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Ricardo Aca 🦋

@RicardoAcaNYC

Senior Manager of Digital Strategy at @MaketheRoadNY. Photographer. Cinephile. Learn about my efforts in @NYTimes https://t.co/b0siCN08Sb

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'According to city data provided to Politico New York, 16% of migrants in the city’s care come from African countries, with 45 countries represented.

Senegal and Mauritania are the two countries most represented.' African Communities Together
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.Council Member Francisco Moya do you really want to help your constituents get vendor licenses?

Or do you just want to criminalize them & put them further into poverty?

It's both cruel & ignorant for you to say 'get a license' knowing full well there's a waitlist of 20,309 people

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Naomi Dann(@naomi_dann) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This in name only -- 0 tenants upstate will get protections, tens of thousands NYC tenants excluded, and rent stabilized tenants will get a target on their backs.

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Jawanza James Williams | He, Him| 🌹(@Jawanza) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The NYPD killed in 2019, Sunday will make 5 years. And Mayor Eric Adams’s Commissioner Caban made the decision not to despite the fact they killed him & broke multiple NYPD protocols.

And they did this days before the anniversary, INSULTING his fam

The NYPD killed #KawaskiTrawick in 2019, Sunday will make 5 years. And @NYCMayor’s Commissioner Caban made the decision not to #FireThompsonAndDavis despite the fact they killed him & broke multiple NYPD protocols. And they did this days before the anniversary, INSULTING his fam
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🩺❤️‍🩹MUST READ: New York State has the opportunity to expand access to health coverage to low-income immigrants. 

Assembly member NYS Assembly Member Amy Paulin and our Theo Oshiro 🦋 write for EMPIRE REPORT on the urgency to pass this year. empirereportnewyork.com/new-york-state…

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STATEMENT: In response to Edward A. Caban’s decision not to fire the NYPD Officers who killed , a Black gay community member in his own home, our youth member Quasie Melendez said:

“I see cops everywhere I go - from the train station to my school - and am furious knowing…

STATEMENT: In response to @NYPDPC’s decision not to fire the NYPD Officers who killed #KawaskiTrawick, a Black gay community member in his own home, our youth member Quasie Melendez said: “I see cops everywhere I go - from the train station to my school - and am furious knowing…
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'Albany cannot let another legislative session go by without addressing this crisis head on by passing Good Cause Eviction' -- by Stuart Appelbaum, President of RWDSU: citylimits.org/2024/04/09/opi…

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MUST READ: It’s time for New York banks to accept IDNYC.

'The promise of IDNYC has always been to increase access to financial services for NYC’s 350,0000 unbanked households.' - Sen. Jessica Ramos + Council Member Julie Won write for amNewYork™
amny.com/opinion/its-ti…

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🚨BREAKING: community members, including our Co-Executive Director Jose Lopez & Housing Lead Organizer, Jennifer Hernandez, are being arrested at the Capitol for calling out the proposed cuts in this year’s budget.

Governor Kathy Hochul: is it too much to ask that you look after the…

🚨BREAKING: community members, including our Co-Executive Director Jose Lopez & Housing Lead Organizer, Jennifer Hernandez, are being arrested at the Capitol for calling out the proposed cuts in this year’s budget. @GovKathyHochul: is it too much to ask that you look after the…
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Cea Weaver(@ceaweaver) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We aren’t taking some rights from some tenants and other rights from other tenants and calling that a deal. Governor Kathy Hochul and rebny aren’t in charge around here.

I called NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 and Phara Souffrant Forrest - they’re standing with tenants. Join me!

Hj4a.org/callyourrep

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“The children united will never be defeated.”

The rain will not stop us from marching to Governor Kathy Hochul’s NYC office to demand she prioritize our kids over millionaires and billionaires in the state budget. 

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🏳️‍⚧️TODAY is , an annual day to celebrate & highlight the accomplishments of trans, gender nonbinary, & gender diverse communities across the world.

Join us in meeting some of our Trans Immigrant Project (TrIP) members, fighting for housing justice, including…

🏳️‍⚧️TODAY is #TransDayOfVisibility, an annual day to celebrate & highlight the accomplishments of trans, gender nonbinary, & gender diverse communities across the world. Join us in meeting some of our Trans Immigrant Project (TrIP) members, fighting for housing justice, including…
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Tomorrow, on International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate individuals like Mateo Guerrero-Tabares, whose work at Make the Road NY 🦋 helps support transgender communities. During the pandemic, Mateo's 'bike brigade' delivered groceries to 400 families.

Food Bank For New York City

Tomorrow, on International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate individuals like Mateo Guerrero-Tabares, whose work at @MaketheRoadNY helps support transgender communities. During the pandemic, Mateo's 'bike brigade' delivered groceries to 400 families. @FoodBank4NYC
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We’re clear: staying home for the general election is not an option.

Voting blank in the primary is how we can urge President Biden to use his full leverage to end the war in Gaza.

Read my op-ed with Jasmine Gripper
nydailynews.com/2024/03/30/n-y…

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The New York Presidential Democratic primary is on Tuesday, April 2nd.

New York voters can use their power at the ballot box to send a message to President Biden in support of a permanent in Gaza.

Take the NY Working Families Party's pledge now:
act.workingfamilies.org/forms/pledge-t…

The New York Presidential Democratic primary is on Tuesday, April 2nd. New York voters can use their power at the ballot box to send a message to @POTUS in support of a permanent #CeasefireNOW in Gaza. Take the @NYWFP's #LeaveItBlank pledge now: act.workingfamilies.org/forms/pledge-t…
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NEW: Rep. Nydia Velazquez writes powerful op-ed for New York Daily News in support of !

'If Good Cause Eviction fails to move forward this legislative cycle, it will represent a major win for the real estate lobby.'

We can't let that happen! nydailynews.com/2024/03/29/alb…

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Don’t believe real estates hype: landlords are doing fine. We need stronger rent control, good cause eviction protections. No going backward!

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New Yorkers are desperate for real solutions to address the housing crisis.

Any bill that guts essential provisions will not provide critical relief for the millions of renters currently struggling. Housing Justice For All

politico.com/newsletters/ne…

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