Daniel Dromm

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Danny Dromm
Member of the New York City Council from the 25th District
Assumed office
January 1, 2010
Preceded by Helen Sears
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Marist College (B.A.)
City College (M.A.)
Religion Catholic
Website Official website

Daniel "Danny" Dromm is the Council member for the 25th District of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat. The district includes Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Rego Park and Woodside in Queens.

Life and career

Dromm was born in Rego Park, but his family moved to Manhasset when he was 6. He attended Catholic school.[1][2] Dromm graduated from Marist College and earned his master's degree at City College.

A resident of Jackson Heights, Dromm began his first career as a public school teacher in 1984 at P.S. 199 in Sunnyside. As an educator, he promoted teaching acceptance of LGBT individuals through the Rainbow Curriculum and publicly came out in 1992.[3] Heavily involved in the Queens County Democratic Party, he served as Democratic District Leader in the 39th assembly district. He was later beaten in a hotly contested election by Helen Sears in 2002, an election largely influenced by the machinations of Democratic Party bosses.

He is one of the first two openly gay City Council members from outside Manhattan, elected alongside Jimmy Van Bramer.

New York City Council

As a Democrat, he was elected to the city council in 2009, representing the 25th district in Queens. Dromm defeated councilwoman Helen Sears by 10 points, 49% to 39%, in the Democratic primary.[4]

Dromm co-sponsored the New York City Council bill Intro 573 with Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park and the rest of New York; the legislation also requires to help retrain the drivers for other employment.[5]

In 2015, Dromm said that he is against a bill sponsored by New York City Council Member David Greenfield to allow non-public schools (including religious and charter schools) to request that safety agents from the New York Police Department be posted inside the schools and be funded by the Board of Education. Dromm insists that more NYPD police officers or safety agents in the schools will not solve the problem of increasing situations of hate crimes citywide and be counterproductive. [6]

Election history
Location Year Election Results
NYC Council
District 25
2009 Democratic Primary √ Daniel Dromm 49.16%
Helen Sears 39.56%
Stanley Joseph Kalathara 11.28%
NYC Council
District 25
2009 General √ Daniel Dromm (D) 74.61%
Mujib U. Rahman (R) 25.38%
NYC Council
District 25
2013 General √ Daniel Dromm (D) 99.61%

References

  1. http://www.decidenyc.com/election-candidate/daniel-dromm/
  2. Walsh, Jeremy "Dromm bumps Sears in Council primary" Times Ledger September 17, 2009
  3. Bernstein, Andrea "Fegeddaboutit, Mr. Chips" New York Magazine November 6, 1992
  4. Queens Gazette coverage of primary election
  5. "Horse Sense", City and State (New York), June 15, 2015, page 11, Alan Cumming,
  6. "Ads Call on De Blasio to Provide NYPD Security Agents for Parochial Schools", City and State (New York), June 15, 2015, page 9, Sarina Triangle,

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Political offices
Preceded by New York City Council, 25th District
2010–present
Incumbent