We’re investing $15M to transform McCarren’s asphalt lot into a new green space that will also be the biggest green infrastructure project in all of North Brooklyn.
But we need your input on the redesign! Join our virtual community meeting on May 7 at 6:30PM. Register at: bit.ly/mccarrenupgr...
The Mayor’s unequivocal urging that the state make the rich pay their fair share has been critical to this first success. We will continue to push to ensure New York City’s budget is not settled on the backs of working-class New Yorkers."
The Governor's announced pied-à-terre tax on second homes worth $5 million or more is a critical step in the right direction.
We know this would not have been possible without everyday New Yorkers and tireless advocates making their voices heard in Albany.
IN FULL: "For years, our caucus has been organizing to end the housing crisis and make our city a more equitable place to live. This year members advocated to state partners, submitted testimony at committees, and rallied alongside grassroots organizers in Albany to demand our state tax the rich.
STATEMENT Progressive leaders @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social CM Santosuosso celebrate first-in-the-nation, pied-à-terre tax as an important first step, urging state leaders to continue to overhaul the tax code to deliver a fairer, more just New York
Good. The Pride flag belongs at Stonewall.
Queer people will never be erased, no matter how hard the Trump admin tries.
My office is working closely with the Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, Queens Community Board 1, and community-based organizations, including Breaking Ground, to reach out to our neighbors living in the encampment on 30th Ave and Steinway.
The numbers are in and they are damning: 62% of NYers can’t afford to live here. The median white household holds 15x the wealth of the median Black household.
The True Cost of Living report & Racial Equity Plan show the affordability crisis is a racial justice crisis.
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Happy Easter from CWA! 🐣
We like to think so too!
Excellent opportunities here.
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Wishing everyone celebrating today Chag Pesach Sameach! This holiday prompts all of us to recommit to pursuing liberation and justice. May you celebrate this holiday of freedom with loved ones, rest, and delicious food.
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Happy Passover!
Happy Passover from the NYC Labor Movement!
While Trump is eroding civil liberties, NYC cannot expand police discretion over when and where people can speak and organize. Today I voted against two bills that would require the police to plan buffer zones where protest would be restricted outside of schools and houses of worship.
Today, we call on Mayor Mamdani to drop the legal strategy of his predecessor, and reach a resolution that delivers immediate benefit to those waiting in shelter, or facing imminent eviction from their homes. In a housing crisis, we cannot afford anything less.” 3/3
Our members led the charge to expand the program, passing Local Laws 99, 100, 101, and 102 and then overriding the veto of former Mayor Eric Adams. Since the override, an estimated 25,000 New Yorkers who could have benefited from the legislation have been evicted; that is unconscionable.
Council Progressives issue the following statement:
“This week, the Mayor appealed a court ruling that requires the city to expand access to CityFHEPS, a vital housing voucher program that is a lifeline for the most vulnerable New Yorkers. 1/3
Traditional responses—primarily policing and prosecution—have not succeeded in reversing the trend of growing hate violence in our city and across the country
We appreciate JFREJ’s leadership on this critical issue
🔗 Read more at nycagainsthate.org
🎉 ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Following an internal vote, we have formally adopted @jfrejnyc.bsky.social’s Hate Violence Prevention plan for FY27
JFREJ proposes over $26 million invested in hate-violence prevention initiatives grounded in research and community-based public safety approaches
Make ‘em Pay pushes both sides of City Hall, City agencies, and the Law Department to strengthen enforcement, collect overdue penalties, and curb corporate greed making the city unsafe and unaffordable
🔗 Read more at peoplesplan.nyc/make-em-pay/
🎉 ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Following an internal vote, we have formally adopted @peoplesplannyc.bsky.social’s Make ‘Em Pay proposal for FY27
NYC is owed hundreds of millions of 💸💸💸 from bad landlords and corporations whose lawbreaking endangers workers and tenants
Statement from @tiffanycaban.bsky.social and myself on ICE being deployed to several airports today.
Following Mayor Mamdani’s appeal in the ongoing CityFHEPs litigation, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez, Chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings and lead sponsor of Local Laws 101 and 102 of 2023 shared the following 👇👇:
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@tiffanycaban.bsky.social @cmsandynurse.bsky.social standing with @jfrejnyc.bsky.social at their #NYCAgainstHateViolence launch
ICYMI: I chaired last week’s Civil & Human Rights preliminary budget hearing.
The message was clear: the agencies responsible for protecting NYers from discrimination & advancing racial equity are being chronically underfunded, weakening enforcement when people need it most.
TBT to last week’s first-ever hearing of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood Education.
Early childhood providers - overwhelmingly women of color - are the backbone of this system. Yet too many are paid poverty wages & forced to work 2nd and 3rd jobs.
We have to stop paying women less to do more.
