Breakdown: The Democratic State Convention

Ben Yee
12 min readMar 10, 2022

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Mayor Eric Adams addresses the 2022 Democratic Convention

Petitioning season is upon us! And, whenever there’s a Governor’s race the NY Democratic Party held holds a once-every-four-year Convention.

That key event happened last Wednesday and Thursday. But, perhaps you’re wondering:

  • What’s the Democratic Convention?
  • What is the State Committee even doing right now?
  • What have I been doing in my role as an elected State Committee member?

Let’s break it down!

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Before we get started, I want to make a short request.

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Ben Yee

Speaker/educator on politics & effective change. @manhattandems Secretary. @nydems Committeeman, 66AD. “Traveling civics superhero”. Benjaminyee.com