Council Member Sandy Nurse
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Repping District 37 | 💯 Grassroots | ❌Real estate or lobbyist 💵 | She/Her | Managed by our crew & Sandy
Joined January 2022
As Black members of the @NYCCouncil, we stand with Tennessee Reps @Justinjpearson and @brotherjones_. We condemn the expulsion of these young Black lawmakers and this racist assault on democracy. We stand with them and millions across the country in demanding gun reform.
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I joined 70+ Latine leaders in opposing the nomination of Hector LaSalle as Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals. Diversity is important but not enough. NY must have a diverse and progressive Chief Judge.
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On Thursday I’m introducing a bathroom bill that would compel NYC to meet a goal of 1 public 🚽 per 2000 residents by 2035. Why?. 💩 You gotta go when you gotta go.🩸 For menstruation equity.👵🏽 For our older adults.👶🏻 For the babies.🚴🏽♀️ For workers.🧑🤝🧑 For everyone!. 🧵/1
Tomorrow, the city council will introduce a bill that would require NYC to come up with a plan "establishing and maintaining a public bathroom network," and create 4,200 new public toilets by 2035. A Porcelain New York exclusive:.
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Indefinitely pausing congestion pricing is taking NYC in the wrong direction! Our public transit system is in need of investments and expansions. We need upgraded and accessible subways & faster and electrified buses. New Yorkers need reliable transit – not more delays.
NEW: @GovKathyHochul is considering delaying the implementation of congestion pricing, as concerns mount that the controversial policy could hurt Dems in tight races this year. W/ @JCColtin & @NickReisman:.
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A person's life is worth more than $2.90. In response to the reckless violence that occurred yesterday over fare evasion at the Sutter Ave L train station @CMCHRISBANKS42 & I are issuing a statement on the incident, the need for an independent investigation, & free public transit
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My statement on last night's FY2023 Budget vote:
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Today I’m introducing a resolution for the state legislature to pass and @GovKathyHochul to expeditiously sign Good Cause Eviction. Yesterday, my team supported a tenant who was illegally locked out of his apartment. We can’t afford to wait another year. Pass Good Cause now!
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I am thrilled to have been a part of the ribbon-cutting for the Bushwick Starr's new permanent home! It’s an honor to see the transformation of the Bushwick Starr from an arts organization to an arts institution right here in #District37!
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NYC is overwhelmed with 🗑 and 🐀! We can’t afford any more cuts to @NYCSanitation! We need #CleanStreetsForAll! Join us Thursday for a rally to demand @NYCMayor invest in vital sanitation services and #GetSanitationDone!
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Our team was devastated to hear of Ryan Carson’s passing today. Ryan was a dedicated environmental advocate who worked tirelessly to protect our communities and ecosystems from the climate crisis. I send my condolences to all of his family and loved ones who are grieving.
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Up early with @thenyic @MaketheRoadNY and Council Members @CMJulieWon @CMShahanaHanif and @crystalrhudson to welcome asylum seekers who have been cruelly bussed to NYC from TX. Today a woman with a 6 day old baby arrived after a 3 day bus journey.
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NYC spent an immense amount of money to a consulting firm to advise on how to build large outdoor tents for asylum seekers in a flood prone parking lot. Then rebuilt it on Randall’s Island. If he’s looking at costs, maybe he should reflect on the costly mistakes he’s made.
The letter Eric Adams sent the City Council late last night that's caused outrage - asking the council to give up some of its discretionary funding if they want to support asylum-seekers so badly. Story to come.
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My statement on today’s incident at Rikers Island:
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Once again, @NYCMayor is investing in a militarized police force, rather than in evidence-based public safety strategies. This time he spends our tax dollars on dystopian robot “dogs”. We stopped this before and will again. My statement with @NYCCouncil38 @CabanD22 @CMChiOsse
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This month, the deadline for implementing the Commercial Waste Zones (CWZ) program was delayed without reason or warning. After two years of delays, the commercial waste industry continues to put communities, workers, and our climate in danger. Our letter to @NYCMayor (🧵):
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As the new #Sanitation Chair, it was great to run into the @NYCSanitation yesterday in City Line with former Sanitation Chair @BKBPReynoso!. Looking forward to building off so much great work BP Antonio did with the committee members for reforming the NYC waste sector. 🚮♻️
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The tax lien sale is a racial justice issue. The city is six times more likely to sell liens on homes in majority Black neighborhoods than in white ones. It can only be described as a city-facilitated land grab. I hope all my colleagues will join us not reauthorizing the sale.
