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Dad / Husband / Staten Islander / NYC Council GOP Leader / former State Legislator / writer / frustrated NYer / struggling golfer

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Why is it moral for the @MTA to fractionally improve air quality in the wealthiest zip codes, by making it worse in the poorest? We asked MTA Chair Lieber to explain it to us. He declined. See what I said.
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The same DOJ fighting to keep mask mandates at your kid’s school.
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Why is it ok for a Biden to make 80k a month from a foreign gas company, but not ok for a Pennsylvania man to make 80k per year from an American gas company?
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To be clear, Mayor de Blasio is saying that 45% of blacks, 40% of whites, and 30% of Hispanics will be ineligible and legally barred from working in New York City in 20 days.
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A sad scene at Brooklyn Hospital #Covid_19 #coronavirus
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Half the NYPD would volunteer for this detail, even on their day off... whereas it’s common knowledge that the governor’s own state trooper detail has long hated him.
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Gov. Cuomo says: Trump 'better have an army to protect him if he comes to NYC'
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Happy Saturday, #StatenIsland
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I'll be having more than 10 ppl at my house on Thanksgiving. My address is public record. Some family will come from (gasp!) New Jersey. Kids will see their grandparents, cousins will play in the yard, sis in law will bring strawberry rhubarb pie, & a turkey will be overcooked.
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For Cuomo staff, the question is whether or not you keep assisting the coverup.
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Right now, you can go anywhere you want in New York City unvaccinated, except your job. End the mandate, @NYCMayor
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Just so sick of people pretending like these are rational civilized people fighting the oppressors or something. They are savages. I don't care, unfollow me, unfriend me, cancel me, whatever. Defend the man in this video, I dare you.
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I am I remember when @JaniceDean was dismissed as a cooky conspiracy theorist by the governor's staff for claiming there was a wild illegal coverup by the governor's staff years old today.
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Final Update: Problem solved. We should all pay a debt of gratitude to the Tunnel to Tower foundation. They are getting the job done. The Tribute in Lights will happen!
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We will have a lawsuit through our attorney partners ready to go as soon as the mandate is implemented, if not sooner. Just an fyi.
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Thank you @staceyabrams for doing more to end mask mandates than any other democrat in the country. We owe you!
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John Tester shld resign, he made unfounded & inaccurate assertions against an honorable person who served democrats, republicans & American servicemen well. He made these claims in public and on record. People have rowed over to Weehawken for less. Cc: @jontester
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BBQ Protocol: If man A is grilling on his grill, but has to go inside to get more delicious meat, and man B believes the meat currently on the grill should be turned, should man B ever flip the meat?
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Government employees must be masked in #NYC , unless they are at the New York State Democratic Party convention. 🎉
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The governor had no time to answer the legislature, the DOJ, & the press on Covid deaths... but found time to write, publicize, & push a 320 page book on “Leadership lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic.” Seriously, go away. #CuomoCoverup #CuomosGottaGo
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So New York’s bail law allows you to attack a political candidate with a knife and be released on your own recognizance within hours? Maybe there should be a carve out for would-be assassins. Wow.
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I wish most NY Democrats would say in public what they say about Cuomo behind his back.
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This is Phil Salzone, an 88 year old Staten Island grandfather & proud Korean War Vet. He asked me to share this pic to let everyone know how happy he was to live long enough to see the progress @realDonaldTrump has made w/ North Korea on peace.
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What happened to “Don’t make me come down there,” @NYGovCuomo ? Was that just a joke, or are you the joke? #OpenSafely #openNYC
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Cuomo’s going to have another bad week.
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The White House #COVID19 advisor has absolutely no explanation why states with lockdowns are doing worse than states without them.... basically, SoRrY we BaNkRuPtED yOuR BuSiNESs & StAtE yOu GuYs
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There’s more and @NYGovCuomo knows it.
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Didn’t go as planned ... 🤔
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Before the mayor cancels Donald Trump’s contracts with NYC, should he ask how many people will be rendered unemployed not named Donald Trump?
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In Florida, the press is dunking on ⁦ @GovRonDeSantis ⁩ for seniors waiting on line overnight to get vaccinated. In New York, where ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ is idolized by most press, seniors aren’t even eligible to be vaccinated yet because of his rules.
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In case anyone was wondering why you stopped hearing about Texas two weeks after their restrictions were 100% lifted....
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Mayor de Blasio is announcing that 69% of Blacks, 58% of Latinos, and the majority of Bronx residents are ineligible to eat in a restaurant or go to a gym.
