Ed Lazere
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Director of Legislative Advocacy at @UPOinDC. Chair, @DC4D. Advocate for racial & economic justice. Parent. Baker.
Washington DC
Joined July 2009
hope to see you tonight to learn about the RFK Billionaire giveaway and how to fight for a better deal!.
Join this Zoom session for an in-depth analysis of the mayor's RFK billionaire giveaway, and how to get a better deal! https://bit. ly/BadRDKdeal
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Join this Zoom session for an in-depth analysis of the mayor's RFK billionaire giveaway, and how to get a better deal! https://bit. ly/BadRDKdeal
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I just wrote a letter: Invest in the DC Healthcare Alliance. Write one here:
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The budget before the DC Council right now would dismantle the DC Healthcare Alliance, which provides critical health care coverage to residents with low incomes who do not qualify for Medicaid, most...
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RT @BrianneKNadeau: Great deep dive by Suzie Amanuel. There’s no evidence that TOPA is hurting investment in affordable housing in DC. Whil….
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TOPA is on the chopping block, but a closer look at the data suggest the truth is more complicated than political rhetoric.
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RT @TazraMitchell: The Mayor's inequality budget slashes TANF cash assistance by $130.8 million across the financial plan. She wants to:.❌….
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RT @CMZParker5: We’re being told to treat the RFK Development Deal as the crown jewel of the FY26 budget — as if it’s the most pressing nee….
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RT @BrianneKNadeau: I will not vote to approve a bill that places conditions on tenants’ rights to participate in the sale of their home. U….
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This budget from @MayorBowser is the MOST anti-worker, anti-renter, anti-family, anti- poor families, & the MOST pro-billionaire I've seen in 25 years of DC budgets.
We would, in fact, put it that way. Read our initial analysis of what’s in the mayor’s proposal and how it relies on disproven “trickle-down” tactics at the expense of residents most sidelined in our economy:.
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The @FairBudgetDC Housing Town Hall and accountability session at Sycamore and Oak is underway!! Perfect night for it!
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Now that @MayorBowser has proposed $850 million for an NFL stadium -- instead of housing or schools -- concerned residents need to speak up! Join @CMCharlesAllen, neighbors & local policy experts on 4/29 to hear Why RFK Is Better w/o a Stadium!
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Hear why an NFL stadium is the wrong choice for RFK & what community-focused development would look like - see virtual option below!
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Join me 4/29 at a community forum for people concerned about what an NFL stadium at RFK would mean. Hear from neighbors and policy experts about why a stadium is the wrong choice for DC residents & our economy!
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Evictions in DC are close to a 10-yr high, yet @councilofdc votes today on a bill to restrict access to emergency rental assistance, saying too many people are avoiding eviction. Any reforms should protect people with legit claims for help.
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RT @LegalAidDC: Today Legal Aid DC and other legal service organizations sent a letter to the Council opposing a bill that would lead to mo….
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RT @TazraMitchell: DC failed to make progress against poverty and grow median incomes in 2023, showing the Mayor's "Comeback" plan is faili….
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Despite a growing economy, DC failed to reduce poverty overall and for children and Black residents in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS).
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RT @LegalAidDC: Statement from Executive Director Vikram Swaruup on the “Emergency Rental Assistance Reform Amendment Act of 2024,” which w….
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FY 2025 DC budget cuts will compound the loss of federal pandemic aid: 60% cut in emergency rental aid, elimination of an $80 monthly supplement to SNAP food benefits, & thousands of families losing rental aid from Rapid Rehousing. Evictions may reach a 10-year high.
Federal pandemic aid created unprecedented economic security for low-income DC families, but now it’s all gone. My new report finds a typical DC family got $30,000 in pandemic aid from 2020 thru 2022. That dwindled to $400 in 2023 & nothing in 2024.
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Federal pandemic aid created unprecedented economic security for low-income DC families, but now it’s all gone. My new report finds a typical DC family got $30,000 in pandemic aid from 2020 thru 2022. That dwindled to $400 in 2023 & nothing in 2024.
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RT @EricaWilli: Rhetoric by some on Council that DC spending is out of control is unfounded. DC's budget (the local portion funded by our i….
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