Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
Fighting for progressive values since 2004
- AOC has backed a progressive, anti-establishment public defender for DA of Queens
- Republican lawmakers furious over parole of Judith Clark and a new bill that could free some older prisoners
- Ydanis Rodriguez dodges questions about Diaz Sr.’s anti-gay comments
- Corey Johnson calls on Ruben Diaz Sr. to resign after anti-gay remarks
- Bronx lawmaker refuses to apologize for anti-gay remarks
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Endorses Jumaane Williams for NYC Public Advocate
- Jim Owles Dems Club Interviews Candidates for NYC Public Advocate
- Jim Owles Celebrates Election Gains
- Michael Avenatti bails on event honoring him
- Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club Literature Campaign Endorsements 2018
- Proud Boys and The NYPD: Questions That Need To Be Answered
- Lt. Governor Speaks Out Against LWOP
- Stop Trum & the GOP; Vote Blue 2018
- Countdown to Midterms - Town Hall Meeting
- Press Release: In Advance of State Senate Republican Parole Hearings, Advocates Gather in Support of More Parole Board Releases and Voting Rights for People on Parole
- Jim Owles Democratic club calls 5 former breakaway Dems 'toads' in new mailers
- LGBTQ Rights in Brooklyn, Back Then
- Change Is in the Air: But is it in the Cards for Cynthia?
- Agape March in Washington DC August 12, 2018
- HRC fails to endorse queer woman Cynthia Nixon in New York's gubernatorial race
- The Country's Top LGBT Group Is Campaigning Against A Queer Democratic Woman, And Some People Are Pissed
- Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice - Participating Organizations
- Comments to SCOC re Revised Regulations June 2018
- Endorsement for Ross Barkan
- New York LGBTQ Democratic club endorses Cynthia Nixon for governor
- LGBTQ Advocacy Group Endorses Congressional Candidate Brian Flynn
- Alessandra Biaggi Accepts the Endorsement of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
- NYS Parole Board Releases Controversial Prisoners, Braves Public Outcry
- Stringer to Back 2 Candidates Challenging Breakaway Democrats in Albany
- Herman Bell granted parole – but cops, politicians try to nix it
- Will Cynthia Nixon team up with a fellow progressive insurgent?
- TAKING on TRUMP: Join Us & AG Schneiderman on April 11th
- Petition: Urging the Assembly to immediately pass the HALT Solitary Confinement Act
- Anti-LGBT City Council Members Given Prominent Positions
- Harvey Epstein: Finishing the Week Strong
- Raise the Age NY: Letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, amendment letter
- Manhattan DNC snubs women’s rights group days before march
- Sober and H.I.V. Positive, New Council Speaker Has Weathered Adversity
- City Councilman Corey Johnson appears to have support to win speaker seat
- Ex-aide to de Blasio throws off Cuomo’s plan to reunite Dems
- Brooklyn Dems party in style
- Raise the Age NY: Letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
- City Council resists speaker push to put pal on Board of Elections
- Dems claim Mark-Viverito is trying to get pal a job in November surprise
- Pro-garden Nonprofit Plays Politics in Backing Margaret Chin’s Rival
- Dueling Flyers Mark a Nasty Turn in the District 1 City Council Campaign
- Citywide Democratic Club Blasts Independence Party Candidate Chris Marte
- New York City Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of 65 Jurisdictions in Support of Enforcing Colorado Anti-Discrimination Law
- 2 Queens Teens Beg ICE Not to Deport Father Who Sought Political Asylum
- Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club Literature Campaign Endorsements For the Democratic Primary 2017
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Sponsors Sandy5 press briefing
- In crowded speaker's race, one councilman's conservative views may be a deal breaker
- Letter from NOW New York City in reference to Judge Sattler
- In Syracuse, Stephanie Miner ponders a challenge to Cuomo
- HRC Chided For Being MIA on Mississippi Black Auto Workers
- Ruben Diaz, Sr., Aims to Return to the Council
- Top Dem asks for donation back from pol opposing gay marriage
- Top Dem under fire for funding pol who opposes gay rights
- 2016 Annual New York City Council Ratings Report2016 Annual New York City Council Ratings Report
- Parole board rejects Cuomo’s request to release Brinks robbery driver
- Political leaders call for release of deadly Brinks robbery convict
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Co-Sponsors March 26th, 2017 Rally Protesting Violence Against Transgender Women of Color
- New York City and San Francisco File Amicus Brief With Supreme Court On Behalf Of 31 Jurisdictions Supporting Education Equality For Transgender Students
- Statement from Marvin Holland
- Clemency for Long Serving Serving Prisoners and Executive Youth Pardons
- Critics blast Cuomo’s clemency for Brinks heist driver
- NY1 Online: The Case for Clemency
- Alphonso David: Black, Gay, and the Third Most Powerful Man in New York
- Manhattan Dems Rejecting Justice Doris Ling-Cohan Sparks Outrage
- Manhattan Dems Punt on Ling-Cohan Snub
- Why is it still so hard to come out of the closet in New York politics?
