Kayla Matos

Born & raised Ithacan | Ward I Alderperson ‘24 | Community Leader 🫶🏽| NY Working Families Party | Ithaca DSA 🌹|

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

Thank you to our nurses at Cayuga Med for leading the efforts in unionizing!

[Cayuga United-CWA @CayugaUnitedCWA]

Today we, a supermajority of Registered Nurses at Cayuga Medical Center, are proud to announce that we are forming a union with @CWAUnion and have formally requested voluntary recognition from
@cayugamed .

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

@JorgeDeFendini Living in first ward is like… 😂😂😂

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

Bussing people in? Sounds familiar 😂

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

😎

[Robert Gesualdo Cantelmo @RGC_NYS]

We're going to build so much housing.

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

ahem

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

One year ago today, the team and I beat out a 12 year incumbent! This journey as an elected official of The City of Ithaca has been an honor. Thank you so much to everyone who’s help towards it! @IthSolidarity @wfptompkins @IthacaDSA @ithacaTU

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

Had a great time canvassing with @ithacaTU for Good Cause Eviction in the City of Ithaca!

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

What an incredible Good Cause field launch yesterday! Might be our new record for doorstep pitches interrupted with “wow we need that” 👀

Special thanks to tenant leaders on Council Kayla & Phoebe, and to Mayor Cantelmo for supporting strong opt-in! 🏠🗳️

https://t.co/1fd7HE3Dhe

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

As a Council member who ran their campaign on increased Tenant Protections, and as a Tenant I am ecstatic that the City of Ithaca is considering Good Cause Eviction

Thank you to my comrades @ithacaTU & @IthacaDSA for all the amazing organizing work you’ve all done!

[Robert Gesualdo Cantelmo @RGC_NYS]

I am thrilled to announce the Common Council of the City of Ithaca will be considering a local law to opt into the Good Cause Eviction protections now enshrined into state law.

[Tompkins County Working Families Party 🐺 @wfptompkins]

Fantastic turnout tonight for our event with @NYWFP @Jasgripper @AnaMariaforNY working to build our progressive movement of working people! Thanks to our electeds @Matos_ith @Pillar4Tompkins & @AlderwomanKumar for joining us & our endorsed champion @JoshRileyUE for stopping by!

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

I wouldn’t have won my race for Common Council without the support of the WFP. On June 1, join me and NYWFP co-directors to learn how we’re building power for working people around the state. We’ll discuss the role of elections in this moment and ways to plug in!

[Tompkins County Working Families Party 🐺 @wfptompkins]

Ithaca! We’re excited to share that @NYWFP co-directors @Jasgripper @AnaMariaforNY will be joining us for a party building gathering on June 1st @LiquidStateBeer!

Want to help us build a progressive, multi-racial movement of working people to transform our communities? Join us!

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

PERSPECTIVE: In 1969, over 100 Black students (some of them armed!) seized and held a building at Cornell University. It ended peacefully. One of the youngest occupiers, Zachary Carter, went on to become a respected judge, a U.S. Attorney, and NYC's Corporation Counsel.

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

I stand in solidarity with the brave students organizing for divestment across the nation. Putting your body on the line in solidarity with others is a sacred act. It’s crucial that universities, including Cornell, respect students’ free expression and avoid violent escalation.

[The Ithaca Voice @ithacavoice]

Cornell students raise tents, joining other campus Gaza protests nationwide https://t.co/TQzso5U47g

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

It’s always a pleasure to be an Alum of ICSD and going into the schools to speak to students on social change!

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

As a tenant, who’s faced a non-renewal situation I support Good Cause Eviction and Increased Tenants Protection.

It was honor to join @AMKelles and @ithacaTU to call for Statewide Good Cause Eviction!

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

Today @AMKelles and @Matos_ith joined Ithaca tenants to call for statewide #GoodCause eviction.

Good Cause is a common sense tenant protections that upstate tenants need to stabilize our homes. We need it statewide, and we need it now.

[Ithaca DSA 🌹 @IthacaDSA]

ITHACA NY PASSES A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION! Introduced by our newest member in office @Matos_ith 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

First Council Meeting in the books!

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

Billionaires shouldn't exist.

[Ithaca Solidarity Slate @IthSolidarity]

It's clear Patrick Kuehl withheld information from most Ward 4 voters & lied to press so the public wouldn’t know the election was contested. Voters deserve honesty & openness—this is the opposite. He knew he couldn’t beat Jorge's labor, tenant & trans rights record in the open.

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

Misleading the press and hiding from your would-be constituents is not an ethical way to run a campaign — it's coming from fear the power of socialists in office & The Solidarity Slate. We are making real changes and this is an underhanded attempt to stop popular change

[Jorge DeFendini🇵🇷🌹🇵🇸 @JorgeDeFendini]

Patrick Kuehl lied to local press about running for Common Council, and when his friends began to find out, he pushed them not to go public.

The people of Ward 4 deserve better than secret elections and politicians who suppress turnout.

They deserve open democracy.

[Kayla Matos @Matos_ith]

So grateful for this opportunity to serve my community!

[DSA @DemSocialists]

Congrats to @IthacaDSA on two general election Common Council wins! Kayla Matos defeated a 12-year incumbent in Ward 1, a huge victory for the Solidarity Slate.