Powerful thread from Rabbi Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

The Mayor admitting that he is using your public library funding and access as a bargaining chip….

I cannot overstate how dangerous this is. If you think that the US government should treat these students the way they are treating Hamas and Hezbollah, you are basically saying there is no level of violence that is off-limits.

If Adams wants your union’s endorsement, you can literally get away with murder. Everyone is afraid of what Trump will do to our democracy if he returns to Washington, but Eric Adams is already doing it right here in NYC.

Eddie Caban has continued to ignore CCRB disciplinary recommendations and colluded in sabotaging the accountability process for Kawaski Trawick’s murderers.

And at the DOC, Sarena Townsend was fired for simply doing her job as head of investigations.

🧵The Adams Administration has made it absolutely clear that they will not tolerate any accountability or consequences for NYPD misconduct. Even after ignoring CCRB charges for 300 officers, Keechant Sewell was fired for briefly docking the pay of a corrupt Adams crony.

“The greatest risk in this moment is that we allow ourselves to become distracted by the media’s focus on the manner of protest, rather than on the subject of the student’ demands.”
- Leo Ferguson
forward.com/opinion/606253…

JC statement on Mayor Eric Adams's retaliatory - and frankly petty and despicable - move to oust the NYC CCRB Board Chair. NYC needs a mayor that prioritizes the needs of NYers, not protecting abusive police. Pls read and share.
justicecommittee.org/post/mayor-s-r…

NYPD went over budget by a whopping $800 million last year. Misconduct complaints have risen 51%. And yet, unsurprisingly, Mayor Eric Adams’s executive budget pours more money into the NYPD while instilling even less accountability. Read Communities United for Police Reform statement: bit.ly/3y1nHS4

The #NYPD already overspent by $800M last year, misconduct complaints have risen 51% & families like those of #KawaskiTrawick are seeing no accountability. Mayor Eric Adams’s executive budget that pours even more taxpayer $$$ into the NYPD is not #NYCBudgetJustice .

'Instead of addressing pressing issues like increased homelessness and lack of mental health services, Mayor Adams is proposing an unjustified expansion of the #NYPD 's already over-sized budget.” CPR Spokesperson, @HassenBashir_ in response to Mayor Eric Adams’s budget #NYCBudgetJustice

Our statement on Mayor Eric Adams’s Executive Budget Release: New Yorkers deserve a budget that invests in mental health, education, and youth services, not rewarding #NYPD violence and misinformation. Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3y1nHS4 #NYCBudgetJustice

Mayor Adams announcing executive budget today. #CareNotCuts #InvestInLibraries

To protect Democracy we must protect free speech.

Solidarity with all the students, faculty, administrators, and activists peacefully protesting for human rights and a ceasefire in Gaza at Columbia, NYU & on all campuses ✊🏻

Close to a hundred attendees of the large Jewish-led event, hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace NYC, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, and IfNotNow NYC, were arrested and taken away by bus.

Happy Passover from the Jews of NYC.

FREE PALESTINE

NYPD mass arresting Jews holding a public seder during Passover:

BREAKING: Thousands of American Jews with Jewish Voice for Peace, @ifnotnoworg, and @jfrejnyc are holding an emergency Passover seder on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s doorstep demanding he stop arming the Israeli government as it carries out a genocide.

2016: IfNotNow🔥✡️ led a #LiberationSeder in NYC protesting ADL’s support for occupation. 18 of us were arrested.

Tonight: IfNotNow🔥✡️, Jewish Voice for Peace, & Jews for Racial & Economic Justice led a Seder in the Streets demanding Chuck Schumer stop arming Israel. Hundreds are being arrested.

The movement grows.

Really really solid statement from Jews for Racial & Economic Justice