- In Glick Versus Fouratt, Clash Over A Legislator’s Role
- The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club releases list of endorsements in the September 13 primary races
- Political club blocks promotion of judge over her abortion views
- Democratic Party bars ‘lazy’ pro-LGBT judge from election ticket
- Upset by Right to Know Act deal, Jim Owles Club president to return Council proclamation
- LGBT group demands Mark-Viverito, Van Bramer step down
- NY1: Debate on Police Reform; Right to Know Act
- Primary race is a first for Glick and Fouratt
- Despite Rhetoric of Criminal Justice Reform, Benefits Are Slow to Come for Those Aging in Prisons in New York State
- Statement of Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club In Relation to Rentboy.com and the Actions of the NYPD and the Department of Homeland Security
- ‘Local Heroine’ Continues Bid For State Assembly Despite Odds
- Bernie Sanders' Supporters On Hillary Clinton's Turf Feel Optimistic
- NY Sanders supporters rally, rail against Clinton, Cuomo
- Sanders campaign delivering signatures for NY ballot
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club endorse Jenifer Rajkumar for Sheldon Silver’s seat
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Endorses Bernie Sanders
- Supporters still hoping for justice for Judith Clark
- George Takei Honored
- Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club Literature Campaign Endorsements 2015
- More Clemencies To Come
- More Mercy, Less Prison in a Shift for Cuomo
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade Organizers Vote to Include Second Gay Group
- Pope to LGBT Catholics: No “In” at the Room
- Dozens rally in Brooklyn against rentboy.com prosecution
- Protest Against Rentboy.com Raid Targets Brooklyn Courthouse
- Activists See Stonewall in Rentboy.Com Raid
- Raid on Rentboy.com Leaves Many Wondering How this Became a Priority
- Gay panic! Homeland Security raids Rentboy, has your names, emails
- Residence for LGBT youths opening on East 13th Street
- Gay Baiting in Queens City Council Race
- Criminal Justice Advocates Discuss Clemency in New York State
- Activist arrested while protesting Cuomo at Manhattan awards dinner
- Allen Roskoff Honored at LGBT Pride Event
- Martin O’Malley’s ritzy taste can be off-putting
- Four Gay Council Members Push Subsidy for Anti-Gay Schools
- April 18 Vigil Postponed
- History Is Made as Protests Go On
- For NYC's St. Patrick's Parade, the Protests Don't End
- First gay group marches in NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade, protests seek more
- Statement from Irish Queers and allies
- Irish L.G.B.T. activists accuse parade group of ‘trickery and bigotry’
- NY1 Online: Activists Debate Koch's Record On Gay Rights
- Hawkins blasts Cuomo on fracking study; Meadows calls for new blood in Assembly
- Cuomo, Backed by Working Families Party, May Chip Away at Its Clout at the Polls
- Hawkins Gets Jim Owles Club Nod
- Allen Roskoff talks about their endorsement for Howie Hawkins
- Begging Cuomo for clemency
- Riding wind of discontent, Zephyr runs strong
- Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club Literature Campaign Endorsements For the Democratic Primary 2014
- Protestors Call on Cuomo to Reconsider Clemency at Candlelight Vigil
- On Primary Eve, Cuomo Pressed at Home on Prisoner Clemency
- "Candles for Clemency" outside of Gov. Cuomo's home
- Candle light vigil held near Gov. Cuomo's Mount Kisco home calls attention to clemency grants
- Liberal Democratic Club, New Yorkers hold rally outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's home in Mount Kisco
- Demonstration Planned At Cuomo's Home On Mount Kisco-New Castle Border
- Protest Saturday at Gov. Cuomo’s home in New Castle
- Vigil Organizers Hope Cuomo Exercises Power Of Clemency
- Dems Shun Anti-Cuomo Clemency Event
- Dems Participate in Pre-Primary ‘Candles for Clemency’ Demo in Cuomo’s Backyard
- Candles for Clemency
- Cuomo Foe Teachout Finds Energy in Corruption Panel Mess
- ZEPHYR TEACHOUT FOR GOVERNOR
- Espaillat, Jackson Tout Signature Counts in Uptown Clash
- The Gayest City Council Ever Honors LGBT Icons
- Gov. Cuomo’s medical marijuana stance lights up
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club: We're first to back Zephyr Teachout v. Cuomo
- Allen Roskoff returns after Christine Quinn’s exit
- Mayor de Blasio and porn star Robin Byrd belong to the same club
- Keith Wright pitches Cuomo to Manhattan progressives
- Activists urge boycott against anti-gay owners’ iconic LA hotels
- A Loving Farewell to Doug Ireland
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Joins Petition to Protect Hudson River Park Air Rights
- Protect Historic LGBT Sites in Greenwich Village, Preservationists Say
- Lance Bass Endorses Melissa Mark-Viverito for Speaker
- Will the de Blasio Express Deliver a New Council Speaker?
