NYC has some of the cleanest drinking water in the world because they invest in and protect the nyc watershed in the Catskills and croton. Protecting water at the source actually works. Thank you New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation US EPA - NJ,NY,PR,VI NYC Water NY AG James

A great profile of the inimitable ⁦Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads)⁩! cityandstateny.com/personality/20…

Funny Donald J. Trump, for 248 years and 45 presidents this was never a problem.
Maybe you're the problem.

Sirens sounded around Warsaw at noon today to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the city's ghetto uprising in 1943.

The month-long battle against the Nazi German occupiers was the largest single act of resistance by Jews during the war tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/sr…

This is what I know. It serves no legitimate news interest to put these people in harms way by publicizing information about them

I’m honored to receive the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation Legacy Award.
My biggest legacy is my familial caregiving. I’ve also supported progressive power building through philanthropic and donor organizing, mentoring future leaders, and innovative theory and practice

'Redrawing Lines: How Redistricting Shapes Bushwick’s Future' - great Bushwick Daily piece about local implications of new district lines bushwickdaily.com/politics/redra… Features 'then & now' screenshots from The Graduate Center Redistricting & You and link to maps: newyork.redistrictingandyou.org/?districtType=…

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Interactive map of #NY16 for the 2024 primary and general elections: newyork.redistrictingandyou.org/?districtType=…

Great overview of “oppo research” & New York politics via ⁦City & State NY⁩ ⁦Holly Pretsky⁩ Of course, one of the best novels w/an “oppo research” theme is Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. “There is always something … and make it stick.” cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

“…a fat white slug.” “…a Shakespeare of shit.” Sums him up well.

With no centralized election database of precinct results, voting rights lawyers in New York must spend hours going from town to town, village to village, collecting data for lawsuits — if local offices are even willing to provide it in the first place. boltsmag.org/election-data-…

Voting rights lawyers & researchers keep hitting an infuriating obstacle: many counties & state just don't make their precinct-level results available!

A huge obstacle to lawsuits & remedies, delaying things for months if not scuttling altogether.

NEW: boltsmag.org/election-data-…

What a great profile. Spectrum News NY1 and the whole team there is terrific.

TV networks think giving free airtime to Donald Trump, the biggest liar of our age, will promote a “competition of ideas.” Yeah, sure. This is a guy who talked about his penis size during a presidential debate. The networks want a show, not ideas.

The media need to realize that their own conditions of existence are at stake in the upcoming election. Froomkin sees it, but others do not!

This is depressing. And terrifying. No clue, indeed.

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Governor Kathy Hochul Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh 卡范納 Kristen Gonzalez Harvey Epstein Only OK change = more & better protections for tenants. No more $$$ for owners. #TenantPower

could not love this Gersh Kuntzman special more: youtube.com/watch?v=W1J5nu…