

7. New Business

  • Dawn Cardi spoke about planning to meet with Councilmember Shahana Hanif about a new men’s homeless shelter in the area and invited people to join her.

8. Adjournment

  • A Motion to adjourn was made by Victoria Eastus and seconded by Steven Olswang. Motion passed viva voce. The meeting adjourned at 8:08 PM.