Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾

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[Lincoln Restler @LincolnRestler]

1 in 5 NYC public school students are Black, but at Stuy - our most prestigious high school - 3 of ~800 incoming Freshmen are Black.

We urgently need state legislation to modify the admissions process. A single test should never be only factor deciding who gets in & who doesn’t.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’ https://t.co/a49CCbtM0O

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

Timing is everything!

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

😩😩😩😩

[NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA]

CLAIRE WINS

@claireforny was there. Now our movement is sending her to DC. Socialists get it done, and socialism wins. ����

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

A 15 second EMERGENCY EXIT door delay isn’t insane to yall!

[Tramell Thompson @progressiveact]

I support a $30 minimum wage.

But let’s stop pretending there aren’t serious consequences that need to be addressed.

If Target pays $30 an hour before small businesses can… workers will leave small businesses.

If minimum wage becomes $30… why would anyone take a stressful public service job making $27?

If skilled labor tops out at $40… what exactly are we saying responsibility is worth?

Raising the minimum wage without raising skilled labor wages creates wage compression.

That means the system collapses from the middle.

So yes — raise the floor.

But if the floor rises, the entire structure must rise with it.

City workers.
Transit workers.
Public servants.
Skilled labor.

And small businesses better not get left behind.

Because raising the minimum wage is not the full solution.

It’s only the beginning of the conversation.

#mta #ny #nyc #fyp

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

Can someone tell me what the mayor is doing to get guns off the streets/out of children hands?

And if you’re running for office, what are YOU doing about it!

And I’m not trying to hear the same old story of if we had more funding for school programs…..

[Paperboy Prince for NY❤️😍❤️ @PaperboyPrince]

If Eric Adams did this - every single “progressive” would be calling it out.

It’s insane. Where is the accountability from Zohran’s “New Era” ?

It wouldn’t matter if someone from his fiscal team showed, they would play clueless and blame it on someone else which has been the playbook so far

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

@claireforny asking me for donations but not responding to my emails! 🧐

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

Great initial tweet but what do you propose as an alternative?

[Antonio Reynoso @ReynosoBrooklyn]

Raising property taxes is a non-starter.

New York’s property tax system is already broken. In Brooklyn, some homes are taxed at rates up to 3x higher than luxury properties. This would only make an unfair system worse and hit Black and brown communities hardest.

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

@orcasaccount @ReynosoBrooklyn Does Claire Valdez think property tax is a fair alternative if Hochul doesn’t tax the rich? I haven’t got confirmation on Claire’s stance.

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

First NY7 candidate I see say something on this!

[Julie Won ✨ @juliej_won]

People think that taxes are black and white. That it’s either tax the rich or tax everyone, even the poor.

But here's what the mayor’s 10% increase on property tax might mean for you👇

[Tramell Thompson @progressiveact]

Everybody arguing about “tax the rich” versus “protect the wealthy”… but nobody’s talking about what happens if this turns into a bluff call.

A 9.5% property tax increase doesn’t hit billionaires. It hits homeowners. And when property taxes go up, rent goes up. That’s reality.

Now we’re also talking about tapping retiree funds and draining the rainy day fund? That’s not small change. That’s people’s futures and emergency reserves.

This is political pressure season. Election year. Big statements. Big headlines.

But if this backfires, it won’t be politicians who feel it first.

It’ll be the middle class. Working families. Black homeowners in neighborhoods already fighting to stay afloat.

Watch the game carefully. Because somebody’s getting exposed.

And it might cost regular people the most.

#nyc #ny #fyp #mta #mayor

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

Glad to see Mark Levine say this…my algorithm was pushing me to the dark side.

[Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine @NYCComptroller]

Tapping into our reserves or raising property taxes would only deepen the affordability crisis many New Yorkers are already facing.

The city needs to focus on efficiencies and savings to help balance the budget.

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

I remember year round outdoor dining….it was not great. It was horrible!

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

Yea. I know a fraud when I see one. How we go from endorsements to if I don’t get what I want I might have to increase property taxes as a “last resort” … in less than 14 days!

Y’all can’t be this naive.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

I'm endorsing Gov. @KathyHochul because she's someone willing to engage in honest dialogue that delivers results.

Along with the movement that powered our campaign, it's how we secured a historic agreement on childcare. And we're just getting started.
https://t.co/EsENQOrmSh

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

@micah_erfan So you’re saying forget about the 33%? How does this help working class New Yorkers? What percentage are Black and Brown? What percentage are on fixed income?

[Paperboy Prince for NY❤️😍❤️ @PaperboyPrince]

I told you guys “Tax the Rich” in practice means Tax tf out of every middle class person…. Never fall for “Tax the rich” …. The rich made the tax code. The banking and tax system was set up for them - only normies and middle class poors will feel tax pain

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

@PaperboyPrince @camkasky He went from caring about the working class to fuck the working class in a smooth 47 days!

[Aciré Polight, 🙏🏾 @AcirePolight]

How we go from rent freeze to increasing property tax? This man is not good at his job. To even throw that out there is diabolical.