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The Professional Staff Congress calls on the CUNY Chancellor to urge the District Attorney to drop the charges against the CUNY students and employees arrested the night of April 30 during the NYPD sweep of the CCNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. 1/3

My statement on Governor Kathy Hochul’s harmful comments regarding Black children in the Bronx. ⤵️

Today, the General Welfare committee held hearings on the FY25 city budget. It's time to demand a #PeoplesBudget that prioritizes care & investment in *us.* Submit testimony to turn up the ♨️ on the New York City Council to deliver a budget for all. #CareNotCuts

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'Pork funds' sure is a weird way to describe city funding allocated to Muslim and Jewish community-based organizations!

New: The Legal Aid Society is calling on the Department of Investigation to probe why dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were 'unlawfully' jailed, including by being held for over 24 hours, after last week's mass arrests at Columbia and City College. nydailynews.com/2024/05/06/leg…

We also have our eyes on Rafah, where we know that the promised Israeli military invasion would be a catastrophic bloodbath.

You have the power to stop it, President Biden, but you must act right now, with great courage.

Never again for anyone.

This Yom HaShoah, as we remember the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust and honor the memories of the millions upon millions slaughtered, we recommit to the struggle against antisemitism, fascism, and authoritarianism.

We say: Never again.

Governor Hochul, of course black kids in the Bronx know the word computer. Do you know why the $273 million for EmpireAI doesn’t include a penny for education and workforce development in underserved communities, like we proposed? See our plan here: bit.ly/4drdBKJ

Early this morning, while the Israeli military indiscriminately bombed Khan Younis, the Israeli government dropped “evacuation” orders from airplanes pledging imminent use of extreme force against Palestinian families in eastern Rafah. 🧵

And this is why Israel shut Al Jazeera down.

All eyes on Rafah. This is absolutely terrifying.

ALL EYES ON RAFAH. The ground invasion of Rafah has begun. More than 1.2 million Palestinians are sheltering there including 600,000+ children. Moving again will separate Palestinians from humanitarian aid & medical services. There is no safe place left in Gaza. This is genocide.

On #YomHaShoah , the Israeli military is forcibly displacing & bombing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Rafah — where 1.4 million+ Gazans are already sheltering from months of bombardment.

Palestinians in Gaza have nowhere to go.

Never Again is Now. All eyes on Rafah.

“The Israeli government is trying to conceal what’s happening in Gaza and trying to intimidate Al Jazeera,” Al Jazeera PR managing editor Mohamed Moawad said on Democracy Now!.

He calls on the international community to condemn Israel’s suppression of a free press:
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The body cam footage is proof - the NYPD killing of #WinRozario was cold-blooded murder. Officers Alongi & Cianfrocco escalated every step of the way and tased and shot Win multiple times. Come to City Hall on May 8 to stand with the Rozario family!

Abby Stein - 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋 𐤇𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤉𐤍 Zohran Kwame Mamdani Peter Beinart Rabbi Barat Ellman Student protestors from Columbia, Barnard, and NYU speak about how upset they are that the mainstream media is focusing on student safety here amidst the protests while there are no universities left in Gaza.

Abby Stein - 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋 𐤇𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤉𐤍 Zohran Kwame Mamdani Peter Beinart Rabbi Barat Ellman reminds the crowd that Shabbat isn’t just about ceasing from labor, it’s also about ceasing from turmoil, and most importantly ceasing from war.

We cannot truly rest when a genocide is happening in our name.

Abby Stein - 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋 𐤇𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤉𐤍 Zohran Kwame Mamdani “We must stop our money being used to maim, kill, and starve an entire people. We must make sure everyone responsible for this orgy of death face an international court of justice.” -Peter Beinart