“The tax lien sale is a racial justice issue. Last year over 2000 liens were sold and a lot were from this area…I thank @EastNewYorkCLT for doing the good work this winter. Let’s ensure this lien sale does not get renewed. It’s on all of @NYCCouncil,” say @CMSandyNurse
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How exciting for NYC! Containerized waste pilots from @NYCSanitation rolling out to all 5 boroughs! I plan to advocate hard for East NY and environmental justice communities to be included so we can potentially (finally!) be part of city led pilots.
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Today, as hazardous wildfire smoke covers the region, @CMShahanaHanif, @KeithPowersNYC and I passed the Zero Waste Act. This is a major environmental justice victory for NYC and beyond! As a longtime compost activist, I was proud to lead the charge on this package!
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Basement apts are at the nexus of climate change & our affordable housing crisis. With hurricane season upon us, it's more important than ever to fully fund the ENY Basement Conversion Pilot Project at $250k. Our letter w/ @CMPiSanchez to @NYCMayor here:
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⚠️🌧️ The National Weather Service has advised that there will be a 3-6 hour period of heavy rain is anticipated between 2AM Friday night-2 PM Saturday afternoon. Advisory-level flooding will be possible. Consequently, the New York City Emergency Flood Plan has been activated.
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For-profit colleges are one of the worst drivers of the student debt crisis. As a studebt debt striker, I have first-hand experience of what it’s like to decide between paying rent or paying off my loans. @POTUS needs to help those impacted–#CancelStudentDebt now.
Today, we joined leaders from @NAACP @DebtCrisisOrg @PSC_CUNY and @UAW reps from Columbia and NYU because student debt is a labor issue and an issue of racial capitalism. #CancelStudentDebt. cc: @SenSchumer
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Thank you to everyone to came out today to call for clean streets & a fully funded sanitation budget! Our communities of color will continue to face the effects of environmental racism unless we fight for restored and expanded sanitation services! #GetSanitationDone
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There has been a spike in COVID-19 cases across the city - come by our office to grab masks and testing kits!
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Tonight, I’m standing with tenants from across NYC who are hurting. As costs rise, more of their paycheck is going to rent. With record homelessness and housing courts full of eviction cases, it’s unthinkable to raise rents on tenants. We demand a #rentrollback now!
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It's unconscionable to balance our city’s budget on the backs of the working class. In a time of worrying instability, we must double down our investment in people and our public institutions. I join my colleagues in rejecting Mayor Adams's austerity budget #CareNotCuts
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The only thing that solves homelessness is homes. My statement with @CMNantashaW on the Mayor's "homeless sweeps.". Full text here:
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Folks are arriving with the clothes on their backs. Some have just crocs on for shoes. I’m thankful for the work of service providers who support the diverse immigrant community here, but they need resources and support to respond to this emergency situation.
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The veto of @NYCCouncil’s critical package of housing bills by @NYCMayor is shameful. We need to focus on solutions and this action is counterproductive.
Mayor Adams just vetoed a package of bills to expand CityFHEPS eligibility, based on the estimated cost. The Council and an analysis by the Community Service Society dispute those cost estimates. The bills passed with a veto-proof majority. More here:.
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We cannot torture our way to public safety. It’s time for the Council to pass and the Administration to implement policies to truly and permanently #HaltSolitary
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Thanks @ShaunAbreu for showing me some of the pilot waste containers in your neighborhood!. CM Abreu’s district is undergoing a 10 block pilot for waste containerization, which could reduce 🐀🐀. Looking forward to the data as this pilot gets fully up and running! ♻️🙌🏽
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New Yorkers have had enough of politicians abusing their positions. We deserve better, which is why Mayor Adams should step down. Read my full statement below.
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In light of 700+ sexual assault allegations by women detained on #Rikers, it’s urgent that @NYCMayor 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:
Female members of NYC council, led by @CMSandyNurse, 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 @samanthaellimax
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$30 million in cuts to @NYCSanitation by @NYCMayor - $210 million over four years - is shortsighted. Defunding community composting, cutting litter basket service and reducing targeted cleaning services is not how you “Get Stuff Done”. My statement on today’s announcement:
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Unhoused people need access to housing and resources, not to be harassed and traumatized by law enforcement. We'll never be able to police our way out of homelessness. It's time to disband the notoriously violent SRG.
The NYPD claims that their role is to "keep the peace" when they clear homeless encampments. But as we've seen over the last several weeks, that's far from reality. Unhoused NYers need services + support, not to be traumatized by police. It's time to disband the SRG.
