Ryan Graham

New Yorker🗽| Veteran 🪖 | Bleed @Yankees Pinstripe Blue | @StJohnsU ⚡️| @SyracuseU 🍊

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@SecVetAffairs great shot of myself and the under secretary! Very productive conversation on the grassroots level of the VA health system here in #NYC … And, I have love for the Twins (my 1st ballgame, Puckett era), but GOOO YANKEES!! @Yankees @VFWHQ @nycveterans

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros He looks like he just listened to Depeche Mode 😂

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@LondoMomposino I’ll want a personal autograph ✍️

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

And even with the world the way it is, sometimes we need to hear more of people like Mike. Rest in Eternal Peace My Friend. ❤️ @SullyLGM

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

And even through his personal circumstances and community efforts, Mike managed to light up every room. Whether through offering of a cup of coffee, a joke, or even a simple smile, Mike was a testament to what’s good about people.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

Most recently, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while handling the loss of his longtime wife and going through chemo treatments, Mike still managed to work within the community supporting food pantries and events when they needed it most.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros The stories these people must have, considering many still end up having a long way to go. Makes you think (myself included), the stories and trials of those that eventually settle here around Corona/Jackson Heights.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@NYMetroVets @BobHoldenNYC @NYCMayor I think I might’ve mentioned something in my comments about a “quarter million” 😂

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@MattGallagher0 I think it was Hemingway that said “No subject is terrible if the story is true, the prose clean and honest…”

People need to have an honest conversation about these things. Writing, be it fiction or NF, is supposed to be a tether, not something to shy away from.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros I think @taylorswift13 is playing. Not sure who she’s playing.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@jessicaramos Paul was certainly one of a kind. Getting to know him over the prior years on a more personal level, he cared deeply not only for Queens, and the entire city, but was also a staunch advocate for veterans as well.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@dewaine_farria @TimeNowBlog @donlachlan thought of you when I saw this.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

This is a devastating loss. Interacting and getting to know @PaValloneNYC over the prior years, knowing who he was at heart, he cared deeply, and worked tirelessly not only for NYC, but for the Veterans Community as well. Deepest sympathies for the Vallone family.

[Sophie Krichevsky (she/her/hers) @skrichev13]

BREAKING: I'm told that Paul Vallone, deputy commissioner of veterans' services and former city councilman, has died. He was 56. Story TK.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros I’m less intrigued by the 🇻🇪 intel side than the soundtrack and what was going through your head 😂

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

Glad to see my good friend and mentor, Mike Liquori, recognized in the national spotlight. It’s humbling to stand on the shoulders of giants, like Mike, a Korean War combat medic, as his successor of the Flanders Field Post 150 Commander.

Thanks 🙏 @VFWHQ for sharing!

[VFW National HQ @VFWHQ]

Past Post Commander Mike Liquori received a standing ovation from @Mets fans, friends, family and fellow VFW Post 150 members at an @MLB game in recognition of his military service.
https://t.co/AIxMiSKJbm

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros Maybe he was visiting from Williamsburg 😂

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

#NYC press corps and, right-wingers, are having a field day with @NYCMayor’s visit down south.

A one-day trip to that region doesn’t paint the full picture, having spent a great deal of time near Urabá recently myself, knowing the economic impact on 🇨🇴. #Colombia

[Joshua Collins @InvisiblesMuros]

"New York City mayor wraps up Latin America trip with call for ‘right to work’ for migrants in US"

by @ruedareport for AP
https://t.co/nJPxNo6lGD

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros @ruedareport NYC press corps and, right-wingers, are having a field day with @NYCMayor visit down south.

[Ryan Graham @RyanGrahamNYC]

@InvisiblesMuros Come to find out later that night, she was part of that throng of ppl caught in the dust and trekked over the bridges into Brooklyn.