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Just asked RUBEN GALLEGO three times point blank why he said minors and DACA are protected by Laken Riley Act.
Nothing.
"Did you actually *read* the bill before cosponsoring?"
Nothing.
A new memo from ICE circulating on the Hill emphasizes the Laken Riley Act is “impossible to execute with existing resources.”
New #’s put the need for beds at over 100k & costs over $26 billion.
They say prior estimates were outdated & didn’t count for all crimes in the bill
Know before you go:
🎒 You do NOT have to consent to have your bag searched
🚆 However, you'll likely be denied entry to that specific subway station if you refuse
🤳 You have the right to film public police activity so long as you don't interfere
https://t.co/BRHOycmOWm
🚨 Urgent Update 🚨
Workers are on strike right now! 💪✊
I stand in solidarity with Jardin employees who are fighting for fair wages, health insurance, and dignity in the workplace. https://t.co/Ymhf5fgeyA #WorkersRights#FairWages#Solidarity#Strike#SupportOurWorkers
STRIKE ALERT: Today at 7AM workers at luxury Jardim condo on 527 West 27th St. went out on a 24-hour strike to protest their employer’s unilateral cancellation of workers’ health insurance in the midst of bargaining a first union contract at the building.
"No sensible New Yorker should believe for a moment that a stream of migrants — despite the daunting financial and logistical issues involved in giving them food and shelter, as required by law — can literally destroy our city."
https://t.co/9BRdcNcQEB
Saying that migrants from all over the world arriving here “will destroy New York City” is repugnant MAGA garbage.
10K a month? In 1907, that many came in a *day* — and it MADE this city.
Let’s drop this demagoguery and invest in welcoming asylum seekers and getting them work.
From Jan to Sept last year, NYC rejected 2/3 of the 50,585 applications it received for One-Shot Deal payments to cover rent arrears
That’s roughly double the denial rate from 2018
For @Gothamist@WNYC
https://t.co/KmuTmNn8Dg
Tried to put $5 into my account so an incarcerated person at a NJ jail could call me. The company that runs the phones, @ViaPathTech, charged me $8.25 -- more than 50% in fees.
Unlike in NYC, calls from NJ prisons/jails cost $. There's a bill to make them free, but it's stalled.
The kid who got Affirmative Action overturned (Calvin Yang) cuz he was mad he didn’t get into Harvard was a Fridays for Future & Youth Climate Strike organizer, led Students for Michael Bloomberg, worked for the Green Party & is now a member of the Canadian Conservative Party 💀
New York's institutionalist prison chief retired amid inquiries into widespread abuse, cruelty, fraud, and illegality.
Who took over? His number two: the eldest son of a prison dynasty, whose siblings fill several of the system's executive offices.
https://t.co/OiFmxRlinY
You + your spouse see your dream home on the market.
Y’all have saved every dime for years, secured a mortgage approval, borrowed money from relatives. You put in an offer—only to lose to a cash buyer.
This is a real problem: cash buyers make up 40% of NYC homebuyers
@Taniaaaaa@BronxDefenders We’re now opening up the conversation for community members to share experiences and raise questions about ICE detention in New York State
The scathing report from Monitor Steve Martin — the third in three weeks — questioned how Correction Commissioner Louis Molina could determine there was no wrongdoing as a team of correction officers tackled a shackled detainee on May 11.
https://t.co/aaEm02lj57
.@NYCMayor continues his criticism of other elected officials and whether they’re doing enough to get New York City more money for the asylum seeker crisis