Carolyn Martinez-Class

So it turns out that Cuomo's slam at Mamdani's lodgings wasn't just a know-nothing misrepresentation of homelessness, rent control, and rent stabilization, it was also a stealth boosting of the landlord lobby's coming messaging on why rent stabilization should be gutted.

A poster promoting Spike's Joint Pop Up Stoop Sale with live music from DJ Spinna. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9th 12 NOON - 7PM 75 S ELLIOTT PLACE, BROOKLYN NY Spike Lee will be signing books + posters in person, ya-dig?

Spike Lee is having a stoop sale at his 40 Acres headquarters in Brooklyn this Saturday, selling off old film posters and books from his archive.

the delacourte theater stage at sunset, on stage in red light read large words that say “what you will”. There is a string quartet on stage and people sitting in the rows ahead of me. The sky is light blue and Central Park is scene in the background of a stage.

was having a rough week but went with a friend to see the first preview of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park and gotta say, core memory. How lucky I am. What a pleasure to be reminded of the fact that beautiful experiences are possible.

It only took me four months but I got through love in the time of cholera. And you know what, it delivered in the end.

Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together.

Over 45 organizations across NY, representing thousands of New Yorkers, joined together, urging State Leaders to convene a #SpecialSessionNow and protect working-class families from the Federal Budget Scam.

🚨 @governor.ny.gov & NYS lawmakers: the time to act is NOW! #InvestInOurNY #NY4All

in the emergency room (I’m fine!) admiring all of the nurses’ shoes.

📢 This Saturday, march with us to tell Hochul to stand up to Trump.

Hell No to higher utility bills & this super-polluting rip off. She must reject the Williams pipelines! RSVP link below.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

my favorite band growing up (the academy is) is going on tour for the 20 year anniversary of their debut album and you know who is going to that show?! Me.

My theory is that if we taxed most of these people without telling them and the people they pay to manage their money didn't tell them, they'd never notice.

And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.

STATE LAWMAKERS MUST PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES New York is under attack from a Trump administration hellbent on making us sicker, hungrier, and less safe, all while making millionaires and billionaires even richer with unfair tax breaks. The Federal Budget Scam will make life harder: hospitals will close, health insurance premiums and utility bills will skyrocket, and public benefits - which we all contribute to - will be inaccessible to those who need them. State lawmakers must protect our communities by convening a special session to: • Fund our healthcare system and ensure New York is affordable for everyone by making the super-wealthy pay their fair share of taxes; and • Keep New Yorkers safe by passing the New York for All and Dignity Not Detention Acts. New Yorkers can't wait any longer for lawmakers to fight back.

Invest in Our New York Literacy Assistance Center Adelante Student Voices Make the Road NY Alliance for Quality Education Mekong NYC Brotherhood Sister Sol Metro New York Health Care for All CCOHOPE Indivisible Muslim Community Network Children's Defense Fund - NY New York Working Families Party Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools Citizen Action of New York Coalition for Asian American Children and Families NYC-DSA NYS Labor-Religion Coalition Columbia County Sanctuary Movement Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Community Voices Heard Dignity in Schools Campaign - New York Restorative Justice Initiative Downtown Women for Change Rise and Resist Education Council Consortium Strong Economy For All Coalition EduColor Suffolk Progressives Elders & Allies to Free the People Rochester Sunrise NYC SURJ NYC Empire State Indivisible The Circle Keepers Envision Freedom Fund The New York Doctors Coalition For the Many The People's Plan NYC Fridays For Future NYC Upper West Side Action Group Greater NYC for Change Urban Youth Collaborative Health Care for America Now - New York VOCAL-NY State Network Westchester Citizen Therapists Housing Works, Inc. Indivisible Indivisible Brooklyn Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights Kairos Center for Religions, Rights & Social Justice

We’ve joined @investinourny.bsky.social and nearly 50 organizations, representing thousands of New Yorkers, to urge State Leaders to call a special session and protect us from the Federal Budget Scam. We need to #TaxTheRich and pass the New York for All and Dignity Not Detention acts now!

11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.

As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

Summer Jobs Program Heist Likely Had Hacker Help, Say ATM Experts A scheme that gave young people earning minimum wage cash for their government-issued debit cards extracted $17 million in repeat withdrawals still under investigation by the NYPD.

just wild that there was basically a $17 million heist last month using the city’s youth job program — and it barely registered

Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win The new chair of the Progressive Caucus wants to do for Democrats what he did for construction workers in Texas.

A must-read profile of former LP Co-Chair
@gregcasar.bsky.social ❤️

“He’s not just interested in symbolic victories,” said one of Casar’s colleagues. “He’s about what is going to deliver a victory for working people.”
prospect.org/politics/202...

📆NEW DATE: New York is under attack by a Trump administration hellbent on making us sicker, hungrier, and less safe, all while making billionaires richer.

Join us on August 13 at 11AM at Foley Square to tell lawmakers: invest in NYers by taxing the rich & passing the New York for All act!

after a really rough week, I went out into the world for the first time and I found a bottle of wine from my favorite place on earth.

wine from this place is exceedingly rare and the way I found it was pure coincidence but apparently the owner loves wine from this place so now I know to return

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…

Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.

He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.

The top of the graphic features logos for: New York City Democratic Socialists of America Brooklyn Families for Palestine Jewish Voice for Peace New York City UAW Region 9A Educators for Palestine Park Slope Food Co-op Members in Solidarity with Palestine Palestine Youth Movement New York Taxi Workers Alliance NY-10 Neighbors in Solidarity with Palestine In a white flag in red, black, and green text, it reads: FAMILIES STAND UP FOR GAZA Grand army Plaza Sunday, August 3rd, 4 PM

SUN 8/3, 4pm @ Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn- join @socialists.nyc in coalition with @jvp.bsky.social, UAW 9A, Palestinian Youth Movement, Brooklyn Families for Palestine, & more call for an immediate opening of humanitarian corridors, arms embargo, & end of aid to Israel
RSVP NOW: dsatext.com/jd2qsn

G train kicking everyone off at the Fulton St station, really feeling like Kathy’s MTA.

The fact that OMNY cards don’t tell you your balance when you tap them is actually a crime against me personally.

We appreciate you speaking truth to power, Senator @jabaribrisport.bsky.social & reminding our communities that we have enough wealth in this state to provide for everyone if the wealthiest minority pays their fair share! #InvestInOurNY

Eric Adams should have to live with the shame of selling New Yorkers out for *flight upgrades* forever.

A Democratic message that leaned in HARD into uplifting the idea of the commons and re-teaching people about importance of PUBLIC GOODS and the fact that they are GOOD and FOR EVERYONE would be an easy place to mobilize lots of people towards a project of building.

Thank you Senator @juliasalazar.bsky.social for your ongoing support in the fight for respect and dignity of all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, and your commitment to call on NYS leadership for a special session. #InvestInOurNY #NY4All

me: I don’t know why I am sick okay I just went outdoor dancing on the worst air quality day & got caught in a hail storm what is the problem??????

… it’s really starting to feel like Hochul’s MTA these days…

glad to be living in the time of bad bunny.

Solidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...

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