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Julia Salazar
@JuliaCarmel__
NYS Senator in Brooklyn & Queens. Chair of Crime Victims, Crime & Correction Committee. Democratic socialist. Tweets are mixed bag. For my office:
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TONIGHT: Get your tickets and come thru to celebrate the phenomenal Council Member and support her re-election to the City Council!
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God himself couldn’t stop us from talking to our neighbors about good cause eviction
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if you live in AD50 and oppose this change, use this google form to sign a letter opposing the redistricting and submit testimony for the ONLY public hearing on this issue on february 15th.
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“I’m proud to be a vocal co-sponsor of all three bills. I raised Elder Parole to the aging committee and I talk about it everywhere I go. Keeping our elders in prison is inhumane. We have to think about what we’re trying to achieve.”
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"New Yorkers know what does and does not impact crime. And they do not think that nearly repealing or annually tweaking the bail law until it dies is the answer."
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At a recent hearing on criminal justice data, Crime & Corrections Committee Chair @JuliaCarmel__ asked the head of the lobbying group for NY prosecutors whether they asked for illegal bail, to which he replied, puzzlingly, "We used to." hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-op
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At a recent hearing on criminal justice data, Crime & Corrections Committee Chair asked the head of the lobbying group for NY prosecutors whether they asked for illegal bail, to which he replied, puzzlingly, "We used to."
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If you're a parent of NYC public school student(s), consider applying to run for a seat on a Community Education Council or Citywide Education Council before the Feb. 13th deadline.
is hosting daily, virtual info sessions about the councils:
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While you were worried about the rich leaving NY b/c of taxes, black families are leaving b/c they can't afford It.
The Housing Access Voucher Program & Good Cause Eviction will protect black neighborhoods like mine. And there's no time to waste.
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ICYMI: In a pilot program, households with induction stoves showed a 35% decrease in nitrogen dioxide and a nearly 43% difference in carbon monoxide. No one wanted their old gas stove back. ⚡️
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Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill requiring judges notify New Yorkers of their right to attend a non-religious, court-ordered treatment programs.
Why? Because then the legislature might mandate judges to inform defendants of other rights.
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Our position on this has not changed. We do not need to lift the charter cap. We need to continue to invest in our state's public schools.
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The Queens Delegation is wading into a controversial election - ’s ballot for best pizza in Queens!
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The Loft Law
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What subject would make you do this?
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The naked attempt to remove the cap on charters in NYC is a nonstarter. The cap has historically served to strike the balance between giving parents so-called “choice” & the constitutional requirement to keep public schools open, and it’s not common sense to upset that balance.
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McCarthyism is not "center-left" no matter how much you want it to be 🙄
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New Dem Leadership will vote for the resolution denouncing socialism tomorrow.
We won’t be distracted by the GOP’s political games.
It is time to focus on what Americans sent us here to do: grow our economy and expand opportunities for all. twitter.com/NewDemCoalitio…
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“Of all our studies, it is history that is best qualified to reward our research.” — Malcolm X
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Thank you to all the witnesses who testified at this week's Joint Public Hearing on Criminal Justice Data.
Policymaking related to public safety and public health should always be evidence-based rather than based on fear or sensationalism.
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Your pre-budget reminders:
‼️ New York has more concentrated wealth than any state and the worst economic inequality
🏢 🌪️ The homeless, affordability and climate crises are policy choices
💰 Taxing the wealthy to fund urgent public needs is popular
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Report finds New York home to largest income gap in U.S. nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit
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Another reason to pass Good Cause eviction bill to protect families from unconscionably high rent increases👇
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It’s not the high taxes that are driving New Yorkers out of the Empire State — it’s the high cost of housing, according to a new report on out-of-state moves by @NYFiscalPolicy
For @Gothamist
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TFW you wrote the headline before the news happened and just printed it, demonstrating exactly why this hearing on criminal justice *data* was necessary.
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The hearing isn't even over yet. We've been here for over ten hours hearing testimony.
The data does not support any link whatsoever between bail reform and increase in any crime rates.
