Delhi, NY Democratic Committee

Our wonderful candidates who won their elections last fall were sworn in to their roles on the Delhi town board tonight. Thank you, Maya Boukai Delhi Town Supervisor , Dan Gashler and Simon Purdy for being willing to serve!

We're thrilled to announce a clean sweep for our endorsed town candidates this year. Maya Boukai Delhi Town Supervisor was easily re-elected (she ran unopposed thanks to her excellent performance in her first term). And both Dan Gashler and Simon Purdy won seats on the Town Board.

We want to congratulate everyone who ran for office this year. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there, and all of the candidates ran good, positive campaigns. This is how politics should be: a respectful competition of ideas about how to achieve shared goals. Everyone who ran loves our country and loves our town. Those who won are committed to serving everyone in the town, not just those who voted for them. Thank you to everyone who voted! ❤️🇺🇸

It never fails. I’m cooking dinner, we’re thirty minutes from sitting down at the table, and one of my children comes out of the corners of the house saying that he is hungry asking for a snack. Almost in unison with my husband, I say “No” and he says “Yes”. And thus my kid ruins his appetite right before dinner and barely touches his supper. It’s not that my husband is undisciplined. It’s because, like so many Americans, his family relied on food stamps to feed their family and he remembers times when he went hungry. He never wants his own kids to feel the hunger pangs he still vividly remembers. So I wrap up the leftovers and eventually they get eaten.

This week, too many families locally and nationally are headed for a cliff, losing the benefits they rely on to feed their kids, and devastated at the thought of their children going hungry. In Schoharie County more than 3600 families rely on food stamps, in Delaware it’s over 4500 families, in Otsego it’s more than 5800 families and in Sullivan County, more that 16% of residents - over 13,000 - rely on SNAP benefits to feed their families. These are our friends and neighbors, our children’s classmates, our community members.

Republicans in Washington are holding children and poor families hostage by denying emergency SNAP benefits, trying to force a choice between families going hungry and families losing their healthcare. As I saw one woman put it recently, are we really choosing between kids dying of hunger and kids dying of preventable diseases? These are not choices we should have to make in America!

We’re doing what we can as a family with 11 chickens by donating eggs every week to our local food pantry. But we, as a community, need to do more. We need to elect Democrats who will keep our kids safe from hunger pains by supporting food benefit programs at all times, not just when the Republicans want to use our struggling neighbors as pawns in order to continue to give tax breaks to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.As a legislator, I will NEVER use hunger or healthcare as a bargaining chip because I believe that NO kid in New York, or anywhere, should go hungry.

While I always appreciate your financial support for my campaign, this week I’m asking you to donate to your local food pantry. We cannot fill the massive hole that the Trump Administration, Mike Johnson and John Thune are creating, but we can help. Please consider donating food, funds, or gift cards to your local food pantry.

This list of food pantries is courtesy of Delaware Opportunites. The food bank in Delhi is located at the United Ministry on Monday 1-3pm and Thursday 330-530pm.

Have you voted yet? Vote early today, Saturday and Sunday!

Happy Halloween from the Board of Elections! Stop in for a treat!

Voting early during the 2025 General Election is a great way to cast your vote on your schedule – and today is Vote Early Day!

General Election Early Voting Hours:

Saturday, October 25, 2025: 9AM to 5PM
Sunday, October 26: 9AM to 5PM
Monday, October 27: 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Tuesday, October 28: 8:30AM to 8PM
Wednesday, October 29: 8:30AM to 8PM
Thursday, October 30: 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Friday, October 31: 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Saturday, November 1: 9AM to 5PM
Sunday, November 2: 9AM to 5PM

Early voting for Delaware County registered voters will take place at the Delaware County Board of Elections office, 97 Main St., Suite 5, Delhi NY 13753. The Board of Elections Office is accessible to voters with disabilities.

If a voter casts a ballot during early voting the voter will not be allowed to vote on Election Day, ⭐️Tuesday, November 4, 2025⭐️ or on a subsequent voting day of early voting.

Sample ballots for each town are available at: https://www.delcony.us/departments/elec/elec.htm (scroll to bottom of homepage).

Questions? Contact the Delaware County Board of Elections by calling 607-832-5321.

Thank you to the The Mountain Eagle & Schoharie News for highlighting our excellent town board candidates, Dan Gashler and Simon Purdy. Early voting has already begun! Swing by the Delaware County Board of Elections (97 Main St Suite 5) any time between now and Nov. 2nd to vote. Election day, Nov. 4th, voting is at the public safety building on Phoebe Lane.

Local elections matter! Election Day is November 4. Make a plan to vote, on election day or during early voting at DCBOE. Visit dcnydems.org to see a list of Dem endorsed candidates in your town, including some bios and candidate videos. Gary Rosa will be on the ballot in every town for Delaware County Family Court Justice.

Plenty of parking in the back. Entrance is on the side of the building.

Delhi, Meredith, and Hamden residents: it’s time to vote!

In Delhi, we enthusiastically endorse Maya Boukai Delhi Town Supervisor for re-election. Maya has brought her considerable skills in financial planning and cost-saving analyses to the town board and, as a result, we have all benefitted from better services and lower taxes. Just two years on the job, Maya has been so successful, she is running unopposed this year.

We’re also thrilled to support Dan Gashler and Simon Purdy for Delhi town board. Dan teaches history at SUNY Delhi, where he has served on his union’s leadership team for the past nine years. He has backgrounds in farm management and dump truck driving, and hopes to serve on the town’s highway and personnel committees. Simon is professor and chair of criminal justice at SUNY Delhi and also operates Cold Spring Apiary, with his wife, Karen. A father of three young children, Simon appreciates the work many Delhi residents have made to improve recreational opportunities in the town, and he wants to contribute to those efforts.

In Meredith, we’re delighted to support the Meredith Neighbors candidates: Stephanie Munro for Supervisor, and Kristin Antin and Michael Morgenfruh for town board. These candidates were inspired to run because they believe the Meredith Town Board should be more forthcoming with information on issues that concern residents – such as the Nexamp Stonewall Solar Project and county-level decisions and lawsuits. Steph is a beloved physical therapist and volunteer coach. Kristin works with nonprofits in strengthening cyber security and volunteers with the Delaware Academy PTA. Michael is a real estate agent and previously worked as a site coordinator for an architectural firm, where he helped clients navigate planning and permitting with municipal governments.

In Hamden, we support Supervisor Wayne Marshfield for re-election. Wayne has served Hamden and Delaware County well for many years, offering careful review of county funding and decisionmaking and independent leadership. The Delaware County Democratic committee has also endorsed Sally Alvarez for town clerk and Daniel Endress for town council.

Early voting for all Delco residents runs from Saturday, Oct. 25 - Nov. 2 at the Board of Elections: 97 Main St. Suite 5, in Delhi. Election day, Nov. 4th, voting is available in each town from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. In Delhi, that’s the public safety building, 280 Phoebe Lane. In Meredith, that’s the Meridale Fire Department, 50 County Highway 10. In Hamden, it’s town hall, 20 Covert Hollow. Please make the time to vote! Democracy starts at the grassroots!