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Brooklyn, NY
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AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM ME AND VOTE FOR SUSAN ZHUANG FOR CITY COUNCIL
@susanzhuangnyc
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How can we expect to recruit police officers when NYC offers far lower salary than surrounding communities?
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These attacks are not simply disorderly conduct. The continual disrespect of police is plunging us into a state of lawlessness. If the City does not respong and make it clear our police will be supported, our city will dissolve into chaos.
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The real problem here is the lack of support from the Mayor is sending a message that police officers can not count on being backed up when they enforce the law and protect all of us. It also sends a clear message to criminals that they can act more brazenly
.
@NYCPBA
delegate assembly UNANIMOUSLY approves resolution of no confidence in
@NYPDONeill
, calling for his immediate resignation.
#TheJobIsDead
#NoConfidence
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I strongly support 20 year PBA pension parity to be included in the budget
.
@AMWilliamColton
please include .
@pbanystate
pension parity in the one-house
#NYSBudget
bills giving our members the same retirement as every other state police officer in NY. A 20-year will promote recruitment and retention of diverse officers.
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We can no longer ignore the continued rise in shootings. Making noise only when it is a police involved shooting or making anti threats against police is sending a bad message to criminals Thank you
@NYCPBA
for speaking out.
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We can not have a city which is safe for our families unless we start creating a climate of support, appreciation and backing for the overwhelming majority of brave and professional police officers. Clearly that supportive climate does not exist today in NYC.
“This is what the NYPD has become, and New Yorkers should not be complacent. The New York of 10 years ago that we perhaps took for granted is gone. And as long as the good guys in blue are shackled from doing their jobs, it won’t be coming back.”
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We need to remember all our police heroes who sacrificed their lives to protect all of us. But we must also support our police and not condone anti police rhetoric which encourages disrespect of our police.
Dets. James Nemorin & Rodney Andrews gave it all as they went undercover to take down an illegal gun ring. Today, 17 years later, we keep our heroes & their families in our prayers. NY’s Finest honor their tremendous legacy every day as they continue to fight crime.
#NeverForget
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The Mayor and Chancellor mismanaged public education. Lack of diversity in specialized HS’s & other schools must end. Scrapping SHSAT is not the answer. DOE must expand gifted programs & provide enrichment per student’s needs & Stop depriving gifted programs to minorities.
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We can not continue the political rhetoric of anti police statements and actions without this climate fostering disrespect and brazenness by criminals and disturbed persons. We must reverse this anti police climate
NYPD officer injuries spike as union blames anti-police lawmakers
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Police officers are family members. They face same economic pressures and they deserve to receive pay equal to their work. They save lives daily at great risk to themselves. They deserve a pay increase equal to their great service to our families.
@NYCPBA
and
@NYCPBA_GC
is right
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All parents must speak up. We must not let our children’s future be decided by a lottery. The choice of high school must be decided by a child’s merit and interest by the parent and the child based on proven educational assessments, not a lottery. It must be fixed now!
We stood shoulder-to-shoulder with all parents who believe that hardwork and good grades matter. Many are immigrants. We came to America for opportunities based on merit, not luck or social connections.
#MeritMatters
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We can see the results of disrespect of our police. We all must foster respect and support for our police officers who daily risk their lives to protect and help us.
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I strongly support the 20 year PBA parity to be included in the budgetin t
.
@AMWilliamColton
please include .
@pbanystate
pension parity in the one-house
#NYSBudget
bills giving our members the same retirement as every other state police officer in NY. A 20-year will promote recruitment and retention of diverse officers.
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Our NYC deserve a fair market living wage increase. Let’s finally get it done!
100+
@NYCPBA
members turn out to say thank you to
@NYCCouncil
members who are speaking up in support of a fair market wage for the Finest.
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I definitely strongly support SHSAT. Susan Zhuang was my chief of staff in the prior fights to keep SHSAT and I look forward to beating back this anti Asian anti immigrant attack, with Susan and all our allies mobilizing for this important pathway to achieving the American Dream
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Congratulations to all our children who successfully gained acceptance to our specialized High schools. Shame on DOE for not congratulating their success and for not providing all children with tools of quality education to succeed.
