Science is confirming what fenceline communities experience every day. In February 2023, with funding from Beyond Petrochemicals, researchers from Johns Hopkins University traveled through parts of Cancer Alley, taking measurements of 45 different air pollutants. What they found was alarming.

Dylan followed the law, supported his family, and contributed to our city—until masked ICE agents ambushed him after a routine court appearance. This isn’t justice. It’s kidnapping, and it does nothing to keep our city safe. Bring Dylan home now!

1/ We got gov. data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.

Nuclear power isn’t clean, green or just. It’s a risk we can’t afford thenational.scot/comment/252015…

A $45 million parade for Trump’s birthday? This is an outrageous waste of money, at a time Trump is cutting health care and education. Only dictators use the military to promote themselves. This is Trump’s “I wanna be Putin” parade, and it’s gross. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our president, Judith Enck on Capital Tonight hosted by Kevin Frey talking about a critical plastic packaging reduction bill that's pending in the Press Office as well as the mess at the EPA these days.

A half-million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who thought they had protected status in the U.S. now have lost it, per #SCOTUS order today. npr.org/2025/05/30/nx-…

We're grateful to Nader J. Sayegh for putting people over plastic in New York by co-sponsoring A1749, the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act to reduce single-use packaging by 30%. NYAssemblySpeakerHeastie, please bring this bill to the floor for a vote.

🔥🚨BREAKING: Trump just floated the idea of pardoning Diddy. Not because of the evidence. Not because of the facts. But because, and I quote, “He used to really like me a lot.”

Great article breaking down the opposition to the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act from big business. It’s time residents stopped picking up the tab for the waste these large corporations create. nysfocus.com/2025/05/29/new…

ICE officers entered the offices of Rep. Nadler and cuffed a staffer they accused of aiding protesters Arya Sundaram with the story gothamist.com/news/homeland-… via @gothamist

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opi…

Torrential rains in Vermont has not dampened the enthusiasm at the ⁦Center for the Advancement of Public Action⁩ college commencement largest graduating class in the history of the college

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control's VAPER Study collected data on the most commonly used devices and liquids by U.S. adults who frequently use e-cigarettes, along with related use behaviors and use of other tobacco products. The results offer insights into

Homeland Security cops handcuff one of Rep. Nadler's aides in chaotic day at NY fed building - Gothamist Even if no arrest was made This shocking behavior feels like Homeland Security cops are turning in gestapo ⁦The New York Times⁩ ⁦The Washington Post⁩ gothamist.com/news/homeland-…

ICE in full tactical gear raid San Diego restaurants—throw flashbang grenades into crowd. Agents stormed the building and "They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any explanation." Customers surrounded the agents—calling them fascists—and blocking an

How long do common household items take to compost? Lettuce breaks down in weeks, orange peels take months, but “compostable” plastics? Many require industrial composting—and often, those facilities just burn them instead.

mass deportation is family separation. “I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here. But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.” nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/…

nytimes.com/2025/05/29/cli… via @NYTimes

Environmental advocates push for packaging reduction bill at State Capitol. ⁦Spectrum News NY1⁩ ⁦lohud.com⁩ ⁦WAMC News⁩ cbs6albany.com/news/local/env…