It's almost like should consider building actual statewide organizing infrastructure or something.
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Here's our write-up, with comment from State Sen. : “We're witnessing the meltdown of one of New York City's most notorious billionaires."
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A few dozen protesters are gathered outside the Queens Theatre ahead of ’s state of the city speech to demand an immediate closure of Rikers Island (where at least 19 people died last year).
“Shame on Rikers, shame on the mayor,” protesters are chanting.
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He is a reactionary who should not be getting a dime in public money.
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In a rare and wild public interview, James Dolan just told Fox 5 that he won't back down from MSG's facial recognition technology policy, invoked the Godfather, railed against bail reform and migrants, and vowed to ban booze at an upcoming Rangers game (in protest of the @NY_SLA)
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One of the people injured in a mass shooting this week told he was trying to get out of the hospital ASAP because he couldn't afford the medical bill.
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💫 NEW from USA Today:
“We are trying to create a safety net that is available and accessible to all New Yorkers, regardless of the type of work they do and their documentation status. That safety net really is a human right.” -
Safety net now!
#ExcludedNoMore
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Right-to-shelter covers everyone in our city seeking shelter. Accelerating people's transitions from shelters to permanent housing should be our top priority thru changes to CityFHEPS eligibility and other policies, so we reduce the strain on our system. Let's not be distracted.
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THREAD: NYC can make several important policy changes on its own to resolve longstanding problems in our overburdened homeless shelter system. Here are five policies to help unhoused NYers and people seeking asylum have more reliable paths out of shelter.Show this thread
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There is no reason that we as taxpayers should be paying for NYPD cops to be policing in foreign countries.
Is that a *radical* thing to say?
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“The NYPD now has eyes, ears and boots across the globe,” @NYPDPC says, ahead of video (3rd or 4th of the morning) showing police officers stationed in countries the world including Israel and Spain.
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🙌🏾 Labor is in the house! If the cost of living goes up, then so should the minimum wage.
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The NYC jails chief is actively spreading fentanyl disinformation is pursuit of banning all physical mail from coming into Rikers, and City Hall has nothing to say about it.
Great story for by .
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Teamsters, home health aides, workers from the Hudson Valley, Syracuse & Long Island - all telling that they need at least $21 to survive & thrive - not the small increase she’s offering #RaiseTheWage RaiseUpNY.com
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New Yorkers have a right to shelter, including our newest and aspiring New Yorkers. Our hope is that the administration continues to focus on upholding that right and not on undercutting it.
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Days before opening a new migrant relief center in Red Hook, Mayor Adams claims city's right-to-shelter law does not apply to NYC asylum seekers—and critics pounce
Adams had said he wanted a “national czar” to oversee fed response to U.S. migrant crisis
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When there's a live tracker about all of your lies, you know you're in trouble.
Also, kudos to they team for this.
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Last week, police killed Tortuguita, a climate justice protester in Atlanta who was defending a forest set to be destroyed for Cop City, a police training center.
I am calling for an independent investigation into their death. There must be accountability.
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I spoke to #tortuguita's family for this story:
‘Assassinated in cold blood’: the man killed protesting Georgia’s ‘Cop City’ theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j
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Time after time, & his Commissioners believe they are the experts and choose to blatantly ignore informed and reasonable recommendations from taskforces.
It's a disservice to suggest that uniformed officers are the only experts worth listening to.
My full statement⬇️
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Lawmakers and advocates are rallying in the Capitol to end qualified immunity, the law that protects police officers as individuals from civil liability for misconduct
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Santos’ $199.99 expenditures reminds me of being on Nassau beat years ago and discovering glut of $24,999 no-bid “personal services” pacts that the county exec gave to cronies. Why that amount? $25G triggered public listing and legislative review and vote
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STATEMENT: Following 's comments this morning about whether the right to shelter in NYC applies to asylum seekers, our Deputy Director said:
"The Mayor has a legal and moral obligation to uphold the right to shelter for all people in New York City,... /1
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In Eric Adams’s NYC, public money pays for NYPD precinct promo videos, while public schools face funding cuts.