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LEAKED PHOTO FROM OVERWORKED ER DOC AT @SIUHOSPITAL It’s a list of local restaurants who donated food to the staff, so they can thank them later... this is just from ONE NIGHT! People are good. Can’t forget that. #Covid_19 #WhenCoronaVirusIsOver #CoronaUpdate #Quarantine
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Folks, the answer is no. NEVER. A man knows his own grill. The hot spots; the closed hood cooking temps; the correct knob settings. It’s an art, not an oven. He should estimate & have a good sense the time needed to prep & place. He would never leave a grill fully unattended
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Powerful @AP photo of Californians on the side of the road to see the Presidential motorcade
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Cuomo is getting desperate. Calling around tonight and begging NYC pols not issue statement. His problem is that they don’t see a benefit being loyal to him anymore.
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@MaxBoot Don't you get paid by Jeff Bezos ?
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No, @nycHealthy , heroin addiction is not empowering This is the opposite of “harm reduction.” This normalizes injecting deadly life-changing drugs “avoid using alone” 🤔 “Start w small doses” 👀 “Using safely” 😳 This is twisted Did you approve this @NYCHealthCommr ?
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President Obama should be able to have a massive 60th blowout... we all should. Thats the point.
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I told you more stories would be coming out... ... and this won’t be the last. ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ has to resign. #Cuomosgottago
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In the last 24 hrs, a dozen private planes, presumably carrying the kind of fancy people @NYGovCuomo likes, landed at 2 airports (FOK, HTO) in the Hamptons. They arrived from KY GA NC FL OH SC MD & WI Were they stopped & ordered quarantined, or thats just for schmucks at LGA?
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Will anyone protest the death of 77 year old retired police Captain David Dorn? He was shot to death by looters as he tried to stop them from stealing TVs.
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It’s incredible, you actually cannot tweet the @nypost story about #HunterBiden (a person whose alleged corruption has been covered by many other news orgs in the past) Try the #censorship for yourself!
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This isnt good. Violence will not change the outcome. Assaulting police will not help. It is bad when liberal groups do it, and its bad now. Period.
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Will @SenGillibrand speak against @NYGovCuomo as she did when it was her colleague and friend, Senator Franken?
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From my twitter feed it seems like @AndrewYang is the clear winner in tonight’s #DemDebate
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Update: I am coordinating with the head of the AFL-CIO NYC Central Labor Council. There are men and women who would be honored to do the work of presenting the Tribute in Lights at the World Trade Center. The @Sept11Memorial must rethink their decision.
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The new normal in #deblasiosnewyork
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A woman is dead in Georgia because the New York City Council passed local laws barring the NYPD from cooperating with ICE, and as such the suspect was released without any notification to federal law enforcement.
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Business Owners: Today's New York Times story shows that Cuomo probably wasn't listening to his own health department when he shut you down.
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But it can’t be! They stopped! Ben Rhodes told us so. Doesn’t the Ayatollah care about Obama’s legacy?!?!
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Iran announced that it had completed a new centrifuge assembly center at the Natanz nuclear site, in a first step to increasing its enrichment capacity
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Imagine thinking you're important enough to endanger people in "car chase" to avoid having your picture taken because you like certain photographers but not other ones, and then it coming out that you kind of exaggerated & leaked the whole "car chase" to sound cool & important
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New York City decided to not follow the science today. Plain and simple. The harm done by closing schools (of what little kids even had) will be irreparable in the long run.
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Our @GovKathyHochul , maskless, announced she would not be removing the mask mandate on students, despite science.
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Hearing another shoe may drop tomorrow, but what do I know... 💧 💧 💧 #CuomoCoverup #CuomosGottaGo
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This is horrific. Deaths are the only objective and final measure, and he did worse by that metric than any governor and most world leaders. You would have to be a sociopath to have that record and be on the victory book tour. You are sick, @NYGovCuomo !
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Cuomo making the national TV rounds to promote his forthcoming #COVID19 book. He’ll be on CBS Sunday Morning and then Tuesday on “Live with Kelly and Ryan” And then there’s the private events that @JonCampbellGAN wrote about...
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Criminal. Impeach. Indict. Convict. #cuomosgottago
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Also, shame on a lot of news outlets who covered him like he was the second coming when there were legit questions that were being sidelined through his absolute control over press briefings. Hard to ignore that @cnn is the most blatant example.
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Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn't find out
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9 more days until Cuomo expects the restaurants he’s shut to pay their quarterly sales tax payments. Exempt them. Treat it as a grant proportional to their revenue. Help someone.
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Want to hear how big of pieces of shit @NYGovCuomo @NYCMayor & the state liquor authority are? Listen to this one Joyce’s tavern had never been visited by the State Liquor Authority... not during Covid, not before, & had no violations They’re are getting killed financially (1)
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We’re going to win on foreign citizen voting in #NYC . Stay tuned.