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A public hearing on bail reform led different people to draw different conclusions. So, it comes time to make the changes @GovKathyHochul is seeking, Democrats who oppose them might plausibly point to this hearing and say ‘data is not clear.’ ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug
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Today at 10 AM, I’m co-chairing a joint public hearing on Criminal Justice Data. The hearing will be live streamed at the link below:
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Tyre Nichols should be alive with his mom, son and his loved ones. We must change the criminal justice system and shift resources from policing to education and young people. CHLDC is committed to the ongoing struggle and a new vision for community safety. #JusticeforTyreNichols!
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Political courage is seemingly hard to come by but has it in spades (and trust me, I’d know).
She’s running for re-election and we’re having an all-out banger of a party to celebrate. RSVP before tickets run out: bit.ly/caban23
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Also, what kind of "newspaper" puts the word supermajority in quotes here, as though it is a refutable claim? The have a supermajority in the State Senate. It's basic math; it's a fact, not in dispute.
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This chief judge nominee himself, on the record, at the conclusion of the hearing, thanked the committee and said the hearing was fair. It was fair and thorough, and ultimately the nomination was rejected. We can't just create exceptions to Senate rules bc the Post wants us to.
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So when a liar calls you a liar, does that, like, cancel itself out and mean you’re actually telling the truth?
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The flyer looked silly and fake, and yet some elected officials were unironically citing that flyer yesterday to justify creating hysteria and panic about protests + deploying the NYPD against New Yorkers rightly rallying in the streets. What a failure of leadership.
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An obviously fake flyer was sent to a Copwatcher in NYC by a now-deleted account calling for people to protest outside every precinct & to bring rocks, kerosene, a knife “or other tool to free unlawfully detained comrades.” Everyone plainly recognized it as a ridiculous joke.
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Los 5 policías que asesinaron a Tyre Nichols están libres bajo fianza. En NY a una persona pobre, legalmente inocente acusada de un crimen mucho menor y para el cual se permite fianza, la encierran en Rykers Island, hasta el juicio. Puede tardar años. Esto no es seguridad pública
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All five officers who murdered Tyre Nichols are currently out on bond, while (in New York) a cash-poor, legally innocent person who commits a far less severe, bail-eligible offense is locked up on Rikers Island until their trial, which could take years. This isn't public safety.
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Many years of mass incarceration and enormous police budgets have not made our communities safer. Instead, this system has threatened and violently taken Black lives with impunity, while social problems persist. We need to invest in our communities' needs instead of in oppression
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All five officers who murdered Tyre Nichols are currently out on bond, while (in New York) a cash-poor, legally innocent person who commits a far less severe, bail-eligible offense is locked up on Rikers Island until their trial, which could take years. This isn't public safety.
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Albany must keep bail reform in place nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope Explains how bail reform law has already been weakened. Hope state legislature stands strong on leaving it as is & strengthening.
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The same people saying their hearts go out to the family are the same ones that don’t want to end Qualified Immunity. Make it make sense. #EndQualifiedImmunity
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How many police press releases will be written up as fact -no caveats and no scrutiny - by journalists across the country tonight? tomorrow? next week?
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The initial press release Memphis Police posted read that Tyre Nichols “complained of having a shortness of breath”
The video shows police punching him several times, kicking in the head and chest multiple times, pepper spraying him
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"I was feeling my son's pain when they were beating him to death"
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, discusses Nichols reportedly calling out for her during a deadly beating by Memphis police officers that was captured on video cnn.it/3Y4Y7nk
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The video is so bad they fired and charged the cops involved.
It’s so bad they’re preparing for rioting.
It’s so bad the police chief has a message out saying she understands the outrage.
Now imagine if there wasn’t a video.
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In response to the City of Memphis releasing the arrest video of Tyre Nichols, , Chair of the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus, released the following statement:
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If I look more exhausted than usual today it's because I'm literally having stress nightmares about rats 😰
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New York is facing a maternal health crisis. I sent Governor Hochul a letter cosigned by 24 other senators urging her to finally fund equitable Medicaid reimbursement of doula care in her Executive Budget Proposal—so the mothers who need it most can access lifesaving doula care.
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