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I’m proud of my time as Sanitation Chair for the NYC Council and everything our team was able to achieve. We brought creativity, experience and commitment to cleaner streets, zero waste and climate action. My statement on my time as Chair:
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We are out with advocates, organizers, @OsseChi @NYCJulieMenin @alexaforcouncil @ebottcher @Kristin4Harlem and the @BKBPReynoso at Brooklyn Borough Hall demanding NO SANITATION CUTS! #GetSanitationDone
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We are committed to codifying a mandatory citywide organics program into law this spring as part of the #ZeroWaste Act. My statement with @CMShahanaHanif on the Mayor's announcement today regarding citywide organics recycling:
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Arresting homeless people will never end homelessness! Only housing will. This disgraceful ruling hurts people who have no place to go. This gives the green light for localities to lock up homeless people and gives cover to Mayors who want to police the issue vs. solve it!.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Oregon city’s laws aimed at banning homeless residents from sleeping outdoors, saying they did not violate the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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2/ This bill was 18 months in the making and co-drafted with homeless organizers, street vendors, delivery workers, senior advocacy orgs, and policy experts. Because NYC’s lack of public bathrooms disproportionately affects some people more than others!
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Another packed rally to demand @NYCMayor restore funding to community composting. If the admin doesn’t act, in 2 weeks, 100+ compost workers will be laid off. Now is the time to double down on solutions to the climate crisis and achieve our city climate goals!
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After four years of organizing, we are finally establishing the Cypress Hills Fulton BID! This is a truly grassroots effort centering local small businesses and merchants, and I'm excited to continue working with them to improve our district's vital commercial environment!
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I am proud to stand with 30 of my colleagues in committing to not reauthorize the tax lien sale. We are ready to work with the Speaker, the Administration, and advocates to implement a just & equitable alternative. Our letter to @NYCMayor below ⬇️.
NEW: Majority of City Council Declares Opposition to Reauthorizing NYC Tax Lien Sale - by @samarkhurshid
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So much joy today at PS/IS 155 this morning with students and families stepping through the doors for the first day of school! Feeling all of the excitement as we welcome new Principal Ashley Rougier and the successful year of learning to come.
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Today, for the first time in 10 years, the Council voted to override a Mayoral veto. These CityFHEPS bills will reduce costs, improve access to permanent housing, and reduce homelessness in our City. Visit the link in bio to read my statement ⬆️
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Today the @NYCCouncil voted to override the Mayor’s veto. These bills will bring data for transparency to NYPD Level 1 stops and end solitary confinement as practiced in NYC jails. Congrats to everyone who made today a victory!
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Using City resources to harass and criminalize street vendors is unacceptable. The Mayor, the Council & agencies must work to clear the permit backlog rather than use our resources to arrest immigrant women selling sliced fruit. Full statement here:
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As rent stabilized tenants are forced to choose between life-saving medication, food, or paying rent, the RGB cannot justify a rent increase. Tonight I submitted testimony to the Rent Guidelines Board calling for a #rentrollback.
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The team at #District37 would like to wish Council Member Sandy Nurse a very happy birthday! 🎉 🎂💐. We had a small celebration at the office earlier this week with homemade cookies & a Panamanian king fish dish that was delicious! 💛
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Closing Rikers by August 31, 2027 is the law, and @nycmayor must follow it. New Yorkers need action NOW to invest in real solutions for public safety and erase this stain on our City once and for all. #CloseRikers
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Today I stood with our Bangladeshi and Muslim community members to mourn the loss of Modassar Khandaker and express my ongoing support for his widow and son. Rest in power Modassar. You should not have been taken away from your family and community.
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This week, @BKBPReynoso and I sent a letter to @NYCMayor and @NYCSanitation in support of the community composting organizations that were recently defunded. New Yorkers love their local compost groups and the 100+ workers who do these jobs. They need city support to keep going.
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Today @NYCCouncil unanimously voted to pass my bill Intro 353 requiring NYC to install, maintain, & operate 100 MW of solar capacity on public sites by 2030 & 150 MW by 2035. This bill will help us meet our climate goals while creating green union jobs! #ClimateWeekNYC
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Thank you @emma_a_whitford!. Today @CMShahanaHanif and I are introducing a bill that will mandate the regular reporting of homeless sweeps & other removals. This bill will bring much-needed transparency to a decades-long practice that does nothing to house people!.
“. every dollar spent on sweeps and removals is one less dollar spent on housing.”. New @CMSandyNurse & @CMShahanaHanif bill would require City Hall to report monthly on the # of street homeless NYers removed from public places. Via @emma_a_whitford:
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🔋85% of NYC's electricity comes from fossil-fuel burning peaker plants - contributing to climate change and harming frontline communities. Today, I introduced a resolution urging NYPA to increase our publicly owned renewable energy capacity to at least 15 GW by 2030.
