'What conditions do you want to organize under for the next four years?'

Please listen to this incredibly thoughtful answer from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about voting for Biden at this moment.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels

So Sammy’s Law won’t apply to most of the avenues in Manhattan, and many avenues in Brooklyn? Why can’t NYC regulate those streets?

Play time is over.

When I was sworn in, I was 1 month postpartum, balancing the care of my newborn and mother, with the duty to serve District 34.

As parents who've navigated the complexities of child care firsthand, we know that this is more than just policy-it's a lifeline.

For those of you rightly angry that the #NYHEAT act is getting killed in the assembly: channel that dismay and rage into primaries against corporate assembly dems.

I suggest donating to or volunteering for:
Claire Cousin Claire Valdez Jonathan Soto Eon Tyrell Huntley

Nolan's reporting has caused real change--among other things, his reporting helped drive design changes on the 2Av Subway that will save taxpayers hundreds of $ millions!

Huge loss for his employer, but a huge gain wherever's next

What is going on here Barnard College Columbia University?

How does a student with no disciplinary record suddenly get to a suspension less than 24 hours after a nonviolent protest?

What merits asymmetric crackdowns on Palestinian human rights protests?

The climate activists who protested Mayor Adams’ speech Tuesday morning were charged with forgery — for faking ABNY name badges.
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NYC already did a basement pilot program, and what they found was that without state action, most property owners wouldn’t participate. Yet, instead acting, what is the state doing? Another basement pilot program.

This is NY housing in a nutshell, and why we have so little of it

It cannot be understated how big of a win this is for street safety advocates in NYC.

For as long as I've been covering this issue, Sammy's Law—which would allow NYC to set its own speed limits—felt like the lodestar that couldn't get across the finish line.

This year, it did.

“My daughter’s school is in danger of losing funding because it’s under-enrolled - families can’t afford to live in this neighborhood anymore. How are we going to get hundreds of families to move in if we don’t build hundreds of homes for them to live in?” brownstoner.com/development/wi…

Nolan has been one of our most consistently aggressive local reporters, and speaking as a CB committee chair I can tell you we depend on people like him to help us understand policy and its impact, especially under a hostile and secretive mayor. Hope he lands somewhere very soon.

In light of 700+ sexual assault allegations by women detained on #Rikers , it’s urgent that Mayor Eric Adams reverses course on plans to detain more women in the new jails. As women, we know more compassionate solutions for safety exist. Our letter to the Mayor: bit.ly/WomensJailPop

Exhibit A in the case against cars as dominant mode of transportation. 👇

Female members of NYC council, led by NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse, urging Mayor Adams to lower # of women incarcerated following Gothamist analysis of more than 700 lawsuits from women claiming they were sexually assaulted on Rikers. via Samantha Max gothamist.com/news/nyc-counc…

My cousin is missing. If you’ve seen her or had any contact please call the number below or consider sharing this post.

Dietl cursed me out yesterday after I reached out to ask what he's being paid by Mayor Adams' legal defense trust for. He cursed out Irie today after he reached out to ask about the same thing.

Now, the trust has fired Dietl.

'Traffic collisions have claimed the lives of 70 New Yorkers so far this year, up 11% over the same period last year, according to NYPD statistics. Earlier this year, two people were killed in car crashes in Williamsburg in less than 12 hours.' brooklynpaper.com/10-year-old-gi…

Embattled Adams adviser Tim Pearson became known as 'Crumbs' after telling cops he had to 'get mine' on migrant contracts, per a new suit.

'People are doing very well on these contracts...Where are my crumbs?” Pearson allegedly said.

via Graham Rayman
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Randy Mastro once sent a PI disguised as a plumber to take clandestine photos of a homeless activist, shirtless, inside his new apartment - on behalf of clients seeking to evict an UWS homeless shelter.

Now, Eric Adams reportedly wants Mastro to be the city's top lawyer

I spoke to Emma Whitford about Governor Kathy Hochul pushing outrageous portfolio size exemptions for good cause, and why her elimination of the public database in the LLC Transparency Act makes it next to impossible to enforce without changes to that law. citylimits.org/2024/04/17/goo…