🧵HAPPENING NOW: Protestors shut down City Hall rotunda & call on New York City Council to hold firm in budget negotiations. We demand a #PeoplesBudget!  ✅Restore Mayor Eric Adams’s ✂️s to: 🎓CUNY 🧸Childcare 📚 Libraries ✏️Education ✅Invest in affordable housing #HomesNow ✅#StopCopCityNYC

We are with peoplesplannyc.bsky.social demanding a #PeoplesBudget in the PEOPLE’S HOUSE 🏠 $200m+ for #CopCity while ramming through cuts to education, libraries and 3k? NO! Mayor Eric Adams Adrienne Adams Diana Ayala

“We will not stand for any cuts to anything. And we are here to say stop Cop City as well,” says AQE New York (aqeny.bsky.social)’s Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari with the #CareNotCuts coalition. “Since entering office Mayor Adams has cut the budget seven times!”

I super co-sign! Zara is remarkable and we have gotten so many wins already with the organizing and coalition building!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2024 School Community Parent Appreciation Ceremony as we celebrated cafeteria and building custodians who have excelled by making ongoing and significant contributions to their respective schools, students, families, and communities.

READ: 50+ orgs are calling on City Council to step up the fight against Mayor Eric Adams & use additional powers to stop his budget cuts. If Mayor refuses to reverse his cuts, New York City Council MUST deliver for working families & pass a #PeoplesBudget #CareNotCuts: drive.google.com/file/d/1xA2SUa…

Mayor Adams' rushed and undemocratic charter revision is a threat to NYC's democracy! We demand transparency and public participation, not power grabs and closed-door decisions. Our city deserves fair and democratic processes! cityandstateny.com/opinion/2024/0…

Celebrating the new teachers and returning educators that are committing to serve our students and families in Bronx District 9.

We are thrilled to announce that Socheatta (“Soche”) Meng has been appointed as Executive Director of Mekong NYC. Read the full statement here: mekongnyc.org/new-ed

Educators! Call for Curriculum Submissions by 12/31/24! Dr. Sealey-Ruiz is inviting curriculum contributions that use the Racial Literacy Development Model (RLD) and the Archaeology of Self™ for inclusion in her forthcoming book. Click to Participate: bit.ly/3XyPSm4

Celebrate International Soninke Language Day in the Bronx District 9 at Public School 55 - Honoring Soninke Language and Heritage at the first Soninke Language Program in a Public School in the United States - via Zoom: bit.ly/Soninke_Bronx

Don’t forget to join us THIS Saturday at the Heroes of Highbridge walk at 10am! #ComeHometoDistrict9

We are planning a 7-mile Harlem River Greenway to connect #theBronx waterfront. Join an upcoming event to learn more & share your input: In person: 📍March 24, 6PM-8PM, Bronx AleHouse 📍April 1, 6PM-8PM, Bronx Brewery Virtual: April 7, 6PM-8PM Register: forms.gle/uRF5LueZ3GLDrp…

Parent Leaders are currently completing @theactionnet letter: Tell State Leaders: Don’t Shortchange NYC Schools. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/founda…

Providing preschoolers with their special education services isn't optional. Mayor Eric Adams, please extend the $55M for preschool special education classes that's set to expire in June & invest at least $70M for preschool evaluations and services! advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resourc…

I just had my little girl five months ago. I couldn’t imagine having had her without my family with me.

“Dylan’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz…government lawyers asked judges to dismiss cases against migrants, then immediately reopened them ‘expedited removal’ cases — allowing authorities to apprehend their targets on the spot” chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

Our organizing worked. We won: ⬇️ ✅ $93M for education programs 🎒 ✅ $110M in CUNY restorations 🎓 ✅ $222M for childcare/3-K 🍼 ✅ $61M for immigrant legal services 📒 ✅ $34M for peer-led crisis care & safety 🦺 ✅ $2M to expand 7-day library service 📚 #CareNotCuts

The arrest was the first known ICE arrest of a New York City child under the age of 18 during the second Trump administration. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

Look what I found lurking in the bushes at the Home Depot on Gun Hill Rd. It’s really a shame this is what we’re reduced to nowadays. Our immigrant communities must be protected. Jamaal T. Bailey Kevin C. Riley NYAssemblySpeakerHeastie Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson @zohrankmamdani