Looks like you had a rockin’ time! Happy holidays & a happy new year @PS396Bx!

Thank you @BronxFreePress for covering this amazing day & congratulations to @CityJeansPre! Read the article from the “Boogie Down’s bilingual newspaper” at

Governor Cuomo this week signs important #NursingHome oversight bill I carry with @NYSenatorRivera. Expands oversight and transparency, adds more reporting in cases of patient abuse. Good progress, but need to do #AdultHomes too next session. @LTCconsumer

Profoundly thankful to incoming Senate Majority Leader @AndreaSCousins for appointing me as Chair of the Senate Health Committee. Looking forward to a transformative year with @NYSenDems.

I'm elated that my bill to require hospital protocols for obstetric hemorrhage was signed. Obstetric hemorrhage is severe & life-endangering blood loss when giving birth. These protocols will ensure hospitals are implementing best practices to protect women's lives. (1/2)

Also this yr, my bill to establish a NYS Maternal Mortality Review Board became law. These changes show our state's commitment to prevent & reduce maternal deaths & to confront racial disparities putting black mothers at particularly high risk in the delivery room & beyond. (2/2)

I know a political maneuver when I see one, too. Cynically trying to use sex crime survivors as fodder to justify hiring 500 cops to crack down on fare evasion is not OK.

This is indeed a fact. But not a fun one.

Hey Zack, maybe you could have reached out to @KevinThomasNY about this? I think he may have given you some insight...#JustSayin

#BREAKING: My colleagues and I have sent a letter to @NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke and incoming CEO Jeff Shell, calling on the company to take concrete action to address a toxic workplace culture of silencing survivors. Full letter & release 👉 https://t.co/5CxXiF80fW

US Senators @SenKevinThomas @SenatorParker @NYSenatorRivera and @LeroyComrie took an extensive tour of @AmityAbuDhabi school. They complimented the Principal and the school team on the amazing facilities @vhussain @ADEK_tweet.

United States Senators @SenKevinThomas @SenatorParker @NYSenatorRivera and @LeroyComrie got an extensive tour of @AmityDUBAI and even enjoyed a game of cricket with our students. Thanks for joining us. @vhussain @DIAC_Community @KHDA

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT!🚨Today we endorse 10 progressive champions and allies across NY for Congress, State Senate, and State Assembly. Working with them and our allies, we will achieve even more progress for NY in 2020! 👇 /1

So if a politician tells you they oppose reforming the current healthcare system because they want to preserve "choice," either they don't know what they're talking about - or they're willfully ignoring the truth. I assure you, the insurance industry is delighted either way 11/11

The truth, of course, is you have little "choice" in healthcare now. Most can’t keep their plan as long as they want, or visit any doctor or hospital. Some reforms, like Medicare For All, *would* let you. In other words, M4A actually offers more choice than the status quo. 10/11

The difference is, this time *Democrats* are the ones parroting the misleading “choice” talking point. And they're even using it as a weapon against each other. Back in my insurance PR days, this would have stunned me. I bet my old colleagues are thrilled, and celebrating. 9/11

Knowing we were losing the "choice" argument, my pals in the insurance industry spent millions on lobbying, ads and spin doctors -- all designed to gaslight Americans into thinking that reforming the status quo would somehow give them “less choice.” 6/11

As industry insiders, we also knew most Americans have very little choice of their plan. Your company chooses an insurance provider and you get to pick from a few different plans offered by that one insurer, usually either a high deductible plan or a higher deductible plan 4/11

Absolutely heartbroken abt the tragic passing of Carmen Vega-Rivera, a community warrior who fought relentlessly to give her neighbors a better future. My love & condolences to her companions in the struggle. As @Vanessalgibson said: we’ve lost a great one. Rest in Power, Hermana

As a health insurance PR guy, we knew one of the huge *vulnerabilities* of the current system was LACK of choice. In the current system, you can’t pick your own doc, specialist, or hospital without huge “out of network” bills. So we set out to muddy the issue of "choice." 3/11