Took Back 20 for Real Dems

We helped to defeat the GOP-allied IDC. We grassroots activists will always want a true Dem to rep our progressive values in District 20.

[Took Back 20 for Real Dems @takeback20]

“I think there is a broad sense that the city is rudderless, that we are lacking in leadership, and that we need to go in a new direction...” @zellnor4ny is right. NYC deserves far better than Adams. It's why we're excited to see Zellnor exploring a run. https://t.co/nt2cmo2hG6

[New York Communities for Change @nychange]

Vetoing this bill means more logging of the Amazon rainforest, causing climate change & wrecking indigenous communities.

In Hollywood Avatar terms: Hochul put herself on the side of the faux-oil company psychos.

The legislature should pass it again - and make her sign it.

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

SCOOP: A set of LLCs co-founded by Frank Carone, Mayor Adams' longtime confidante, helped orchestrate a sprawling "money laundering scheme" that ultimately bilked $3.5M from a major insurance company, a new federal lawsuit charges.

w/ @michaelgartland https://t.co/V9puPOUKgR

[The People’s Plan @PeoplesPlanNYC]

Who else wants a pilot who can actually fly the plane? 🙋🏽‍♀️ #EricAdamsInCrisis

[Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @HellGateNY]

The art of the deal: The NYPD spent $150 million to catch farebeaters who cost the MTA $104,000.

The massive increase in overtime spending coincided with just a two percent decrease in serious crime.

https://t.co/PAOebi3vVW

[Asad🗽🍎 @AsadFromNYC]

Today is the last Sunday that the Brooklyn Public Library (one of the largest library systems in the country) will be in operation. Remember that Eric Adams is responsible for this. Our kids and families will suffer because of his cuts.

[Nick Pinto @macfathom]

Eric Adams has assured New Yorkers that he pays his own way in his nightlife adventures. But as @HellGateNY discovered after we sued City Hall for the mayor's communications with his favorite club owner, that's not always the case: https://t.co/mRmbzCgzl0

[NY Working Families Party @NYWFP]

$1 million in wasted food every month. Mayor Adams is giving no-bid contracts to wasteful contractors while cutting parks, libraries, schools and more. His incompetency is harming every New Yorker, whether they've been here for decades or weeks.

[Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 @AnaMariaforNY]

So City Hall ordered FDNY to prioritize a developer instead of keeping schools safe…. Yup.

This is exactly what it looks like when politicians put the demands of their donors above the priorities and safety of working families.

NYC deserves better!

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

Pressure from @NYCMayor’s team to fast-track an FDNY inspection of a luxury office tower triggered the cancellation of fire inspections for a dozen non-VIP New Yorkers — including an overcrowded public school in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights, emails show.

https://t.co/I0rVsjado8

[Ben Max @TweetBenMax]

Mayor Adams is undoubtedly in a tough fiscal spot, but his budget management — on top of other major challenges, like the ongoing federal investigation — could be especially damaging to him politically.

New by me for @intelligencer @NYMag: https://t.co/Emj0P4Xm43

[Renakj.bsky.social @ReenNahMean]

New York public libraries are being forced to close on the weekends due to 36 million dollars in budget cuts. Meanwhile, NYPD is spending 10x that to reduce transparency into their operations and better shield themselves from any accountability.

[The People’s Plan @PeoplesPlanNYC]

.@NYCMayor, why is NYPD spending new money --- $390M on hiding communications from the press --- when libraries are shuttering their doors on Sundays, there is a $1B+ cut to Department of Education, & your administration is planning 15% cuts to city budget by April? #CareNotCuts

[karin slyvia @karinslyvia]

This is 95% of the NY Public Library’s budget.

[NY Working Families Party @NYWFP]

NYWFP Co-Directors @AnaMariaforNY and @Jasgripper's statement on Mayor Adams's latest round of budget cuts:

"Mayor Adams is pursuing an agenda of death by a thousand cuts. As any teacher, librarian, or health care worker will tell you: there’s nothing left to cut." 1/5

[Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Action @JFREJNYC]

In 2 years, Mayor Adams cut vital services for everyday New Yorkers 5 times, despite billions in reserves. Migrants are not to blame for these budget choices. NYC can't keep slashing education, libraries, health, sanitation & more, & expect NYers to thrive. We need #CareNotCuts.

[Jasmine Gripper @Jasgripper]

.@NYCMayor continues his disasterous cuts to essential services like schools & libraries.
- Stop falsely blaming asylum seekers. He started making cuts long before asylum seekers started to arrived.
These cuts are a choice and demonstrate a failure in leadership.

[Took Back 20 for Real Dems @takeback20]

The only acceptable version of stop and frisk

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The FBI seized Mayor Eric Adams’s phones amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, people close to the matter said. Agents approached Adams on the street before getting into his SUV with him and seizing the devices, one of the people said. https://t.co/kWgJa4xTup

[New York Communities for Change @nychange]

Wait 👂 Did he say “Please wait for the indictments before you hate” 😂

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

NEW: Vito Pitta, Mayor Adams’ longtime campaign lawyer, has been getting paid by the campaign at the same time as one of his firms has lobbied the mayor’s admin on behalf of various private interests — a dual role raising ethics concerns from watchdogs. https://t.co/565FIyIzYq