Ron T. Kim

NYS lawmaker in charge of uplifting the experience economy (arts, parks, sports) while training for my next #BJJ competition.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

🧵on nursing home scandal:

On April 14 2020, Berna Lee contacted my office, fearing that her mother, residing in a nursing home in my district, had been negligently exposed to COVID. Berna had been stonewalled.

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[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

@ParksideGroup Who is that guy in the mailer?!??

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

@nyknicks!!

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

MSG says the Knicks will donate at least 500 free tickets for NBA Finals home games to underprivileged Garden of Dreams Foundation youth. Underserved New York families affiliated with GDF will receive from the team 250 tickets per home game – totaling at least 500 tickets across Games 3 and 4 – and 750 tickets if there is a Game 6.

[ESPN @espn]

New York and New Jersey have subpoenaed FIFA as part of an investigation into its ticketing prices for the 2026 World Cup, citing soaring ticket prices and reports that fans were misled about seat locations.
https://t.co/XJUljgA9GI

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

See 👇

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

It's official: The plaintiff States are seeking a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, and a prohibition on Live Nation's re-entry into ticketing.

Ticketmaster would be barred from enforcing existing exclusive deals, and Live Nation would divest control of its major venues.

[Grace Meng @Grace4NY]

I’ve been asking since last year for @NYCHA to fix these leaks. Our youth and seniors spend much time here and they deserve better.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

It can help with their retirement, healthcare, childcare, home care, etc., but @JeffBezos is relying on our declining administrative capacity to argue that the public sector can no longer solve problems. Unfortunately, there is some truth to the idea that throwing more money at a broken proxy government controlled by intermediaries and contractors won't help the average working person. Case in point: every day, there is rampant fraud in adult day cares and institutionalized wage theft that allows illegal 24-hour home care in NYS. Yet the Governor and Mayor continue to look the other way. At the same time, extreme concentration of wealth and power leads to authoritarianism and fascism. So, unless we deconcentrate wealth/power while holding governors and mayors accountable, we are stuck between fast or slow deaths.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Funding childcare is a winning platform because society loves images of young people and liberals get to double down on outsourcing to non-profit contractors aka non-profit industrial complex. It's a win-win outcome.

Fixing homecare requires challenging the system from the inside-out, taking on powerul insurance companies, nonprofit contractors, and progressive friends who got the Mayor elected. But it is also an opportunity to show real administrative leadership.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Imagine if the Mayor shed the same light on fixing our broken home care system to counter the images of an ageist society that dehumanizes older people. Instead of detrimentally relying on youth-centric governance, imagine using his powerful platform to humanize the struggles of older immigrant women.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

A city that doesn’t care for its children will fail.

Our City’s child care providers do enormously important and difficult work.

They deserve our utmost respect and appreciation.

This week and every week, we must stand up and support them.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Where there is a will, there is a way to center art around artists & fans @BlueNoteNYC

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Not good

[Rebecca C. Lewis @_rebeccaclewis]

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is MAD. "There's no deal," he tells reporters about the budget. "I said to her last night, I was comfortable with her saying to y'all, we're close. It is close. But this is what's wrong with this process... I'm never doing this again"

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Welcome to the new counter culture movement @ZohranKMamdani

https://t.co/KcMwghCqDW

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Wow

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

On fashion’s big night out, we turned the lens onto the garment, retail, warehouse, and delivery workers who make the fashion industry possible.

Read the full piece: https://t.co/XewKoacIIi

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

1. Boy, Amazon is in a heap of trouble. Evidence made public today by California AG @AGRobBonta shows blatant price fixing. And there are so many examples. Here's Amazon scheming with a pet food supplier to get Chewy to raise its prices.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Crazy

[Emerita Torres (she/her) @EmeritaTorresNY]

Surveillance pricing is REAL and @JetBlue just admitted it.

Our web searches, mouse clicks and other forms of our personal data should not be used against us. We should not have to go incognito to avoid price gouging.

It’s time to ban #surveillancepricing in New York and across the country. Pass our One Fair Price package now!

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Break em up

Support mom & pops

Build local economies

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

1. New evidence shows Amazon compelling specific sellers to hike their prices on other shopping sites. This is from depositions @guardian obtained from the California antitrust case. Expect a lot more to come out at trial. This drives prices up & is why Amazon has an iron grip.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Wow

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

We just won our trial against @LiveNation and @Ticketmaster.

A jury ruled in our favor and is holding the companies responsible for their illegal monopoly that cost consumers millions of dollars.

This is a landmark victory to protect New Yorkers from harmful monopolies.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

@TishJames!

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

For years, Ticketmaster/Live Nation has abused its power against musicians, fans, and venues, dominating the live music industry while worsening it for everyone else.

This jury verdict holding that the company violated state and federal antitrust laws is a key first step towards ending Live Nation’s monopolistic control and securing real relief for those it harmed.

Congratulations to the state attorneys general who kept litigating the case after the Trump DOJ settled cheaply and bailed.

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

Hey @grok what is an illegal monopolist?

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

A FEDERAL JURY JUST FOUND LIVE NATION-TICKETMASTER TO BE AN ILLEGAL MONOPOLIST 🔥🚨‼️

[Ron T. Kim @rontkim]

A big day for antitrust

https://t.co/6Se35QZbyR

[WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom @CapPressRoom]

Assemblymember @rontkim makes the case for requiring insurance companies to cover prescribed acupuncture services.

https://t.co/25vgoLcrwo