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Trash warriors! It’s time for NYC to do a full court press for #ZeroWaste! Join us Thursday for a rally to introduce a slate of waste bills:. 🍌@CMShahanaHanif intros Universal Curbside Organics . 🚮 @KeithPowersNYC intros the Core Act. ♻️I’m intro-ing a Zero Waste x 2030 mandate
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At a time when mental health policies nationwide are moving in a more humane direction, today’s announcement by the Mayor raises major concerns. My statement:
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Today the @NYCProgressives rallied with community composters and organizations to say hell no to the fifth set of city budget cuts since @NYCMayor’s term began. The Mayor is laying off 100 workers who run compost at farmers markets, the botanical gardens and more. Unacceptable.
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Mayor Adams made unnecessary cuts to life-saving services that protect you and make your life better. To the extent that this budget does the minimum, it is because @NYCSpeakerAdams @NYCCouncil and @NYCProgressives fought to blunt the sharpest of this Mayor’s cuts. My statement:
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5/ This bill will make the City *FLUSH* with toilets. It accounts for highly touristy AND underserved areas, and compels strategic, coordinated city action to meet a clear goal. Now, let’s #GetShitDone💩!!.
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We had a great morning with @CarpentersNyc Local 45 & @NYCGreenThumb building out Ashford Abundance Community Garden in East NY! 26 brand new beds ready to go! 💪🏽
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This morning @GovKathyHochul visited @WyckoffHospital to announce investments in maternal and infant health, including paid pre-natal leave, money for cribs, cutting copay’s for maternal care, and support for doulas and postpartum depression care. A win for women and families!
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Today I visited #Rikers with @ReElectNydia @KarinesReyes87 @CMJenGutierrez and @LincolnRestler. We want safety for staff and detainees. Reduced hours out of cell are creating more hostility towards staff and amongst detainees. Our joint statement on what we saw.
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The Board of Correction unanimously passed the amended rules to implement Local Law 42, which ends solitary confinement in NYC jails! Congratulations to the @NYCAIC and @JailsAction coalitions and all the families for years of gut wrenching, heartfelt and righteous advocacy.
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🚨Modassar Khandaker was shot and killed in front of his home near Masjid Al-Aman. His family is absolutely devastated. Please support the family through this time by offering a donation.
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This morning I talked w/ @PIX11News about the state of our city jails & the plan to Close Rikers. ⬆️Rikers population.⬆️Youth detention rates.⬇️Funds for rehabilitative programs. It’s time our city budget doubles down on prevention & re-entry programs! .
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NYC 💚 Community Composting! . What an amazing turn out by @SaveNYCCompost today! .🍌♻️🌱🪲🌎🌞. Thank you to my colleagues who stood with us today to demand the restoration of cuts to our vital community composting operations. Sign their petition:
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There is nothing I want more than for @iamcardib to testify and go off at our upcoming @NYCSanitation oversight hearing on the city’s Rat Mitigation work. You can testify virtually, in person at the Council Chambers in City Hall. Please come in person. 🙏🏽
Cardi B goes off on the US government about the $120 Million budget cut in New York that'll affect Schools, Libraries, The Police Department, and sanitation while funding wars
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Today, my colleagues and I visited the @WasteManagement Organics Facility and @NYCWater Newtown Creek Wastewater facility to learn more about our City’s path to Zero Waste ♻️ #ZeroTimeToWaste
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This is disgusting and horrifying. I am so sorry that you had to go through this Carlene. This is just one example of why we need #GoodCause - to prevent retaliatory evictions and abuses such as these!.
Queens tenant Carlene Hosang: “My landlord said he would cancel my rent for sex. I will never stoop that low. Landlords shouldn’t be allowed to do that.”
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We have exciting news to share – please join us in extending a warm welcome to our new Chief of Staff, Samori Touré! 🎉
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Now that the veto overrides are done, it would be good for the Mayor to focus as much energy and attention to getting New Yorkers re-certified for food stamps so they can afford to buy food.
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ICYMI: Yesterday was @CMPiSanchez's Housing & Buildings Cmte hearing on social housing. We heard seven (!) bills, all of which I'm co-sponsoring and some I introduced. These bills are critical to the expansion of tenant protections and social housing 🧵:
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For decades, Broadway Junction has needed & deserved major upgrades: accessibility, street safety, improved public space, and more. Today I am proud to have helped secure $95 million for street and public realm improvements at Broadway Junction and the surrounding communities.
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Ryan regularly testified at Sanitation hearings and was instrumental in passing a Resolution for the Bigger Better Bottle Bill. He worked hard to support the canning community in NYC. Thank you Ryan for all your contributions to the larger movement, you will be deeply missed.
