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**Democrat Primary for NYS Assembly – District 66 Candidate David Siffert will join us on Friday, January 23rd, at 11:00am ET.** David Siffert is a civil rights lawyer, law professor, community leader, and life-long Manhattanite, who combines the wonkishness of an academic with the practical experience of a civil rights advocate and the grounding of a community organizer. David has been the Legal Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, protecting New Yorkers civil rights through impact litigation (e.g. suing the city for requiring arrestees to remove religious head coverings in booking photos) and legislative advocacy (e.g. requiring NYPD to disclose the surveillance technologies they use). David teaches a State Legislative Externship at NYU Law, pairing 10 law students with 10 state legislators to help them write bills, and working hands on with 20 bills per year to get them drafted and introduced. David also is the founding Executive Director of NYU’s State Government Initiative, with the mission of using university resources to help state government better serve the people. David is also active in the Village Independent Democrats, where he is a past president, has filed lawsuits on behalf of the community (e.g. to save Beth Israel Hospital), and has organized the neighborhood to go door-to-door to businesses to prepare for ICE raids.
We strive to build community, educate voters, and use our Sharpies to write to save democracy together. Write postcards with us or just join the conversation. If you need help getting started with postcarding, please visit our [FAQ](https://markersfordemocracy.org/postcarding/postcarding-faq).
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This event is co-hosted by [Markers For Democracy](https://markersfordemocracy.org), [Downtown Nasty Women Social Group](https://linktr.ee/DNWSG), and [Team Min](https://linktr.ee/teammin
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