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Great job 28th pct. Drake came to perform at the Apollo theater, the 28th precinct was tasked with ensuring not only the artist safety but the safety of the ticket holders. This two-day historical concert brought electricity throughout Harlem. youtube.com/watch?v=-6t1Lg
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The #COVID19 pandemic led to a record # of New Yorkers enrolling in health insurance. But there are still 154,000 uninsured, low-income NYers who are ineligible for coverage because of their immigration status.
This year we must provide #Coverage4All ✊🏼
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White House expected to roll out new rules "promoting grace periods for late rents and the right to counsel for tenants facing eviction," per
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Shareholders applauded banks when they set net zero goals – but it can’t be all talk.
NYC pension funds are asking Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs & Royal Bank of Canada to disclose absolute GHG targets for 2030.
reuters.com/business/susta
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Santos claimed people vandalized his home after attending Trump's New Years eve party in 2020. But the NYPD had no record that or any other crime at Whitestone address where George Santos seems to have lived at the time of the incident he described.
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.'s Office of is snubbing a request from House Dems-- & --for data on violence at Rikers Island. So Dem oversight committee has responded 👇 blasting for lack of transparency & citing our story re: blocking access to videos:
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In a stunning move, @CorrectionNYC is walking back its commitment to transparency by blocking @NYC_BOC from accessing Rikers video footage needed for oversight and safety.
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Breaking news: Classified documents discovered at home of former VP Mike Pence wapo.st/3HsQIsa
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The Editorial Board agrees: Albany must pass #SolutionsNotSuspensions now!
“It’s time for the state to reform school disciplinary measures to make suspensions a last resort, and to finally adopt the Judith S. Kaye Solutions Not Suspensions Act.”
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Follow up question: why are NYC public funds used to pay for a precinct’s social media team?
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"The officer depicted in the video is a Community Affairs officer involved with the 28th PCT’s social media team. The officer was taking video for an upcoming twitter post that will highlight local community events. The video will not be utilized for any other reason."
- NYPD twitter.com/joncaramanica/…
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Diana Candia w/ a mother and worker leader shares her story:
“I consider myself a responsible, dedicated and hardworking person, I cannot understand why I deserve to lose my job without any reason or prior notice.”
#EndUnjustFirings
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Here with the whole coalition launching our campaign for the Secure Jobs Act!
Most working NYers are forced to live under the constant threat of being fired for any reason, or no reason at all, with no warning, no explanation, and no recourse.
Enough.
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Nice of the NY GOP to roll out such a diverse crowd again for a discussion of issues that disproportionately affect Black and brown New Yorkers...
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Senate and Assembly Republican leadership pushing to “rescue New York” from the current state of crime.
Current criminal justice policies were pushed by the “extremists that are controlling both houses of the Legislature” state Sen. O’Mara says.
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Mr. Mayor, you can come on pretty much anytime and speak directly with your "consumers" -- just like BdB did every week!
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"I need direct to consumer marketing," Adams says about his new online initiative to communicate his policies directly with New Yorkers. "You can communicated a distorted version of what I say," he adds, a knock on the press' coverage.
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Growing up poor, all I had was the American dream. It kept me going: as a kid sleeping on the floor, a student scrubbing toilets, a Marine losing brothers in Iraq.
Today, too many Arizonans see their dream slipping away. I’m running for the U.S. Senate to win it back for you!
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This weekend we published an article about burn bags, "spillage," demands for clerks' personal cellphones and disillusionment at the Supreme Court. Here's a 🧵 on why all of this is all so important, even if you're not into inside-baseball SCOTUS matters.
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I need everyone reporting on the devastating #lunarnewyear shooting to know a few things about #montereypark (thread)
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Good. May the doubt and distrust he deserves follow Brett Kavanaugh all the days of his miserable life.
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" answer to the worst od crisis in NY history is to increase penalties on fentanyl and drug-induced homicide laws that only advance the drug war. She completely omitted the leadership & support she could provide to the nation’s first OPCs."
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