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Closing #Rikers is crucial for NYC's future. Investing in mental health and justice impacted supportive housing is the path to true public safety. I’m proud to co-author this op-ed with @iamdarrenmack on the need for key investments to get us there.
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Every single person I’ve spoken with on Rikers had problems with the commissary including the costs and that many items were often unavailable. Detainees and their families, who are predominantly low income, should not face price gouging by large companies while in our care.
The Adams’ administration has awarded a $33 million contract to a Rikers a concessionaire that has charged incarcerated people prices twice as high as those at local stores. In doing so, they overrode the contract’s rejection by the comptroller.
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“It’s this surreal kind of experience where we are looking at these figures that loom above us or are scattered throughout public space, who represent these deep wounds of racism and brutality.”
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It’s time NYC gets serious about supporting our immigrant entrepreneurs who make our city so vibrant. We need to #liftthecap on vendor permits and stop arresting folks selling churros. I’m proud to stand with @VendorPower! . 📸: @willalatriste
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4/ What will the bill do?. ✅Set a target goal of creating 1 toilet per 2,000 people. ✅Identify public & private sites that can be utilized for public 🚽. ✅Creates a public map of existing & planned 🚽 w/ their design features!
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SAVE THE DATE : Summer Kickball Kickoff!! ⚽️ Join us on July 16th as we take on @BKBPReynoso's office in our inaugural kickball match.
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I am extremely disappointed with the exclusion of Brooklyn Community District 5 - the site of the City's first and only basement conversion pilot - from the State's basement & cellar legalization pilot program. See below for my full statement.
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Right now, there are workers and families choosing between paying rent or buying groceries. They’re stuck between getting medical help or paying utilities. In a state with over 100 billionaires, we can and must do better by New York workers. It’s time for $21.25/hr!
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The climate and environmental crises calls us to quickly and effectively mobilize plans and resources for a sustainable and livable future. Join us in advocating for the historic Zero Waste Package that has over 40 Council Members signed on. We can do this NYC!
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ICYMI!. Yesterday @CMShahanaHanif & I introduced Intro 1153 to require monthly reports on homeless removals, including sweeps, cleanups, move-along orders, and more. This bill will bring much-needed transparency & accountability to a harmful, counterproductive practice 🧵.
“. every dollar spent on sweeps and removals is one less dollar spent on housing.”. New @CMSandyNurse & @CMShahanaHanif bill would require City Hall to report monthly on the # of street homeless NYers removed from public places. Via @emma_a_whitford:
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Thank you to @CityAndStateNY for recognizing our advocacy to #GetSanitationDone! Not only do I want mandatory composting, the @NYCCouncil wants a full restoration and expansion of @NYCSanitation’s budget, and upfront investments in #zerowaste infrastructure for Zero Waste by 2030
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Tonight I testified in support of @NYCHealthSystem and @nynurses fighting for a fair contract, safe staffing and pay parity. With so much wealth in NYS, it’s immoral not to ensure a strong, high quality public health system, and that starts with supporting our frontline workers.
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Thank you to @NYsunworks @RepJeffries @NYCMayor @BKBPReynoso for all the work that went into the new hydroponic lab at PS 158! I am very excited to “grow” this initiative!
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The @NYCMayor’s November Plan cut community composting. Thankfully, a philanthropic donor chipped in to keep 65 @GrowNYC workers on the job. Yet, 50+ workers will still be laid off and big compost sites will close by January. My statement with @NYCSpeakerAdams & @JustinBrannan
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🌳🗑 Join us for a Community Clean Up on Sat 2/25 from 10-1pm at @cypresshills Community Center (276 Chestnut St.). Help keep our neighborhood clean and beautiful for everyone! Lunch will be provided for all volunteers. In partnership with @nycsmallbiz, @eastnewyorkclt & @CHLDC
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We are super excited to sponsor a FREE Immigrant Resource Fair in partnership w/@NydiaVelazquez & @elpuentepalante!. ⏰When: Sat, Feb 24 from 11 - 2PM.📍Where: RiseBoro Youth Center (1474 Gates Ave)
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3/ NYC doesn’t have a citywide plan to maintain or increase the number of public toilets. Let’s fix that!. Let’s cut the bureaucratic red tape for siting and construction, and reduce costs across the board.
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Our graphics were done by our awesome Summer Intern Insia ✨.
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I'm proud to be amongst 50 elected officials standing with the family of Kawaski Trawick & @watchthecops to call on @NYCMayor & @NYPDPC to prevent last-minute changes by NYPD to misconduct charges against Officers Thompson & Davis. The Trawick family & NYers deserve fairness.
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