Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke

Philadelphia @WorkingFamilies City Councilmember At-Large

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Greetings Philadelphia! I’m so deeply honored to begin my new role as your @WorkingFamilies City Councilmember At-Large. Please follow along here for updates from myself and our team as we commence the people’s work in City Hall. ✊🏽

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Want to plug in to the #APN initiative?

Your first chance is on 11/20, when I join up with @SenatorSaval and @transit4philly to talk:

💰SEPTA’s funding crisis

🚃 Transit Access Fund

🎤 Your SEPTA stories/questions/concerns

RSVP: https://t.co/IxDY8UuLUk

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

We need an #AffordablePhillyNow, that much is clear!

Check the thread for more on this new initiative from my office 🧵

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Last but not least, the Transit Access Fund!

I introduced this charter change back in April, when SEPTA’s Zero Fare program was on the chopping block.

SEPTA’s funding crisis constrains cost-burdened riders the most — we’ve got to ease that pain for as many as possible.

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

this thing on? 👀

[PennFuture @PennFuture]

Stay in the Fight for RGGI!

Environmental groups, Philly city & state representatives, local advocates came out to demand Governor Shapiro & state lawmakers reject a budget deal that kills Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in PA

@ConservationPA @CleanAirMoms_PA @SierraClubPA

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

A statement from Minority Leader @KendraPHL and myself on @afscme33’s impending strike. #solidarityforever

[Councilmember Kendra Brooks @KendraPHL]

My statement with Minority Whip @NicORourkePHL on the administration’s decision to eliminate the BIRT exemption for small businesses.

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Read the interview here:
https://t.co/aH8a9llxlZ

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Tomorrow, I’m introducing legislation to create the Philadelphia Transit Access Fund! 🚇

I was glad to chat with @StreetsblogUSA about the initiative, and why I want to put the idea before Philly voters.

[ISEPTAPHILLY @SEPTAPHILLY]

We are grateful for Council’s support of our funding efforts in Harrisburg and we ask everyone who values #SEPTA’s critical role in the city’s future to make your voices heard. #ISEPTAPHILLY #HowWeRoll

[Councilmember Jamie Gauthier @CouncilmemberJG]

Ahead of City Council’s budget hearing with SEPTA, we rode the L (Market-Frankford Line) from 52nd Street to City Hall to speak with riders and sound the alarm about proposed doomsday service cuts and fare hikes.

Our region generates almost 40% of Pennsylvania’s economy activity on 5% of land. This is only possible because of SEPTA.

Harrisburg Republicans need to come to the table and make a deal to keep our economy moving forward.

[Councilmember Kendra Brooks @KendraPHL]

My statement with @NicORourkePHL on the news about the arena:

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

@KendraPHL and I will work to ensure we’re not in this position again.

Our transit infrastructure is the envy of many peer cities, we can’t afford to let it fail.

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

A statement from @PHLCouncil’s minority wing on @GovernorShapiro’s decision to flex highway funds to SEPTA.

[Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke @NicORourkePHL]

Such a huge deal!

[Councilmember Jamie Gauthier @CouncilmemberJG]

I joined my @phlcouncil colleagues, @repkrajewski, and medical professionals from across our city as resident physicians at CHOP, Jefferson, Einstein, and Temple announced their intention to unionize with @cirseiu!

Residents deserve dignified working conditions that respect the limits of their bodies while we ask them to heal ours. And they deserve to earn enough money to care for their families while we ask them to care for ours!

I have the backs of these residents, just like I have the backs of 1,400 unionized resident physicians at Penn Medicine!

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

Keziah Ridgeway: Lots has been said about me but "what motivates me has never been hate." Reads an original poem about her ancestors and who she is. "My hands are soft but they are hardened by my ancestors' strength." #PHLed

[Philly AFL-CIO @PhillyAFLCIO]

Thank you to the elected officials showing up in solidarity with @cirseiu! Philly is a union town and these workers deserve world class wages and world class contracts!