Students involved in candidates’ campaigns push for change

After just one Wikipedia search before a meet-and-greet at a neighbor’s house, rising junior Nate Meyer was sold on NY-17 congressional candidate Evelyn Farkas (Democrat). Farkas had served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration and according to her campaign page, was responsible for U.S. policy toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. According to her campaign, she al...

Rising junior Clyde Lederman is no stranger to the competitive realm of political campaigning. Once a communications advisor for former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak’s 2020 presidential bid, Lederman is heavily involved in running communications for Alp Basaran – a first-generation Muslim-American who’s challanging incumbent and 23-year congressmen Bill Pascrell for the NJ-9 seat.  Basaran...

Rising senior Samantha (Sam) New has been a gun safety activist ever since one of her friends was tragically killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Now, she is backing NY-17 candidate Adam Schleifer (Democrat), who she believes has a strong plan for ending gun violence in America.  New is an intern for Schleifer’s campaign and the deputy head of communication f...

Matthew Williams is the campaign manager for the candidate who’s challenging nine-year member of the New York Assembly Tom Abinanti (Democrat) for the NY-92 district seat. That candidate happens to be his mother: Jennifer Williams (Democrat).  In a letter to the Yonkers Times published in mid-April, J. Williams cites three main reasons for running. She said, “First, because I do not feel that sma...

Congressman Elliot Engel (Democrat) has been in Congress for 31 years. Jamaal Bowman (Democrat), a middle school principal who was born and raised in New York City, is vying to begin a new chapter in New York’s 16th congressional district (NY-16). And it appears he may be successful: a recent poll released by Data for Progress showed that Bowman had a 41-31 lead over the incumbent Engel.  Bowman is far more left-leanin...

It all started back in the fall of 2019 when Thomas (Buster) Scheuer ‘20 attended a debate at SUNY Purchase between three of the democratic candidates for the NY-17 congressional seat. One of the candidates caught his attention from the get-go: Mondaire Jones (Democrat).  After that debate, Scheuer began reading up on Jones and educating his family on the candidate. By March, not one, but two members of...