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Solar and wind are the energy source of the future. Under my bill we can get there by 2030 and still do what needs to be done to transition to comparable renewable jobs for cuurent fossil jobs. But time is running and we must act now to be able to have a smooth transition
This also means no business case for fossils with CCS or nuclear
Study: Fossil Fuel Generation Has No Business Case in
#Australia
via
@greentechmedia
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Parents must start asking every candidate do they support 1)the SHSAT as the criteria for Specialized HS Admissions, 2)keeping & expanding gifted and talented classes to every school district & 3)replacing Carranza as Chancellor. Nothing is more important than a child’s education
Parents must register & make clear their vote for candidates with track record of ideas for supporting SHSAT, expanding G&T’s, complying with IEP’s, quality remedial programs for underperforming students and enrichment for students at all levels by merit and not by chance.
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Screened schools have been the vehicle for many lower income families to succeed. Let NYC not abandon these families. Let’s expand this opportunity to include all neighborhoods, including those with high African American and Latino students.
.
@NYCMayor
and
@DOEChancellor
, over 10,129 signers demand that you leave academics-based screened admissions in place. Listen to the real stakeholders: NYC public school families.
@LiuNewYork
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
@NYCSchools
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Let us thank and support all our police officers and their union
@NYCPBA
committed to represent all our police families
This
#LaborDay
– and every day – we are proud to stand up & fight for our members. They are the people who are risking their lives to make NYC safe. We will never stop fighting for them and with them. When we fight together, we win together.
#LaborStrong
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This is very disturbing. No wonder NYC DOE wants to divert attention by attacking the SHSAT and screened middle schools.
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I strongly support the 20 year PBA pension parity bill to be included in the budget
.
@AMWilliamColton
please include .
@pbanystate
pension parity in the one-house
#NYSBudget
bills giving our members the same retirement as every other state police officer in NY. A 20-year will promote recruitment and retention of diverse officers.
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The NYPD has done its job. Now the Courts must do their job in sending a clear message we will not tolerate such criminal behavior
5 people were shot during this shooting in Brooklyn on Memorial Day. The alleged shooter has been apprehended by the hardworking members of the NYPD.
#SummerOfNYC
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We must never forget these heroes and the continuing anguish of their families. Yet how is it we permit these heroes to be paid so much less than other police departments? Something is very wrong with that!
The calendar might not say 9/11, but for our heroes’ families, there was no 9/12.
Det. Mike Hanson, ESU Truck 1, died in 2018 from a neurological disorder caused by 9/11.
The right is his family this past weekend, still anguished by the loss of their hero
#NeverForget
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Chancellor Caranza obey the law and set the date for the SHSAT. Expand Gifted programs to all neighborhoods and stop depriving bright minority children of opportunity for quality education
We need more electeds like
@BenKallos
@RCornegyJr
@Sen_Gounardes
@AMWilliamColton
@peterabbatejr
who place high value on G&T/SHSAT/SHS & recognize expanding quality education to all students in all schools is key to future opportunity, self-reliance & a better NYC for all of us.
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I commend Council Member Deutsch for speaking out vs. the hate speech from CEC 22 member Jacky Cody. To remain silent in the face of hate speech only serves to encourage such hate speech. Restricting speaking time to 1 or 2 minutes unreasonably restricts one’s right to speak
I stand by my comments and conduct. I have zero tolerance for racism against any community.
I would be just as passionate in my defense of any member of that CEC if they were the target of a similar racist comment.
via
@selimalgar
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We must show our support for our police. We have passed the tipping point and unless we reverse directions lawlessness will prevail. For 4 years I have been wear a blue ribbon to show support of police, both in Albany and in community. We need to show that support everywhere
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I agree. When political leaders publicly praise professional police actions and the need to show support and appreciation of our police it begins to change the present anti police climate. That’s why I publicly wear a blue ribbon, both in the community and in Albany.
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I agree with Council Member Deutsch, if elected officials keep reducing and defunding the police it will lead to less safe streets and subways.
“It’s hard to believe that anyone could think that a smaller, less powerful police force will somehow make the city safer – yet this idea has seeped into the mainstream.”
Read more about my take on rising crime on the subways, for the
@nypost
:
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A few years ago, after the outrageous decision of an arbitrator for a 1% raise, I demonstrated against this. I strongly support significant pay increases for police officers to recognize the risks they take to protect all of us
@AMWilliamColton
How about you tell our absent, lying mayor to provide decent raises so the city can retain officers instead of training them to work elsewhere for more money and a better quality of life?
