ICYMI: Our Jose Lopez & Angeles Solis 🦋 joined Deepak Bhargava & Stephanie Luce for an episode of the Practical Radicals podcast to talk about our community organizing model and our $2.1B win for excluded workers in 2021 with the #ExcludedNoMore. #ExcludedNoMore

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In honor of #NationalCaregiversDay , we honor caregivers like Izzy.

For almost four years, Izzy was part of the incredible team of nine caregivers that cared for Ady and helped make his life possible.

Listen to Izzy’s story. ❤️

Did you know that there is special election happening in Congressional District NY-03, which covers Nassau County & parts of Queens?

This is the election to replace George Santos, who was expelled from Congress.

So much is at stake for immigrant and working class New Yorkers.

💔We are heartbroken to learn about the passing of trans community leader Cecilia Gentili.

Cecilia was a trans and queer community organizer and actress who dedicated her life to creating spaces for healing and transformation... /1

Asked about NYC only processing 14% of cash assistance applications within the legally required timeframe, Mayor Adams says he 'inherited a mess in the bureaucracy.'

But in FY21 (the second half of which Adams was in office for), NYC's timeliness processing rate was 95.4%.

STATEMENT: Following the release of a Senate Border deal, our Theo Oshiro 🦋, said:

'The proposals in this bill would cause irreparable damage to our immigration system.'

Full statement below👇

Wait til they hear Talkin' Bout a Revolution...

GOAT

Lots more here, including details on how Pilip has, at times, misrepresented her role in the I.D.F.

“As a gunsmith, she was not a paratrooper,” said Nachman Shai, a former Israeli military spokesman and Labor Party minister.

Immigration is looming larger in the campaign, partly because it's becoming harder for Republicans to run against Biden on the economy. But there's a strong case that immigration has been a key part of Biden's economic success 1/

BREAKING: The NYPD's wasteful and dystopian robot will no longer patrol the Times Square subway station.

Its deployment breached the POST Act, which requires basic transparency over the NYPD's proposed use of invasive technologies. Good riddance!

More: legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/upl…

Today is a big day for democracy! The NYS Public Campaign Finance Program (PCFP) crossed the threshold of more than 200 candidates across the political spectrum, from Buffalo to Brooklyn, have opted into the voluntary program.

Knicks are the best story in the league as of late. A lot of narratives flying around—it's trade season, so of course there are—but it's insane how good (dominant, really) they've been for the past month. x.com/WorldWideWob/s…

YES, we have the Jalen Brunson highlights 🎥⤵️

Jalen Brunson gets serenaded from the MSG crowd after dropping 40 points in the Knicks 9th-straight win!

Brunson was earlier selected to his first NBA All-Star game 👏

And just like that you’re reminded that a whole community is behind you and shows up every day. So you just gotta wake up a little bit earlier and fight a lot harder too.

Gracias, Make the Road NY 🦋 ♥️

.Shaun Abreu not only chairs the Sanitation Committee, but this containerization pilot is almost entirely in his district.

Whether the Mayor likes it or not, the City Council is integral to policy making in New York City.

Yikes! Interviews with straw donors. 'They each said they were paid back, in cash or by check, for contributions made last year of either $2,000 or $2,098.'

NEW: We have identified 5 alleged straw donors to Mayor Eric Adams’s reelection campaign, and the business leaders who donors said secretly reimbursed them—in violation of state law.

One is a hotel operator who housed a top Adams advisor now under investigation:
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/f…

Behind every delayed and denied cash assistance or SNAP application is a New Yorker in crisis.

The Administration must chart a path forward that ensures families can get the help they need in a timely fashion.