- Speaker candidates honor Alan Cumming and Billy Porter
- A Food Primer for Our New Mayor:
- Gays Off the Ballot!
- Divide & Conquer
- A Phyllis Diller mailer and an anti- anti-Quinn endorsement
- Campaign finance complaint filed against Christine Quinn
- Alec’s amends too little, too late for gay community
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Delivers Signatures for Upcoming Elections
- Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Endorses Thompson For Mayor
- Gay group backs Quinn rival
- Councilwoman Tish James Endorsed by the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
- Is the anti-gay backlash on?
- Christine Quinn detractors use social media in effort to quash her mayoral run
- Council Speaker Christine Quinn calls $1 million ad blitz by group of liberal opponents, New York City is Not for Sale 2013, a 'disgrace'
- Panel on Police Abuses Highlights Obstacles to Reform
- Ed Koch: 12 Years as Mayor, A Lifetime in the Closet
- How a Queens Home Became a Cradle of the Gay Rights Movement
- Jeanne Manford, Mother of P-FLAG, Dead at 92
- Jim Owles Endorses the Peoples’ Justice Cop Watch Alliance
- Christine Quinn Foes Prepare Campaign to Spoil Her Mayoral Hopes
- De Blasio lesbian ‘leak’ was political sapphotage
- Does New York City Need a Gay Rights Landmark?
- Fear and Cowering on Paid Sick Leave; Advocates Dodge Right to Discharge Bill over Speaker's Objections
- Documenting the Fight
- LGBT Democratic Club Calls on Sponsors to Force Sick-Leave Bill to Floor of New York City Council Now
- Jim Owles Club Calls on Council to Force Paid Sick Days Bill
- Early Gay Rights Landmark Faces Demolition But City And Developer Refuse To Save It
- A Democratic Club in Chelsea Continues Its War on Christine Quinn
- Landmarks Preservation Denies Bid to Save Spring Street Gay History Site
- Quinn Feels the Heat Over Paid Sick Leave
- Otaño Blasts Dilan on Citizens United
- Tough Keeping Bedfellows Straight in Buffalo Dem, GOP Senate Primaries
- Pete Fisher, Pioneering Author of “The Gay Mystique,” Dead at 68
- Behind Those Old Bricks on Spring Street, Memories of a 1970s Gay Hub
- Cuomo’s guy takes gay wrath
- SUNY Silence on Socarides' Higher Education Qualifications
- NY1 Online: Panel Sounds Off on Gay Rights
- End Stop and Frisk March June 17th 2012
- Allen Roskoff, President of Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Celebrating Pride at the White House with President Barack Obama
- Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer honored Earl Plante
- One Of City’s Top LGBT Political Clubs Endorses Congressional Candidates In Hotly Contested Races
- Jim Owles Kicks Off Pride Season
- Jim Owles Liberal Dems Presents Gay Pride Awards
- Mayoral Candidates (Except Chris Quinn) Invited to Jim Owles Democratic Club Annual Awards Ceremony
- Race for Quinn’s Seat Reflects Divisions In LGBT Community
- NYC Council, State Senate Rush to Keep Churches in Public Schools
- State Legislative Dems Left at Altar
- Bloomberg Backers Mixner, Socarides Silent on Trampling of the First Amendment
- Racing history: Is aspiring mayor Christine Quinn a gay leader, or a leader who happens to be gay?