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SHSAT is an objective test which the DOE’s own study revealed was successful in predicting success likelihood in specialized high schools. Grades are subjective and can be influenced by teacher favoritism, outside influence and corruption.
We should not use grades for school admissions, nor rely on grades as a measure of scholastic achievement. Grades are subjective, and subjectivity breeds corruption.
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Eric Adams has supported expanding gifted programs and the specialized high schools. He also has opposed defunding the police and reinstating anti crime units. He is one of my three top choices for mayor.
PLACE NYC proudly endorses Eric Adams for Mayor of New York City. Borough President Adams has a long track record of support for increasing access to and improving the quality of education in New York City.
@ericadamsfornyc
Read our press statement.
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The fight to eliminate the SHSAT is still going forward. The Chancellor is asking for the state to repeal the law creating the SHSAT to allow the City to eliminate it and create a selection criteria not based on objective merit. Another example of a total lack of transparency.
@lliu212
@DOEChancellor
@NYCMayor
@MarkTreyger718
@BobHoldenNYC
@ChaimDeutsch
@CMPeterKoo
@JoeBorelliNYC
@BarryGrodenchik
Accountability is something the chancellor asked for so why does he avoid D26 parents? And why shirk a clear duty to remove someone who has made racist remarks against Asians? How can anyone believe him. No credibility.
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This again points out why we must support our professional police heroes
@NYC
PBA
Our transit system is falling back into disorder with this brazen assault on our police for upholding the law. This incident also shows how difficult it is for a cop to arrest someone who does not want to be arrested.
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Our Specialized HS’s are a gateway for lower income children to earn their place in the American Dream. It is morally wrong to deny a seat earned by hard work and merit.
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The city pleads having no money but instead of prioritizing its budget to those things needed to make city livable ie Education,Housing , Public Safety and Health and Sanitation, it keeps spending more on six figure crony consultants. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Chancellor Carranza expands his staff despite a looming teacher shortage, and threatened layoffs. His three new six-figure execs received a "Covid-19 exemption" from the DOE hiring freeze. via
@nypmetro
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Keep SHSAT! DOE SHOULD LISTEN to words of wisdom from a child
Let truth speak for itself.
@BenKallos
@RCornegyJr
@agounardes
@peterabbatejr
@AMWilliamColton
@RepGraceMeng
@BKBoroHall
@JustinBrannan
@BarryGrodenchik
@tobystavisky
@nily
@LiuNewYork
@LeroyComrie
@NMalliotakis
@BobHoldenNYC
@AndrewHevesi
@CMKoslowitz
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Thank this brave officer for protecting the community at the grave risk to his own life. This is why all in the comminity should be speaking out to support such professional police action, and why our oolice deserve a substantial pay increase.
It happened that quickly. Our brave officer was shot.
Thankfully, his bullet-resistant vest saved his life.
This is footage from the police-involved shooting that took place on Wednesday morning. The person you see on camera is the man who ambushed and shot our NYPD cop.
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Parents and children won a great victory in stopping this divisive and wrong headed bill.Thanks to tens of thousands of emails and calls, it became clear the SHSAT is not the problem and that DOE’s failure to have gifted programs in all districts is the real problem.
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Crimmals committ more crime when they feel they can get away with it. Political pandering with an anti police agenda is placing all families in danger of more crimes being committed. We all better start supporting our NYPD
@nyc
pba
Robbery is a bellweather crime – it goes up when the perps know that CRIME PAYS. Robbery is currently up 9% in the Bronx, and has skyrocketed citywide by 16% in the last month.
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It is crucial all parents speak out demanding G&T admissions be continued and expanded to all neighborhoods. Eliminating screening leaves to chance whether students get the gifted classes they need to reach their full potential.
Please Sign Our Open Letter: Demand the DOE Give the G&T Admissions Test
@NYCMayor
@DOEChancellor
@NYCSchools
@LiuNewYork
@RCornegyJr
@BenKallos
@AMWilliamColton
@tobystavisky
@nily
@LeroyComrie
@peterabbatejr
@JustinBrannan
@Sen_Gounardes
@DrichardsQns
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Elite High-School Debate Simmers as Albany Session Winds Down - WS I spoke out that the proposal to eliminate the SHSAT and make admissions to Specialized High Schools by subjective standards and not by merit is wrong and pits one group against another.
