Events for October 21-22, 2006
On Saturday, Scott Vanderhoef attends the Green County GOP Dinner at the Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl.
New York United for Immigrant Rights will hold a rally in Union Square before marching to Times Square.
Saratoga Peace Alliance will hold a peace vigil with Alison Duncan, Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, in Saratoga Springs.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn hosts a walkathon through Prospect Park to benefit their cause, followed by a concert at the park's bandshell featuring John Wesley Harding. Stonewall Democrats enlist their members to help canvass for Matt Titone, candidate for state senate in Staten Island.And on Sunday, the Stonewall Dems caravan to Long Island to aid in Brooke Ellison's campaign for state senate.
The Sutton Area Community [pdf] will honor Assemblyman Jonathan Bing at its Annual Gala at Le Perigord.
The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House hosts a candidates forum, including a 14th congressional district debate between Carolyn Maloney and Danniel Maio, her Republican opponent.
—Nicole Brydson
Of course the Observer does not want to cover an event that makes Speaker Shelly Silver look good. But he was cheered by, among others: Charlie Rangel, Anthony Wiener, Jerry Nadler, Scott Stringer, Marty Markowitz, Malcolm Smith and Eric Schneiderman, for holding the line against Pataki's attempts to hurt New York City with more cuts in health care, education, transportation and services to the elderly.