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Gerrald Ellis

@gerraldellis.bsky.social

Affordable housing lawyer. Adjunct at Fordham Law. Animal lover. Cyclist.

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Hochul Approval/Favorability Ratings Down a Little; Maintains Huge Lead Over Delgado Among Dems; Leads Stefanik by 20 Points, down from 25 in September โ€“ Siena Research Institute

New polling in New York State shows that 60% of the population supports increasing taxes on the top 5% of income earners.

New Yorkers are also in favor of increasing taxes on large corporations based in the state, 60-30%.

sri.siena.edu/2025/11/18/h...

19.11.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1760    ๐Ÿ” 416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.

12.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3877    ๐Ÿ” 1349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 417

bull shit like this is why dems lose on โ€œmasculinityโ€ by the way

10.11.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 743    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Iโ€™ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

09.11.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5315    ๐Ÿ” 1559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 159    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.

08.11.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4465    ๐Ÿ” 647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86

one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face

05.11.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5529    ๐Ÿ” 576    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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ok now that zohran is the mayor all focus has to be on ousting chuck schumer

05.11.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2811    ๐Ÿ” 344    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

City to Cuomo - Drop Dead.

05.11.2025 04:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 409    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
"Hunt: If he does run the city as a communist, are you going to have any regrets? 

Sliwa: Why should I have regrets? I trust people. People are going to make the choice. I'll live with the choice. I'd like them to choose me. But if perchance I lose on November 4th, I will improve, not move. I was born in this city. I was almost killed in this city. I'll die in this city. I'll be buried in this city."

"Hunt: If he does run the city as a communist, are you going to have any regrets? Sliwa: Why should I have regrets? I trust people. People are going to make the choice. I'll live with the choice. I'd like them to choose me. But if perchance I lose on November 4th, I will improve, not move. I was born in this city. I was almost killed in this city. I'll die in this city. I'll be buried in this city."

I do not think he should be mayor, but this is so much healthier of an approach to take toward a democratic election than anything we are hearing from Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is going to leave NYC the moment he loses. Sliwa seems to truly want to stay in this great city.

04.11.2025 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3864    ๐Ÿ” 362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82

not only could I have told you this anytime in the last decade, I have said it many a time to literally this specific guy ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ

03.11.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump: stop immigration so we can take care
of our own

Child: Iโ€™m starving

Trump: fuck off

Cartoon Trump: stop immigration so we can take care of our own Child: Iโ€™m starving Trump: fuck off

01.11.2025 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 220    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The people on the right getting mad at Tucker Carlson for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his podcast donโ€™t seem to have gotten mad at all at Donald Trump for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at his home for dinner. Funny that.

01.11.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6373    ๐Ÿ” 1264    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Itโ€™s worth considering how an Andrew Cuomo mayoralty would objectively be a disaster and everybody knows itโ€”especially his backers. But they donโ€™t give a shit about the day after, only thwarting the rise of any potential alternative. A striking demonstration of the nihilism of the political centre.

30.10.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1112    ๐Ÿ” 220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Oh wow, the apple doesnโ€™t fall far from the tree.

Also, they had $800K in their house!

29.10.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

28.10.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9389    ๐Ÿ” 2003    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 224    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

26.10.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20360    ๐Ÿ” 6499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 458    ๐Ÿ“Œ 500
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Stop trying to sweeten the deal, Andrew. I'm already voting for Zohran!

26.10.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16091    ๐Ÿ” 2436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1291    ๐Ÿ“Œ 276
elly belle @literElly
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hey full offense can people from out of state stop saying they'll move to new york immediately if zohran wins? I know a lot of you are joking but people whose families have been here for generations are already constantly being priced out, we don't need more mass gentrification
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elly belle @literElly - (they/them) hey full offense can people from out of state stop saying they'll move to new york immediately if zohran wins? I know a lot of you are joking but people whose families have been here for generations are already constantly being priced out, we don't need more mass gentrification 11:05 AM โ€ข 10/25/25 โ€ข 69 Views

Moving to New York and pulling the ladder up behind myself, but wokely

25.10.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2511    ๐Ÿ” 203    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
@nick_garber
๐Ÿ‘€ in response to a question, Mamdani commits to evicting the Elizabeth Street Garden and building housing there in year 1 of his mayoralty

@nick_garber ๐Ÿ‘€ in response to a question, Mamdani commits to evicting the Elizabeth Street Garden and building housing there in year 1 of his mayoralty

Letโ€™s fucking goooo

24.10.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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when you make the *existing city* illegal to build again today this is the obvious and inevitable consequence: www.latimes.com/california/s...

22.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

the most popular and widespread form of theft is wage theft from employers. the fact that your employer can call the police if you steal from them but you can't call the police if they steal your wages, should tell you almost everything you need to know about the police and their function in society

18.10.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 559    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

13.10.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21483    ๐Ÿ” 5578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 566    ๐Ÿ“Œ 193
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UNTIL ITโ€™S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trumpโ€™s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

11.10.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21781    ๐Ÿ” 6255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 402    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1179
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

10.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1807    ๐Ÿ” 284    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 89

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of โ€ฆ complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, theyโ€™re sniping priests for sport.

08.10.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17405    ๐Ÿ” 9433    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 887    ๐Ÿ“Œ 728
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The Anti-Social Century Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. Itโ€™s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

This one of many reasons that 21st century liberalism should reorient itself around *places*, namely creating places that are actually pleasant to live in, with generous public spaces that bring people's physical bodies into proximity.

05.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 355    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

We need a bigger tent, thatโ€™s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:

30.09.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7498    ๐Ÿ” 1271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJโ€™s bribery & corruption charges against him. Canโ€™t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval๐Ÿค”

28.09.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2843    ๐Ÿ” 744    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 103

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

27.09.2025 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8032    ๐Ÿ” 1748    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 154    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

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