DANIEL DROMM, Democrat for City Council

From NY1 News:
Some angry community members spoke out against violence in Astoria Thursday in response to an assault on a neighborhood priest and transgender youth earlier this week.

Father Louis Braxton, Jr. was attacked by four teenagers Monday night outside Carmen's Place, a homeless shelter for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

Police say the boys were assaulting a transgender teen in front of the Steinway Street shelter when Braxton stepped in to help.

"Unfortunately, violent attacks against transgender youth are not unusual,” said Braxton. “The thing that really upsets me is this happened here in such a nice neighborhood and such a nice community.”

“Transgender youth must walk down the street with their eyes over their shoulder because they never know what's gonna come their way,” said Daniel Dromm, co-founder of Generation Q Youth Services Program. “This type of violence is deplorable."

The attackers were arraigned Tuesday on weapons and harassment charges and are due back in court on August 13.

Labels: CivilRights, CommunityOrganizing

From Crains:
"Last Wednesday, the United Federation of Teachers took the unusual step of endorsing Daniel Dromm, a veteran New York City public school teacher who is a candidate for a Queens City Council seat in 2009. The union will not make the rest of its endorsements for races to be decided this fall until August."

From UFT website: In a strong and early show of support, Daniel Dromm is the only City Council candidate that UFT is endorsing this year.

Labels: Education, Endorsements