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I support organizing unions
@BDS
Union because they fight for the healthy and vibrant work conditions that ultimately benefit all of society. Those throwing obstacles in the way of unions are afraid of having to do the right thing
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I was honored to share Iftar Dinner with the members of the Admadiyya Muslim Community on West 8 St. This community unequivocally condemns violence and proclaims love for all and hate toward none.
Highlights of
#OpenMosque
#Iftar
Dinner hosted by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Brooklyn Chapter
Honored to Host Assemblyman
@AMWilliamColton
@TrueIslamUSA
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We must alert all that a clear message be sent out against Hate and that Justice must be done for the victim’s families and for society as a whole.
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Parents are hopeful the new chancellor chosen by Mayor Elect Eric will avoid divisiveness and instead act like an educational leader expanding gifted programs, establishing proven remedial programs and fully implementing the IEP’s for special education children.
Incoming Schools Chancellor David Banks will do away with several choices made under the de Blasio administration. He wants to keep both the gifted and talented program and the SHSAT, while also expanding on these opportunities for students to get into specialized schools.
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Prayer for the repose of this officer and for the blood family and the whole blue family.
Yesterday we lost one of our own in a tragic off-duty car accident. We ask that you keep Police Officer Kimberly LaJara's family in your thoughts and prayers during this trying time.
#FidelisAdMortem
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It is critical people go to at least one of the Specialized HS hearings and express their support to KEEP SHSAT. SHSAT is not the problem. The problem is the failure of NYC DOE to provide gifted and talented to children in underserved school districts.
@JustinBrannan
@agounardes
@MarkTreyger718
@AMWilliamColton
@DavidWeprin
#SHSAT
🔥🔥🔥Urgent Call for pre-Forum Rally and Specialized High Schools Admission Community Forum 🔥🔥🔥
Date: 4/11 Thurs
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Place: Qns Boro Hall
#213
120-55 Qns BLVD, Kew Gardens, NY
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There will be new attempts to eliminate not only Specialized High Schools selection by merit but all gifted programs in early grades and middle schools. Parents must demand gifted programs be opened in every school district in the city. Come Feb 19 at 29 Bay 25 at 7:30pm.
"the fight..is far from over.. '
@NYCMayor
de Blasio &
@DOEChancellor
Carranza are continuing to seek to eliminate the Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT).. and to end Gifted & Talented programs in NYC public schools,'
@AMWilliamColton
stated."
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We must support our police who are the front line of protecting us. There are clear signs that the anti police policies are beginning to degenerate our city to lawlessness. We need to let the police do their job of protecting all families in the city
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What Those Targeting the SHSAT Don’t Really Understand About the Specialized High School Picture via
@GothamGazette
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The Chancellor seems more interested in implementing a divisive social policy rather than improving education. I fear his branding of some children as privileged and advocating for admission to Specialized H S by race and geographic locations pits one group against another.
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Eliminating gifted programs because results are not equitable is nonsense. We should eliminate cause of inequity. Cause in NYC is both Bloomberg & de blasio systematically closed programs in low socio economic neighborhoods which is morally and educationally wrong.
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The SHSAT has long been an entry point for low income families to attain the American Dream by hard work. Why did the 2 prior mayors close gifted programs in low income areas, shutting down their pipeline to SHSAT access. Expand gifted classes for all neighborhoods. KEEP SHSAT
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Happy Birthday Blessings
@JabaranAkram
and congratulations
@ChaimDeutsch
, for being a public public servant and human being dedicated to remembering good people and good causes.
Wishing a very happy birthday to
@JabaranAkram
! A dedicated (former) staffer and a kind, loyal, and thoughtful friend.
🥳 🎉 🎂
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I believe the best three candidates to promote public safety are Katheryn Garcia, Eric Adams And Andrew Yang. I urge you to vote for your
#1
pick of these 3 and rank the other two for # 2 &
#3
.
14 New Yorkers were shot from midnight Friday to early Saturday morning. Gun violence has gone unabated under our current elected leadership.
