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2016 Convention Promises Continued Growth For The New York State Young Democrats

The New York State Young Democrats convened in Bronx, NY from May 20th through May 22th to elect a new Executive Board, marking a continued commitment for building the Democratic Party New York and engaging young Democrats across New York State. The new Executive Board officers and caucus chairs are:

  • President: Michael Corbett (Manhattan)
  • Executive Vice President: Tom Meier (Westchester)
  • Treasurer: Amanda Pizzuti (Brooklyn)
  • Secretary: Lauren Bailey (Albany)
  • National Committeeman: Sam Hudis (Manhattan)
  • National Committeewoman: Stacey Eliuk (Queens)
  • Legal Director: Dusan Lakic (Westchester)
  • Downstate Region Vice President: Patrick Jordan (Queens)
  • Hudson Valley Region Vice President Alex Roithmayr (Westchester)
  • Capital Region Vice President: T.J. Kennedy (Rensselaer)
  • Chair of Council of Presidents: Dylan Miyoshi (Dutchess)
  • Caucus of Color: Jovan Richards (Westchester)
  • Disability Issues: Seamus Campbell (Brooklyn)
  • High School Co-Chairs: Sarah Shamoon (Manhattan) and Hannah Zimmerman (Manhattan)
  • Jewish Caucus: Brent Weitzberg (Queens)
  • Labor Caucus: Christina Isnardi (Manhattan)
  • LGBT Caucus: Austin Markford (Manhattan)
  • Rural Caucus Co-Chairs: Paolo Cemedis (Chemung) and John Midwood (Dutchess)
  • Women’s Caucus: Marcia Grippen (Broome)

In addition to selecting new leadership, the organization adopted a number of reforms to how its structure. Most notably, a change to hold conventions in odd-numbered years as to ensure better coordination with the state and national parties.

“I am honored to be the first person in over a decade to be elected as President of the New York State Young Democrats for a second term,” said President Michael Corbett. “For the past two years, we have seen NYSYD become a more stable and trusted organization, both to our local chapters and the State Democratic Party. I cannot stress how vital this has been in ensuring that we take back Congress, the New York State Senate and, most importantly, keeping the White House this November. And we have already seen this with the election of Todd Kaminsky last month. While we still have a long way to go, I could not ask this endeavor.”