Park River Independent Democrats (PRID) founded in 1959 by West Side Reform Democrats, endorses and actively supports local and national candidates and addresses issues of critical importance , as part of an upper West Side community, supporting for example pedestrian safety and application of traffic laws to commercial bicyclists, and since September 2002, opposition to Bush's war in IRAQ.

We'd like you to become a member of PRID. Our District Leaders are Earl Scott and Cory Erin Haber.

Park River Independent Democrats has a diverse multitalented membership of registered Democrats who create a bond between the community and our elected officials and candidates for office; we articulate and communicate positions on issues of common concern through monthly meetings and e-mail notices. We also conduct voter registration drives and gather signatures for petitions. Our monthly membership meetings are free and open to the public and feature a selected topic and guest speakers . Elected officials often drop by to keep us informed and answer questions about the Borough President?s office, City Council, State Legislature, State Attorney General?s office, Comptroller?s Office (state and city), and the U. S. Congress.

We pride ourselves on

• Supporting and electing progressive candidates to political office and, through a non-partisan screening process, to the judiciary.
• Having opposed the unilateral pre-emptive war against IRAQ, as early as September 2002.
• Having opposed the Bloomberg stadium with letters and petitions to NYAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
• Focusing on safety for pedestrians on our crowded streets , and application of existing traffic laws to commercial bicyclists.
• Working to protect our civil liberties, even as we acknowledge the need for protection at home against a repetition of September 11, 2001.
• Lobbying for undiminished tenant protection against rent increases
• Advocating a clean healthy environment, seeking protection against global warming and promoting measures to reduce the prevalence of asthma and air pollution in our city.
• Helping to secure negotiated prescription drug prices for Medicare Part D retirees.
• Continuing to advocate better quality public education, including the restoration of music and art to every school. Restoration of significant parental input.
• Improving campaign finance reform laws, especially at the state level.
• Protecting a woman?s right to choose. Fighting for anti-bias laws, protecting the rights of gays and lesbians, and timely enforcement.
• Supporting efforts to find a cure for AIDS, breast cancer and ovarian cancer.