- AP Calls Special Race For Weiner Seat for GOP
- LGBT Councilman, Activist Blast Ed Koch for Turner Endorsement; ‘F@#! Those Guys,’ Mayor Responds
- City Council speaker Christine Quinn's director of community outreach Tony Simone gets abrasive
- Diaz Family Values
- The New Power Gays: NYC's Top 50
- Gay marriage advocacy group doubts Cuomo's resolve
- An Early Owles Pride
- Possible presidential candidate Donald Trump's stance on same-sex marriage offends gay activist
- Gay Kapos Socarides, Capehart & Stachelberg: Vets Day Town Hall in NYC
- Reichen Lehmkuhl weighs in on 'Don't ask, don't tell'
- Gay bar battles bid to close it
- Weiner Faults Obama For Timidity
- Gay Activist Allen Roskoff Lets It All Out
- The Inaugural Lavender Padlock Award
- James W. Owles Is Dead at 46; Was Founder of Gay Rights Group
- Jim Owles Endorses Amanda Septimo
Officers
- President Allen Roskoff
- Vice President Paul Smith-Leonard
- Vice President Chris Marchitello
- Treasurer Charlette Mimiasie
- Recording Secretary Jay Marcus
- Membership Secretary Lisa Mehos
- Legislative Director Dan Roskoff
- Campaign Coordinator Louis Cholden-Brown
- Legal Counsel Ali Najmi
- Outreach Coordinator Martin Sigal
- Police Misconduct and Corruption Officer Scott Caplan
- Social Media Manager Jeff Hurant
- Liaison Black Lives Matter Hawk Newsome
- Organizing Coordinator Aaron Soriano
- Performing Arts and Culture Committee Kathleen Chalfant
- Performing Arts and Culture Committee Kathryn Erbe
- Policy Advisor Ritchie Torres
- Policy Advisor Daniel Dromm
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
- Hon. Eric Adams
- George Arzt
- Lance Bass
- Charles Bayor
- John Blair
- Mark Benoit
- Hon. Rodneyse Bichotte
- Hon. Jonathan Bing
- Matthew Bond
- Erik Bottcher
- Hon. Gale Brewer
- Danny Burstein
- Robin Byrd
- Tiffany Cabán
- Christian Campbell
- Gus Christensen
- Hon. Martin Connor
- Tom Connor
- Hon. Jon Cooper
- Wilson Cruz
- Hon. Laurie Cumbo
- Alan Cumming
- Michael Czaczkes
- Hon. Bill de Blasio
- Aries Dela Cruz
- Jon Del Giorno
- Kyan Douglas
- James Duff
- Hon. Ronnie Eldridge
- Hon. Rafael Espinal
- Hon. Alan Fleishman
- Marc Fliedner
- Hon. Dan Garodnick
- William Gerlich
- Dan Gettleman
- Jason Goldman
- Emily Jane Goodman
- Hon. Mark Green
- Tony Hoffmann
- Hon. Brad Hoylman
- Binn Jakupi
- Hon. Letitia James
- Hon. Corey Johnson
- Camille Joseph
- Phillip Keane
- Suzanne Kessler
- Yetta Kurland
- Dodge Landesman
- Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Phillip McCarthy
- Matt McMorrow
- Michael Mallon
- Mike C. Manning
- David Mansur
- Cathy Marino-Thomas
- Troy Masters
- Hon. Carlos Menchaca
- Hon. Rosie Mendez
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Donny Moss
- Barry Mullineaux
- Denis O'Hare
- America Olivo Campbell
- Noah Pfefferbilt
- Josue Pierre
- Bob Pontarelli
- Billy Porter
- Hon. Keith Powers
- Randy Rainbow
- Hon. Gustavo Rivera
- Hon. Helen Rosenthal
- Maer Roshan
- Sheila Rule
- Toby Russo
- Bill Samuels
- James Sansum
- Scott Sartiano
- Hon. Arthur Schwartz
- Lynn Schulman
- Cecile Scott
- Frank Selvaggi
- Rev. Al Sharpton
- David Siffert
- Hon. Jo Anne Simon
- Kathy Slawinski
- Tom Smith
- Anne Strahle
- Hon. Scott Stringer
- Wayne Sunday
- Hon. Bill Thompson
- JD Thompson
- Bjorn Thorstad
- Hon. Matt Titone
- Jessica Walter
- Barry Weinberg
- Seth Weissman
- Hon. Jumaane Williams
- Emma Wolfe
- Hon. Keith Wright
- Zephyr Teachout