Early voting has just begun, New Yorkers. Vote for the candidates who will prioritize public safety.
#VoteSafety
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Pray for the repose of this hero and for his family.
Please keep Deputy Sheriff Sandeep Dhaliwal of
@HCSOTexas
in your thoughts and prayers. Deputy Dhaliwal was shot and killed as he was doing a traffic stop. Another officer taken from us too soon. This violence needs to stop.
#EnoughIsEnough
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We pray that God will bless and keep safe these new officers as they protect all of us from harm.
Congratulations to the 300 New York City police officers who graduated from the Police Academy today. Our job has never been harder, but the strength of our
#BlueFamily
has only grown. Rely on your brothers & sisters — they will be relying on you. Good luck and stay safe.
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I reiterate my support for CM Deutsch speaking out Vs hate speech bt jacky Cody. I also commend DL Nancy Tong also there to speak out.
Councilman
@ChaimDeutsch
fearlessly stands up against discrimination & instead of applause & thanks he is attacked for it. Absurd. via
@nypmetro
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Police presence at places of worship must be increased. There has been much anti religious hate spreading across the world just look at bombing Catholic Churches in Sri lanka, the Synagogue in California and the Mosque in New Zealand. W must protect freedom to practice religion.
On the steps of city hall
@ChaimDeutsch
@KalmanYeger
We are standing together as members of all faiths, New Yorkers need to feel safe at houses of worship. Funding to protect worshippers is a priority.
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It seems DOE’s solution to lack of diversity in specialized high schools is to eliminate gifted and talented classes in early and middle grades in underperforming neighborhoods instead of improving education for all.
Wonder when city leaders will propose racial quotas for school athletic and academic teams.
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These police officers are heroes and they deserve our full support, including a fair compensation for what they do protecting us.
All who say police officers don’t deserve a raise - watch this video.
All who say “defund the police” - watch this video.
All those who disrespect our officers - watch this video.
NY’s Finest put their lives on the line every day. They are heroes, & should be treated as such.
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Common sense dictates keep SHSAT and fix the real problem of depriving so called underperforming neighborhoods of gifted programs.
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I support increasing economic incentives to those NYPD heroes who daily are willing to face risks to protect all of us. Let put political ideology aside and start practicing pay equity.
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I am very concerned this grading policy is attempting to slip through a idealogical scheme to drastically impose a grading which eliminates a true measure of academic standards and not merely a temporary solution to an emergency. This is not acceptable
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Unions support better and safer jobs and that why families should support unions like at BDS
"I support a union at BDS because we need and deserve adequate healthcare!"—Collin Poirot, Attorney | "Why We Unionize" |
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The Doe decision to put “a pause” on middle school screening is a serious setback for quality education. It deprives all children of the opportunity to attend a school they have earned a seat to advance their skills and talents. Another example of bankrupt educational leadership
Families expect our electeds to speak up for excellence in NYC public schools.
@LiuNewYork
@tobystavisky
@LeroyComrie
@Sen_Gounardes
@AMWilliamColton
@peterabbatejr
@nily
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
@MarkTreyger718
@BobHoldenNYC
@RepGraceMeng
@BenKallos
@RCornegyJr
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Such criminal acts against anyone are unacceptable. Anyone with information should report so this creep can be arrested
There's no hiding it now. This is the environment the women and men of the PBA work in on a daily basis. Not a word out of the local
@NYCCouncil
member
@MarkTreyger718
. The silence is deafening.
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I support city paying fair market pay for our NYC Police
@Officers
.
This morning I invited hundreds of NYPD officers to join me on the steps of City Hall to rally for pay equity. These men & women protect & serve our city with tremendous sacrifice, & they deserve to earn a living wage.
Thank you
@NYCPBA
,
@DRichards13
, & all who joined us!
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Parents must register & make clear their vote for candidates with track record of ideas for supporting SHSAT, expanding G&T’s, complying with IEP’s, quality remedial programs for underperforming students and enrichment for students at all levels by merit and not by chance.
Please join us to hear from top mayoral candidates on what they will do for NYC education. Register for this free event:
Let's put
#EducationFirst
.
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Defunding the police makes no sense. Elected officials should be ashamed of following such mindless clamor. It is our brave professional police officers who protect our families against those looking to rob, rape, deal drugs and kill.
