Press Releases

Albany, NY –Darius Shahinfar, candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District, will be opening his campaign’s headquarters tomorrow, Thursday, July 24.

Where: 255 New Scotland Avenue Albany, 12208. The campaign office is across from the Mobil Station at the intersection of Quail and New Scotland

When: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Darius will be joining attendants and neighboring community members for the celebration of our office’s grand opening with food and drinks.

For more information, please contact Ryan Streeter at 518-209-9074.

Calls for continuation of Democratic ideals in Washington

Albany, NY – Darius Shahinfar, Democratic candidate for New York's 21st Congressional District, today issued the following statement on the Bush administration's recent Middle East policy shifts of a “time horizon” troop withdrawal in Iraq and tentative steps to restore diplomatic relations in Iran:

"After years of intransigence, the Bush administration has finally begun to follow the advice of the Democratic Party and do what is necessary to bring greater stability to the Middle East.

Democratic Congressional Candidate Darius Shahinfar Submits Petitions

Albany, N.Y – Today, Darius Shahinfar, Democratic candidate for New York's 21st Congressional District, announced that his campaign has filed the signatures required by the New York State Board of Elections to be placed on the ballot for the September 9th Democratic Primary.

Calls FISA compromise a compromise of Constitutional rights

June 20, 2008

(ALBANY, NY) Today, Darius Shahinfar, candidate for the 21st Congressional District, called the compromise reached on amendment of the Federal Information Surveillance Act (FISA) a compromise of Constitutional principles.

"The critical problem of this compromise is that it contains a free pass for the Bush Administration's and telecommunication companies' past actions. The Administration's use of warrantless wiretaps cannot be reviewed, and the process to review the telecommunications companies' participation in the wiretapping program leads inevitably to immunity for those companies" Shahinfar said.