UPDATE: If you have not yet signed the petition to put Howie and our statewide slate on the ballot, go to 339 Lafayette Ave on Tuesday (8/10) between 7pm and 9pm! You can also pick up materials to petition during this final week. if you cannot make it email michael@gpbk.org or call 917.825.3562.

(photo: Gloria Mattera, candidate for Lieutenant Gov) Petitioning to get our 2010 NY State Green Party candidates on the ballot began Tuesday, July 6. Despite the withering heat, our candidates and volunteers have been out asking voters to help us get on the ballot. We need at least 15,000 signatures (far more than the Democrats or Republicans).

So if you've had it with politics as usual - how can it be that even after the oil spill, Congress can't take any action on climate and energy? - here's your chance to do something concrete about it. Petitioning is easy and even fun, and doesn't have to take a lot of time. Even an hour on your local subway platform before or after work can really help us get to our goal.

Contact Petition Coordinator Michael O'Neil to get started at michael@gpbk.org. He'll set you up with everything you need, including a buddy or buddies. You may also contact us through the GPNYC website or phone.

To learn more about our candidates, check out http://www.gpnys.com.

Join the Greens at two important upcoming events:

MONDAY JULY 12:  

Support Rent Law Reforms

12 Noon, Rally and Press Conference, City Hall Park                            

 TUESDAY JULY 13: 

Hearing on MTA Transit Cuts - 6 PM

Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (Third Ave), Manhattan

Sat, May 22 11AM-3PM

All Saints Catholic Church
115 Throop Avenue, Williamsburg/Bushwick
FREE

Clean out your closet…Shop in our closet…And keep clothes out of landfills! Bring your clean and usable women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing to the swap. Anything left over will be donated to charity. Brought to you by Greener Gotham Events and Green Party NYC.

Directions: Near intersection of Broadway and Flushing. J/M train to Flushing Ave., G train to Lorimer St., or L train to Montrose (but it's a bit of a hike from the L).

Click the image to download a pdf of the postcard, including 5 areas recruiters lie about!

Green Party members will gather on Recruitment Row in Lower Manhattan in advance of the April 15 tax deadline, to hand out the postcard below and encourage potential recruits not to enlist.

What: Green Party Resist Recruitment Event

When: Saturday April 10 from 2:30-4pm

Where: Lower Manhattan Army Recruitment Center at 143 Chambers (at West Broadway next to the 2/3/C/E Chambers Street subway stop)