Housing Rally today at 10:30am! @LincolnRestler & I will join tenants of Riverside Buildings to urge notoriously bad landlord Pinnacle to address chronic neglect in their rent-stabilized buildings.
Watch live here: https://t.co/hgGcR480Tu
What an incredible day at the 11th Annual Dyslexia Advocacy Day. Thank you to all the students, families, educators, and advocates who come to Albany to share their stories and advocate for stronger literacy policies & support for students with dyslexia.
During Mental Health Awareness Month, I was honored to receive the NAMI Legislator of the Year Award. Grateful to work alongside NAMI to strengthen mental health across NY. Thank you, James Norton and the advocates who nominated me for this recognition.
💐 for the amazing @JoAnneSimonBK52.
Her bill to end the 100 foot rule (passed last year) will prevent gas companies from making ~you~ pay for other people’s gas hookups while gas tycoons get richer destroying our planet.
NY is lucky to have her climate leadership.
@SenTuberville Fuck any politician reposting images of 9/11 for clout. Everyone I know lost someone that day. I still have PTSD from what I saw. 50,000 first responders & others now suffer from 9/11 illness. Our pain isn’t your cannon fodder. Work out your Islamophobia with your therapist.
Hundreds rallied today to defend NY and fund our future!
From NY4All to taxing the ultra-wealth and corporations to upholding the CLCPA and making polluters pay, NYers are standing united.
@GovKathyHochul, stand with New Yorkers.
This bill ensures the public is notified & can engage when a hospital or major unit may close. It also ensures better NYS oversight.
Its not a silver bullet for Trump’s cuts but it provides time to try to save the facility or make other plans for the public to get healthcare.
Trump's healthcare cuts puts 70+ NY hospitals at risk of closure. Cuts start taking effect in January.
My Local Input in Community Healthcare Act w/@NYSenatorRivera protects hospital access for millions of NYers.
We urge @GovKathyHochul to sign the bill. 1/2
I’m enjoying our Democratic Retreat to discuss the coming year’s session… a highlight is always reconnecting with great allies like @JoAnneSimonBK52 who is fighting like hell for our environmental policies! We are enjoying the ALL ELECTRIC fittings of our hotel!
As chairs of the Senate & Assembly Mental Health Committees, @samraforsenate & I know what works when it comes to our mental health system — and we see only one NYC mayoral candidate with a clear, effective plan: @ZohranKMamdani.
We proudly endorse him for Mayor.
This is a disgusting abuse of power. ICE’s arrest of @bradlander is meant to intimidate & silence, not protect.
He showed up in solidarity with immigrants following the law, & when confronted, asked to see the required warrant.
This is nothing but ICE playing politics. Shame!
W/@SenatorPersaud: Having experienced threats of political violence ourselves, we are devastated by a gunman’s targeting of Minnesota legislators. Our hearts go out to their families and their communities. These are contentious times, but violence is never the answer.
I’m deeply disappointed @GovKathyHochul vetoed my LICH Act w/@NYSenatorRivera.
It would have improved NY oversight & community engagement BEFORE, not after a hospital or major unit closes. Closures leave NYers struggling w/reduced healthcare & longer emergency response times 1/3
When a hospital closes, it’s more than a building shutting down—it’s cutting off a lifeline. @NYSenatorRivera & our colleagues sent a letter urging @GovKathyHochul to sign the LICH Act.
If NY is serious about mental health, maternity, & health care, sign LICH.
We're sick of gun makers ignoring their role in gun violence. Time to put people over profit. I'm thrilled @GovKathyHochul signed 6 bills, including my bill w/@bradhoylman ensuring guns can’t be easily converted into illegal fully-automatic machine guns w/Glock switches.
Congratulations to the University of Michigan Wolverines on becoming 2024 College Football Champions!
Today, you are true victors – bringing your team's first championship win since 1997 home to Ann Arbor.
You've made every American who dons the Maize and Blue proud.
WE WON!
I am deeply grateful to the voters of District 19 for their show of support and the trust placed in me and my candidacy. I want to thank my primary opponents @BaeforQueens and @PaulGraziano19 for running incredible campaigns.