When I was young I spent countless hours at Robert B. Green, the public hospital, waiting with my grandmother for her diabetes treatments. Growing up, and later as an adult, there were times I had no health insurance. Today I pay $1350 a month for my family’s insurance. 14/

Even so, over the past year I’ve probably spent $8K out of pocket. And that’s with great insurance. And it’s only year one. I keep thinking — what if this had happened when I didn’t have insurance? Or before the ACA - with lifetime caps and pre-existing condition exemptions? 15/

No one should suffer with cancer, diabetes, MS, schizophrenia or any other mental or physical illness just because they can’t afford care. America needs universal healthcare. We’re a rich country. To watch our people go bankrupt, suffer or die like this is unconscionable. 16/

I strongly support my congressman and rabbi, Rep. Nadler & Rabbi Kleinbaum of CBST, in calling on the Mayor Eric Adams to provide greater diversity on the Jewish Advisory Council to reflect the demographic differences among Jewish New Yorkers ⬇️

😮😮😮😮😮😮WHAT DO THEY NEED THIS INFO FOR!! Like are we actively forming hand maids tale?! SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING REPUBLICANS DO YOU THINK TIU ABOUT TO DO THAT?! WE WILL FIGHT YOUR ASS TIL THE DEATH YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!! WE BETTER START TAKING THIS

For the first time in 100+ years, the Marine Corps does not have a confirmed leader. This failure is not only due to Senator Tuberville’s obstruction. Every Senate Republican who refuses to press him to lift his hold contributes to a growing military leadership crisis.

The Feds need to take receivership of Rikers NOW & then we have to build a better system than Rikers which is literally out of control & is basically a torture system. Patently Unsafe': Latest Report Details Violence At NYC Jails law360.com/newyork/articl…

Ah, so the old clerks grease the palms of the current clerks right before they argue before SCOTUS. At Xmas. HA! Let me Mobsplain you about Christmas parties. This shit is Italian. Hilarious. They're morons. OK here's what's up:

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…

Our campaign’s message is coming through loud and clear: New York cannot be the sanctuary it claims to be if people can’t afford to live here.

The GOP's ongoing attacks on transgender Americans are not holding up in court, even those with Trump-appointed judges. 💅 It turns out that their anti-trans bills are "thin" and "extremely flimsy."buff.ly/44KG1Kt

I never want to hear Republicans say they’re “pro-life” again.

This is 95 Madison, a beautiful 100+ year-old office building. It's now almost entirely vacant. As demand for offices (especially in older buildings) has fallen post-covid, this building and many like it in Midtown should be converted to housing. But doing that won't be easy.🧵

The fact that we haven't converted office buildings to housing is a policy failure. We also have swaths of Midtown Manhattan that do not permit residential uses. Today I joined Mayor Eric Adams, Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Keith Powers, Tony Simone and others to announce a suite of (cont.)

Sweetie, I served in the Army infantry for six years. I've already done my time. Moreover, I took all my vaccinations in the service because I'm an adult with basic critical thinking skills.

You cannot make this stuff up. jezebel.com/judge-set-to-h…

Whaaaaaaat? Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn

Yet another example of living as female. The assault is just a "tribute" to how attractive you are & the fact that the dude is snickering at her startled/scared response simply confirms what we all know: sexual assault is about power & violence, not sex.

"An avowed Holocaust denier is running for school board in Minnesota" Important to know who is running for your local school board. They may not be Holocaust deniers, but many of them are book banners. jta.org/2023/10/03/uni… via JTA | Jewish news

The president of the most powerful conservative legal group in the country says banning birth control is at the top of his wishlist: “We are on a winning trajectory...It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake.” newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…