Laura Tamman

Political Science Prof @PaceUniversity, Alum of @GC_CUNY, @UniversityofGA & @Hilda_BeastOxf. Devoted #Swifty and @ArcadeFire obsessed. I❤️good trouble.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

Proposal 6 would move New York City elections to the same year as presidential elections once state law allows it — a change that could double voter turnout in city elections. Double! We can do this!

[Vital City @VitalCityNYC]

Should New York City elections fall on even years? Some say nationalizing local elections is bad for them. Laura Tamman argues that driving turnout higher so that mayors have something closer to a true mandate is absolutely worth any downside. https://t.co/Iucgo44Tw4

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@JeffWice @SpeakerMenin @NYCCFB @NYElectionNews @RedistrictNet @NYLawSchool Mazel Tov!

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

This. Is. Amazing.

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

Eric Adams' Charter Revision Commission (which insists it's alive even though Mamdani ordered it disbanded) just ended its 2nd hearing, held in a Brooklyn church's basement gym.

Only 1 person showed up to testify (she asked mostly about how to get in touch with Mamdani's team).

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@emilykmay What offensive or unhelpful things did well meaning family members and friends say as you were going through the divorce? I like to read a dos and don’ts piece re how to best support (or at least not amplify pain) a friend or family member through that transition.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@emilykmay Love this piece! Btw, what is your blue s*y handle? I want to skeet it over there.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@emilykmay Demi Moore’s memoir is also excellent.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@absnola @emilykmay Omg SO GOOD. Reading it felt like getting drunk with a childhood friend who became a sorority girl.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@amypassalacqua @emilykmay I concur - I loved her memoir.

[Tony Westpy complete shiny dex for now @tdarkhorse4]

holy shit this is a GOOD piece

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

I love how much credence is given to this random dude’s assessment of their marriage while the wife’s perspective is dismissed.

[Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson]

Weirdly, I was talking to someone about Belle Burden yesterday, before the New Yorker leveled the financial claims in her memoir this morning. Suspect now that the dam has broken we’ll hear the real story, and Belle will seem far less saintly than she has been allowed to pretend.

[Rosie Gray @RosieGray]

Late to this discourse but this piece doesn't change my perception of Strangers at all. She doesn't pretend not to be very rich and privileged. The emotional impact of the divorce stuff isn't bc she'll literally be destitute, it's bc the guy behaves like a psycho

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

I had the same reaction. Hey @NewYorker, WTF? It does not seem like Jessica Winter and whoever edited this piece actually read Burden’s book - they just read the coverage. And whatever email her ex husband’s PR team sent them.

[emily may @emilykmay]

The New Yorker piece infuriated me so much that I had to write a piece about it. Link in replies.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@emilykmay Girl, same.

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

Ran into a paediatric colleague the other day and we were both stunned by how few cases of RSV that were admitted this winter season. This is a bug that used to fill wards with infants struggling to breathe, all thanks to the new RSV vaccine.
Science is incredible.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

In addition to making streets impassable for those with disabilities, they are also impossible for strollers. Double super extra impossible for twin strollers. My lower back can tell you all about it.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

A major issue with NYC snow removal is that streets are plowed by the city and sidewalks are shoveled by private property owners, while pedestrian landings/crosswalks at intersections are no one’s responsibility.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@errollouis is one of NYC’s greatest treasures. Sadly, former mayor @ericadamsfornyc is one of our NYC’s most tragic disappointments.

[Eric Adams @ericadamsfornyc]

.@errollouis, on the campaign trail, I publicly criticized your magazine for failing to hire Black writers. They hired you, and you’ve spent four years using that platform to attack me, but I have remained silent.

You called me corrupt. Yet there are no gold bars, no payoffs, no stolen money, no cash in my home. Nothing. Repeat a lie long enough and some people start calling it truth.

I knew who your father was. Ed Louis. The Knapp Commission found he was part of systemic corruption in the NYPD. What you are trying to do to me was done to him. He worried about his son.

I have a son too. His name is Jordan.

Jealousy has curdled into anger and vengeance. All I can do now is pray for you.

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

so much to dissect with these oscar noms but right now i’m just happy sentimental value defied the odds (and SAG) and overperformed

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

Classy till the end.

[Timmy Facciola @TimmyFacciola_]

In one of his last acts as an employee of NYC, @Fabien_Levy removed me from
the City Hall press list.

If any Democrats are looking to hire a flack who is both petty and openly hostile to the First Amendment, I think he’s probably looking for work.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

Simply the best.

[Jay Bobbin @JayBobbin1]

.@NY1 has really gotten the job done for #NYC these past hours. Kudos to @DeanMeminger @ShannanFerry @RogerClark41 @errollouis @bern_hogan @courtneycgross @AyanaHarry @KellyMena @bcuza @OliviaLeachNews and so many more for their #NewYearsEve and #Inauguration coverage.

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

Anybody know what instrument @lucydacus accompanist is playing?

[Laura Tamman @LauraTamman]

@AsadFromNYC LOVE!!!!🥰