Two-thirds of Americans oppose 'defund the police' movement: poll
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This student earned the right to a seat in a school that matched his needs. We must not leave realizing that opportunity to the luck of a lottery in the middle schools for any student in any part of the city
"As a Black student from Queens, ...a current attendant of the famed LaGuardia Specialized HS..., and someone who benefits from the screened school system, I can say with full certainty that screened schools allowed me to pursue my dreams, where there were otherwise no options."
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There continues to be serious uptick in Covid-19 cases in Southern Brooklyn. It is urgent everyone follow safe procedures. Wear a mask when outside, wash hands frequently, practice social distancing. Let’s be considerate of others, especially vulnerable seniors who we may infect.
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The Chancellor ignores history which shows the diversity gap in specialized high schools grew after the city started shutting gifted programs in middle and early grade schools in the very African American and Latino neighborhoods where now there are low numbers paasing SHSAT
"...when high-potential students in black and Latino communities were given the tools to succeed, they did so in numbers far more proportionate to their presence in the school system... the city has decided to scapegoat the test instead..."
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I was honored to speak at Stuyvesant HS Parent Association Spring Feast. Together with Nancy Tong, I assured them of our support to KEEP SHSAT and urged them to speak out to demand the DOE create more gifted and talented programs in every district to get more diversity.
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There are numerous complaints about this system set up by the prior city administration and the prior chancellor. It must be fixed now. Mismatching children with schools is too important to go on for another school year.
NO LOTTERY!
@NYCMayor
@DOEChancellor
great job
@ycinnewyork
@placenyc_org
great job, all parents and students!
@SenatorJohnLiu
@SenJoeAddabbo
@tobystavisky
@AMWilliamColton
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SUPPORT SHSAT COME Saturday June 1 at 11am at 29 Bay 25 St Bklyn. Speak out for all student’s opportunity to get into specialized high schools by merit. Let DOE expand gifted classes in all districts and improve education for all, not hide evidence of their failure to do so
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We successfully sponsored another neighborhood cleanup on Sat. I was joined by 45 AD leader Ari Kagan & 47 AD leader Nancy Tong, Toys for Tots President Brian Gottlieb and Chinese American Social Service Center President Dr. Tim Law and some 75 volunteers from NYC High Schools.
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Public officials publicly encouraging respect for laws and for police officers properly enforcing such laws is crucial to protect all from criminal conduct. Justice is no t advanced by justifying or failing to condemn looting and assaults on police officers.
.
@NYGovCuomo
, you say you’ve never seen this level of disrespect to officers? They’ve been chanting it for years — and elected officials never denounce this dangerous rhetoric. Police need public support. That’s how we will keep communities and cops safe.
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Parents know the importance of Gifted and Talented programs for our children. How come this City Administration and DOE appear tone deaf
"The poll found that 80% of polled Democrats also supported the expansion of Gifted & Talented classes and 77% wanted to maintain the current system of specialized high schools — while 88% backed public financing for expanded prep classes for the
#SHSAT
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This is so true. To combat evil we need to promote respect and love for all
If everyone in the world adopted the same respect for people of other faiths and races as NY did, we could undoubtedly guarantee a peaceful future for future generations, & respecting others is a necessary rule to make our Creator Happy
Pleasure meeting Rabbi Mordechai Jungreis
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This proposal to eliminate such programs should unite all parents to defeat it.
The city should be expanding opportunities for accelerated learning in every community, not eliminating them outright.
Read my
@NYDailyNews
op-ed on the need to preserve and expand gifted and talented programs in our public schools at the link.
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It is not right to make our school education leaders go without a pay increase while DOE top administrators get Six digit salaries many time more
No contract from
@NYCMayor
means no respect for the hardworking Rock Stars of CSA! Our dedicated President updates District Chairs & Executive Board on the lack respect from our City!
@CannizzaroCSA
@FollowCSA
#faircontractnow
#greatschoolsbeginwithgreatleaders
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This is why we must support and appreciate our police. How can people not realize police officers are out there every day, putting themselves and their own families at risk to protect all of us. Think what would become of us and our families if these officers were not there .
