What happened last night at Columbia and CCNY was unacceptable.

Sending swarms of NYPD officers to kettle and arrest students nonviolently protesting the massacre of Palestinians does not make anyone safer.

Blocking reporters from the scene is a threat to our very democracy.

Nonprofit human services workers are the backbone of New York. On #InternationalWorkersDay , we celebrate these workers and their dedication to our communities.

From providing housing to food access, human services workers keep NYC afloat and deserve #JUSTPAY . 💪

Art by Alana…

#ICYMI : We are 'disappointed w/ the exclusion of the Housing Access Voucher Program ( #HAVP ), a $250M voucher program that would help NYers who are homeless leave the shelter system and assist at-risk families in paying their rent' via Angelique Molina-Mangaroo nynmedia.com/news/2024/04/n…

A handful of elite schools — Brown, Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins — seem to have handled the Palestine protests gracefully.

Their successful approach: don't send cops after students, talk seriously with the protestors, and enforce *preexisting* codes about speech and harassment.

If you aren’t putting together that every protest movement in our country gets met with hyper militarized police force except white supremacists it’s easy to miss your rights being swept away as well

Congrats, blair!

This is incredibly bad, dangerous, and counterproductive. Responsible leaders should be doing everything they can to deescalate right now. This is throwing fuel on the fire, making everyone on college campuses less safe, and doing Republicans' work for them.

Doorley is an influential DA in New York State, as the former head of the state’s DA association and a major foe of the state’s criminal justice reforms.

sometimes they accidentally come out and say that debt is a tool of oppression

Mayor Adams will reduce critical services to crime victims in order to expand his over-militarized police force. Who are we serving here?

🧵The Mayor’s Executive Budget released on Wednesday only recognizes ~$2.3B in additional tax revenues, while leaving out income-based tax revenues that are expected to be recognized upon adoption anyhow. This is money that we should be allocating to restore programs now.

Sending all love to Ambra Battilana Gutierrez today. Her stmt captures the moment perfectly:

We didn’t have to be here.
Alvin Bragg must try again.
The #AdultSurvivorsAct must be permanent and nationwide.

Let’s not forget that we’re here because law enforcement failed to take survivors seriously for decades. I’m disappointed, but not surprised by the Weinstein ruling.

We are shocked and disappointed about the overturning of #HarveyWeinstein 's 2020 conviction. Read our full statement.

As the Weinstein news breaks and we learn how devastating it is the only thing that matters is the survivors. Their work, their dedication to justice and healing, and their love for so many other survivors in the world cannot go unnoticed or forgotten ❤️

Brannan told reporters after the mayor’s announcement there’s still $1B+ in revenue on hand to restore cuts. “It’s a step in the right direction but not the full loaf we’re looking for. There’s more than enough $ to restore all the cuts, get us back to zero, and then some.”

I've seen no credible reporting of actual antisemitic incidents at the UT Austin protest. What I can tell you is that I've reported on numerous neo-Nazi events and Greg Abbott never once tried to put any of them in jail.

🧵As we enter into exec budget hearings & negotiations, it's important everyone is working off the same numbers. New York City Council economists have been consistently accurate, and our budget response laid out where & how we’ve identified additional $ that can be used to restore ALL cuts

We marched, we rallied, and we did it in style! 👖 #SurvivingAndThriving

Our message was loud and clear: NYC stands with survivors! A huge thank you to everyone who joined @denimdaynyc today to raise awareness and fight for a future free from sexual violence.