Liza wrote about this, but I think she de-emphasized the key point by not including it on the front page. Eight NYC City Councilmen (YES, all men) voted AGAINST the Clinic Access Bill (Prop. Int. 826), which provides much needed protections for women’s access to reproductive health clinics across the city. So these 8 council members voted AGAINST helping women get easy access to reproductive health clinics in NYC/

These are the anti-choice City Councilmen in NYC:

Councilmembers Tony Avella, Simcha Felder, Vincent Ignizio, Kenneth Mitchell, Eric Ulrich, James Vacca, Peter Vallone, and James Oddo

Tony Avella is often considered a progressive, yet he voted against this bill and he voted for public religious displays, something which I consider against the separation of church and state. I will say that on many issues I agree with Avella, and I like Avella, but we HAVE to consider his anti-choice and his anti-separation of church and state stands that he has taken. This is why I support Bill Thompson over Tony Avella for mayor.

I should also note that I support a solidly progressive, pro-choice candiate Steve Behar who is running against another member of the Vallone campaign in the 19th.

As to the others, I do not off hand know of good challengers against these guys, but if you know of such, please let me know.