Law enforcement all over our country are in the midst of challenging times. We have lost brothers & sisters to this pandemic, all while we continue to show up to keep our communities safe. This
#PoliceWeek
we thank our cops, while honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Thank you. We must keep in our thoughts, prayers and appreciation all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great country and not Memorial Day or D day, but every Day!
Today we take time to remember D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Nearly 160,000 men, on 5,000 boats, stormed the beaches of France.
Though estimates vary, the Allied forces had 5,000 to 12,000 fatalities.
We remember your sacrifice.
Fidelis ad mortem.
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Great job!
@NYPD62Pct
Great work by the 62 Pct. Public Safety Team working in collaboration with the 62 Pct. FIO, arrested an individual in possession of 2 loaded semi automatic firearms and significant quantity of a controlled substance.
#nypdprotecting
@NYPDBklynSouth
@NYPDnews
@NYPDChiefPatrol
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I sympathize with trying to earn a living, but disregard of laws leads to a lawlessness. Let’s stop the drumroll of anti police propaganda.
Viral video shows police handcuff woman selling churros at subway station, confiscate her cart via
@pix11news
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The test does accurately predict success in specialized schools but it also proves DOE has failed to provide gifted education to so many students. Rather than improve the quality of education Doe wants to remove the evidence of its failure.
@KindAndUnblind
@AMWilliamColton
Apparently, it does. And
@NYCMayor
failed unsuccessfully to hide the results from the public.
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The scientific evidence of why we must move toward renewable energy infrastructure and away from a fossil fuel one is becoming overwhelming. It will create green jobs for fossil jobs eliminated and be more affordable to consumers
BIG: NASA climatologist/ lead IPCC author Drew Shindell calls for an end to new gas-fired power plants bc they are climate incompatible.
“This is true even if we consider only the CO2 emissions from burning natural gas.”
Link to his powerful letter here:
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It is sad the chancellor has created so much division in our schools But it’s intolerable when the chancellor initiates discrimination tactics in barring asians from attending a recent CEC 22 meeting at Madison HS, while admitting non asians. This violates open meeting laws
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Assembly Rules just reported A4431 to Assembly floor. We must push for it to be passed by Assembly before close of session. Then it goes to the Governor for his approval. Again i say we must show our appreciation to our police officers.
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We need to speak out vs MTA’s “cashless fares”plan. It will reduce transit accessibility to low income & senior riders without credit cards, also to those with physical or language disabilities who rely on token booth clerks, plus making many riders feel less safe
@TWULocal100
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Currently on a call w/ state-wide activists in support of my bill
#A5105
: 100% Renewable Energy by 2030 (
#S5908
in the Senate). It is currently the MOST comprehensive & aggressive climate bill in NYS. Tell your reps that you want change NOW
@AlexAtFWW
@dunleamark
@foodandwater
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Thank you to these heroes and to all our heroes in the NYPD, FDNY, all our hospital staff, all our medical providers, all our transit workers, all our sanitation workers, all our retail store workers and our essential small businesses who are out there daily for us
The entire world is in awe of the courage & strength of the nurses, doctors & staff at Elmhurst Hospital. That’s no surprise to NYC POs, b/c we work alongside these heroes 365 days.They have taken care of us in some of our most difficult moments. Now it’s our turn to back them up
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Hates must be stopped. We can not tolerate such threats and those who make them must subjected to being held on bailed and not simply released, often before the ink dries on the paperwork charging them
Hates Jews enough to threaten to burn down a building, probably shouldn't go to a bagel shop in Queens.
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Assembly Rules committee just now reported A4431
#20yearbill
to Assembly floor. We must now push to get it voted on before close of session. Then It must still go to Governor for his approval. We must appreciate all our police.
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The Mayor was elected as mayor in a city with the lowest crime rate for all major cities. If the Mayor signs the pro criminal Council Diaphragm law and fails to bring back the anti crime units he will seal his legacy as destroying public safety in NYC.
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Congratulations to Ari Kagan in the 47th Council District, Steven Saperstein in the 45th Council District and Kalman Yeger who was unopposed in the 44th Council District and Justin Brannan who was unopposed in the 43rd Council District, Democratic Primaries.
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This Texas experiment touted by those who seek elimination of the SHSAT appears not to be achieving the desired results in Texas. Texas 10 policy didn&8217;t expand number of high schools feeding students to top universities
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