July 21, 2021
Shelter Island Democratic Committee announces 2021 Candidate for Two Year Unexpired Town Council Term
At this past Sunday’s SIDC event, supporters were introduced to the newest addition to the 2021 Campaign slate. Barbara Jean Ianfolla, a twice-elected, trusted and experienced former Assessor has stepped up to serve once again and run for the two-year term.
Chairman Heather Reylek said, “The addition of...read more ››
Please don't miss this event! Send checks to: "Shelter Island Democratic Committee", mail to:
P.O. Box 258, Shelter island Height, NY 11965.read more ››
Suffolk County could be eligible to receive millions of roughly $55 billion in federal funding for water quality through the bipartisan infrastructure bill amid an increase in brown tide in Long Island waters, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Saturday at a news conference in Patchogue.
Speaking alongside environmental advocates and local officials overlooking the Great South Bay on Laurel Street, Schumer, the Senate majority...read more ››
Shelter Island Dems announce slate: Siller, Martin, Surerus, Sherman and Castoldi
By -March 2, 2021
Just hours after Town Councilman Albert Dickson, a Democrat, said he would not seek re-election, the Shelter Island Democrats announced the slate of candidates they’ll support for Town office in November.
Local party chair Heather Reylek announced that incumbent Gerry Siller will run again for Town Supervisor; political...read more ››
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in Wednesday as president and vice president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises faced by few of their predecessors.
With Donald Trump absent — he became the first president since 1869 to skip his successor's inauguration — Biden said he would be the president "for all Americans."
"We must end this uncivil war that pits red...read more ››
President-elect Joe Biden says it’s time for America to "unite" and to "heal."
Biden said in a statement Saturday, "With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation."
"We are the United States of America," he wrote. "And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together."
Biden made no mention of his opponent, President Donald Trump, who has not conceded the...read more ››
Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.
The 56-year-old California senator, also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, represents the multiculturalism that defines America but is...read more ››
STAN BIRNBAUM, canidate for Shelter Island Town Justice, in his own words:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGohUbQP1qfFiZ8O9c9c27VP56Bj7HUy/view?u...
Get out and vote! Shelter Island School, Tuesday, November 3rd, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.read more ››
Have you voted? Sunday is the last day to Early Vote. It's not available on Shelter island, but it's an option. or, Vote Tuesday, November 3rd at the school. It should be safe and easy. Town Justice is the only local office on the ballot. Stan Birnbaum, a life long Democrat. Listen to him in his own words...
In 1976, when "Happy Days" was the top TV sitcom, Evita Peron made a last stand in Argentina and a tech company named Apple filed its incorporation papers, the name Kenneth LaValle debuted on the ballot to represent New York’s 1st State Senate District. LaValle, a Republican whose tireless work on environmental and educational issues earned him 22 consecutive victories, retires this year as the senator for a district that starts at the points...read more ››
