Daniel Dromm
{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Danny Dromm
| office = Member of the New York City Council
from the 25th district
| term_start = January 1, 2010
| term_end = December 31, 2021
| predecessor = Helen Sears
| successor = Shekar Krishnan
| image = Daniel Dromm 2013.jpg
| caption = Dromm in 2013
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democrat
| spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater = Marist College (BA)
City College of New York (MS)
| website = [http://council.nyc.gov/d25/html/members/home.shtml Official website]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|27}}
| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.
| residence = Queens, New York, U.S.
}}
Daniel Dromm (born November 27, 1955) is an American politician who served on the New York City Council from the 25th district from 2010 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights in Queens.
Life and career
Dromm was born in Rego Park, but his family moved to Oyster Bay on Long Island when he was 5, and to Manhasset when he was 9. He attended Catholic schools.{{Cite web |url=http://www.decidenyc.com/election-candidate/daniel-dromm/ |title=Daniel Dromm: City Council District 25 Race, Queens- Decide NYC |access-date=2015-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926093812/http://www.decidenyc.com/election-candidate/daniel-dromm/ |archive-date=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead }}Walsh, Jeremy "[http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2009/38/astoria_times_newseiqqqnc09162009.html Dromm bumps Sears in Council primary]" Times Ledger September 17, 2009 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.Bernstein, Andrea "Fegeddaboutit, Mr. Chips" New York Magazine November 6, 1992Fernandez, Joseph Chancellor. Letter to Daniel Dromm. 6 October 1993. LGBTQ Collection. Box 29. LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, Long Island City, NY. Heavily involved in the Queens County Democratic Party, he served as Democratic District Leader in the 39th assembly district.
In 1998, Ed Sedarbaum challenged incumbent New York State Senator George Onorato. Dromm worked as the campaign manager for Progressive Democratic candidate Ed Sedarbaum. Onorato won re-election to the State Senate on Election Day 1998. https://gaycitynews.com/ed-sedarbaum-queens-lgbtq-movement-dies-78/
He is one of the first two openly gay City Council members from outside Manhattan.
Dromm was featured in the 2015 Frederick Wiseman documentary In Jackson Heights.{{cite news |last1=Dollar |first1=Steve |title=Frederick Wiseman's 'In Jackson Heights' |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/frederick-wisemans-in-jackson-heights-1446595854 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=4 November 2015 |accessdate=13 October 2017}}
New York City Council
As a Democrat, Dromm was elected to the City Council in 2009, representing the 25th district in Queens. He defeated Councilwoman Helen Sears by 10 points, 49% to 39%, in the Democratic primary.[http://www.qgazette.com/news/2009/0916/features/006.html Queens Gazette coverage of primary election] Dromm was reelected in 2013 and served as Chairperson of the Council's influential Committee on Education from 2014 to 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2014/01/22/queens-daniel-dromm-picked-to-head-councils-education-committee/|title = Queens' Daniel Dromm picked to head Council's education committee|date = 22 January 2014 |publisher=Chalkbeat}}
In 2014, Dromm co-sponsored New York City Council bill Intro 253 to create the city's first government-issued photo identification card, later named "IDNYC." The bill was passed overwhelmingly by the Council and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio.{{Cite web|url=http://observer.com/2014/06/city-council-votes-overwhelmingly-to-pass-municipal-i-d-bill-2/|title = City Council Votes Overwhelmingly to Pass Municipal I.D. Bill| website=The New York Observer |date = 26 June 2014}} IDNYC aides the homeless, youth, the elderly, undocumented immigrants, the formerly incarcerated and others who may have difficulty obtaining other government-issued ID.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/index.page|title = IDNYC}} IDNYC is recognized ID for interacting with NYPD and allows cardholders to gain access to all City buildings that provide public services. It is an accepted form of identification for accessing numerous City programs and services such as the Brooklyn Public Library, the Queens Library, and the New York City Public Library, the three library systems serving the City of New York. Several NYC cultural institutions grant cardholders free one-year memberships; these include museums, zoos, concert halls, and botanical gardens.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/benefits/benefits.page|title = Benefits - IDNYC}}
In 2015, Dromm said he opposed 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 argued that more NYPD officers or safety agents in the schools would not solve the problem of increasing hate crimes citywide and would be counterproductive.
"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,
On December 19, 2017, the New York City Council unanimously passed Dromm's resolution establishing January 30 annually as Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in honor of the late civil rights activist who objected to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.{{cite web|title=NYC Council Resolution 0792-2015|url=http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2386576&GUID=B6706EBB-16CB-4562-8024-340D2E21264D|website=NYC Council|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}
In January 2018, Dromm was unanimously elected to serve as the chairperson of the NYC Council Committee on Finance.{{Cite web|url=https://council.nyc.gov/district-25/|title=District 25}}
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! colspan=4 | Election history |
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! Location ! Year ! Election ! Results |
| NYC Council District 25 | 2009 | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic Primary | Daniel Dromm 49.16% |
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| NYC Council District 25 | 2009 | {{party shading/hold}}|General | Daniel Dromm (D) 74.61% |
| NYC Council District 25 | 2013 | {{party shading/hold}}|General | Daniel Dromm (D) 99.61% |
| NYC Council District 25 | 2017 | {{party shading/hold}}|General | Daniel Dromm (D) 98.81% |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://council.nyc.gov/d25/html/members/home.shtml Official NYC Council Website]
- [http://www.danieldromm.com Campaign website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128192624/http://www.danieldromm.com/ |date=2009-11-28 }}
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