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CaN yoU BuH-LieVe hOw tHe RePuBLiCaNs aRe GeRrYmAnDeRiNg?
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Five #FDNY firehouses were closed today due to staffing shortages.
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Really incredible to see the effort @DonaldJTrumpJr & @kimguilfoyle are putting in visiting countless states & districts for @realDonaldTrump & @GOP . Can’t hurt that it seems like they genuinely enjoy every minute, selfie & handshake.
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Today is #ElectionDay in #NYC . Don’t complain about Bill de Blasio & Jumaane Williams if you don’t bother to vote. And vote NO on Prop 2. Take a stand for our police officers.
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Why didnt Cuomo and the Health Dept put as much thought into #Covid_19 nursing home policy as they are into #covid potato chip policy?
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Rand Paul is an asshole.
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“The truth is... He’s the weakest, he’s the dumbest, & he’s the most shallow of them all. He is genuinely a very small man who pretends to be big.” - Cuomo aide “He is guilty of everything.”
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Crowds turning out for @leezeldin on #statenIsland
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There is now a criminal investigation of ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ and co by the Attorney General on whether they misused state resources, something they plainly did.
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@jessicaramos Shit, this is actually a good argument
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Fascinating to watch Governor Cuomo unravel with just the slightest questioning and push back, something he rarely faces. Hopefully he gets more of that.
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This is great. This was great when Obama did it. This was great when W did it. This was great when Bill did it (and took Dole w him for Xmas). & so on. Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks to our troops. 🇺🇸 🦃 🇺🇸
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Putting aside all of ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ legal and ethical issues… the rationale for kicking him to the curb is already there. He is the Worst Governor in America.
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“A sober examination of Cuomo’s record reveals that he oversaw the single worst coronavirus response in the world... The fatality rate in New York is 67 percent above that of Peru, the highest of any nation on earth.”
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This is #NYC tonight. Manhattan, not a right wing backwater. People are ready to start reopening and our businesses and workers need it. We need to see some urgency - not blue ribbon commissions, business czars, & bureaucracy - just reasonable guidelines that we can safely follow
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Summed perfectly by @jessebwatters - "If tweets are hurting @realDonaldTrump , why are Dems telling him to stop?"
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I realize now the best thing I can do to help @realDonaldTrump is to travel town to town in swing states and scare people with de Blasio ghost stories. America needs me.
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While Hochul was Governor or Lt Gov., 34 people convicted in connection with KILLING A COP have been released on parole by the governor's parole board. Not one, not two, not six... but 34. #FireKathyHochul #LeeZeldinforGovernor
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This is good leadership. The Archdiocese of NY will remove the mask mandate the moment the stay is lifted. Enough with the mask theater in schools.
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FYI, same folks wrote basically the same story on almost the same date in 2016.
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While we are talking about climate change, can we talk about why it takes 20+ years to build a neighborhood sewer, or why fully-funded Superstorm Sandy emergency projects didn’t see a shovel in the ground throughout Cuomo’s entire governorship? #Ida
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It would be really something if Andrew’s criminality sinks two Cuomo careers.
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Reminder if you’ve never cooked Turkey before: if yours is frozen, take it out of the freezer now. Happy Thanksgiving
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In the end it was Cuomo, not America, who was never that great.
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"Take responsibility"
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Today my father would have turned 88. I know that he would be proud of NYers today. Many nights during this crisis, I asked myself, what my father would tell me? I knew what he’d say: Take responsibility. And he’d quote Churchill: Never give up never give up never give up.
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. @leezeldin is about to win
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐋: Lee Zeldin holds 𝟭 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧 lead over Kathy Hochul in New York Governor Race (R) Lee Zeldin 46% (+1) (D) Kathy Hochul 45% Independents (R) Lee Zeldin 47% (+9) (D) Kathy Hochul 38% ⦿ @coefficientpoll | 1056 LV | 10/18-19
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Last night in #NYC #NYPD 4 shot in (44th Pct) 4 (48) 2 (75) 1 (81) 1 (114) 1 (45) 1 (42) 1 (43) 1 (40) 1 (67) 1 (34) 1 (79) 1 (46) 1 (114) ———— 21 shot in 10 hrs since midnight. More than the 20 the entire week of 6/8/19 in 10 hours.
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If you’re an NY based or national journalist and are upset Walker didn’t show up for a second debate with Warnock, make sure you post your “Hochul not debating on network TV at all” tweet first…
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Really disingenuous that some news outlets which touted Russian collusion for a year aren’t leading w the headline that Rosenstein said definitively that there was no collusion with any Americans.
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The Cuomo response shows he has no shame
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I wish Oprah would go heavy into what their idea of “working” is...
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