Gustavo Rivera
@NYSenatorRivera
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State Senator, ensuring families of the 33rd District in the Bronx have a voice in Albany. Chair, Senate Health Committee. (he/him)
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Since I have y’all here: Support my efforts to achieve
#HealthcareForAll
in NYS by passing the
#NYHealthAct
and save lives &
#EndOverdoseNY
by passing
#SCSA
@NYHCampaign
@cornerproject
@NYHarmReduction
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While I recognize that this may be an important moment for our Latino communities, at this moment I cannot support Gov. Hochul's nomination of Judge LaSalle as Chief Judge given his anti-choice & anti-union decisions when these rights are being attacked nationally.
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Tune in...THIS is who should be our president.
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With all due respect, Madame Governor, saying something like this while supporting qualified immunity makes the statement a useless set of platitudes.
My heart breaks for the Nichols family & Memphis community. I'm outraged to see yet another life taken by police brutality in this country.
This system is deeply in need of repair & I stand in solidarity with those demanding better as we work to build a more just nation for all.
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I am dismayed by Senator
@LuisSepulvedaNY
’s remarks at a press conference on the Governor’s Chief Judge nomination. I did not expect a colleague to call me out without attempting to reach out to me directly about our difference in opinion. This is a cynical attempt to attack 1/
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Read my statement on the congestion pricing delay.
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Butttweet, people! All good!
🤣😂🤣
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W/
@SenatorBiaggi
&
@RJackson_NYC
, we call on
@NYGovCuomo
to immediately increase taxes on NY’s wealthiest instead of cutting billions from our healthcare & education systems esp. as we face the
#COVID19
pandemic. Our constituents should not pay the price.
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Mr. Browder was my constituent, as was his mother.
For the record: I am STRONGLY opposed to
@GovKathyHochul
’s 10 point plan and will vote NAY on any budget that includes it.
Kalief Browder.
A child.
3 years on Rikers pretrial.
Innocent.
Committed suicide.
2 years ago, NY bail reform was enacted in his name.
This week, NY Governor
@GovKathyHochul
announced a “plan” to kill bail reform & cage 100,000s more Kaliefs.
Tell her NO.
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THIS needs coverage, not a foreign monarch’s funeral
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Agree with every word.
The Governor's reckless decision to effectively kill congestion pricing in New York City is a staggering error, and single-handedly creates a financial and fiduciary crisis for the MTA Board.
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Sir, with all due respect, King is a racist fearmonger who does not deserve to be lauded as some sort of “statesman” as he leaves his perch scared off by the real prospect of being beaten by
@liuba4congress
He does not deserve adulation. He deserves contempt.
Peter King stood head & shoulders above everyone else
He’s been principled & never let others push him away from his principles
He’s fiercely loved America, Long Island, and his Irish heritage and left a lasting mark on all 3
I will miss him in Congress & value his friendship
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Mark my words: he has pushed the budget process right to the end to have even more leverage than he already has. He will use this to push for Medicaid cuts, rollback on bail and let billionaires and millionaires off the hook. Ladies and gentlemen, America’s Governor. 😑😑😑
"We have to finish the budget before we tell you the size the of the budget." --
@NYGovCuomo
@CapitalTonight
Presser is over.
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For the record:
- We should NOT have fracking
- We SHOULD have “socialized medicine”
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THE CURFEW IS A PROBLEM. END THE CURFEW. Pass it on.
THE CURFEW IS A PROBLEM. END THE CURFEW. Pass it on.
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THIS. IS. NOT. THE. RIGHT. TAKE.
Do these people even know that Katie Porter won?!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants had a stark warning for Democrats today: swing too far left and they’re all but certain to blow their chances in the Georgia runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate
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Every leader must work to empower New Yorkers & build coalitions that measure success by impact and integrity, not identity. So many phenomenal Latino leaders walked so I could run. That being said, I cannot support any nominee on the sole basis that they are a fellow Latino. 4/4
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For anyone who considers this man a hero and/or “the leader we need right now”, PLEASE pay attention to the CHOICES he is making about where and when he acts. Cutting Medicaid? Not letting incarcerated people go? THESE ARE CHOICES. Ones he must be held accountable for.
Today in
@NYGovCuomo
being cold & heartless. In 43 seconds:
First: Lies that NY jails/prisons can quarantine. Experts including Chief Rikers doctor unanimously say they cant given numbers jailed.
Second: Says no clemency or plans to use power to decarcerate.
This is your hero?
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Do. NOT. Rank.
@ericadamsfornyc
Remember, folks: I served with him, so I know what I speak of.
“We have to kill this myth that Black and Brown people don’t want t to be safe,” said
@ericadamsfornyc
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And while I’m up in the air…they DO have champagne up here, though.
The man finally resigns while I am underground on the G train smh
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With all due respect, Madame Governor, that is a mistake.
@JayJacobs28
has to go.
Asked about election results,
@GovKathyHochul
says her campaign and
@nydems
did quite well.
As for calls within the party to remove
@JayJacobs28
, Hochul says she has no plans to replace him. He stays.
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h/t to
@NYMag
for FINALLY giving us a
@NYGovCuomo
poster I can rock with.
SERIOUS QUESTION: Are y’all selling this full size anywhere?
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For any of my colleagues who hasn’t yet taken a position: How many more goddamn allegations or how much more lurid detail do you need to say clearly that
@NYGovCuomo
needs to resign or be impeached imminently?
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If Kathy Hochul had campaigned for governor half has much as she's pushing
#LaSalle
, she might have won by more than 6 points.
Also, we might have kept the House and other down ballot seats.
I said what I said.
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George is a good man, but this is deeply disappointing.
Let’s keep
@JamaalBowmanNY
exactly where he is.
BREAKING - Westchester County Executive George Latimer will formally announce his candidacy for Congress in NY-16 as early as tomorrow
@News12WC
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This is utterly disgusting and unnecessary.
@NYCMayor
this is NOT how to deal with street vendors issues.
In the middle of a pandemic, in the Bronx where 1 in 5 don't have enough to eat
@NYPDnews
@NYCSanitation
trashed a business, destroying produce in a food desert
This family is just trying to run a small business, and sell affordable fruits & veggies.
@NYCMayor
beyond wrong
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A lot of Canadians have lost our jobs. Not one of us has lost our healthcare.
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@shaunking
@realDonaldTrump
I saw someone describe it as a neurological episode of some sort. Homeboy needs an honest doctor to assess him.
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To be clear: In a global pandemic the most vulnerable, many of them Medicaid patients, will be the ones to be most severely impacted. THIS strikes at them directly...and this dude simply REFUSES to
#MakeBillionairesPay
(Thread 1/???)
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Hey .
@MikeBloomberg
, did you forget how you treated The Exonerated Five? Cuz a bunch of us haven’t...
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My statement calling on Ricardo Roselló to step down as Governor of Puerto Rico 👇🏼
#RickyRenuncia
#RickyRenunciaYa
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…for Wednesday when Judge LaSalle can discuss the decisions & opinions that have caused concern for many who oppose his nomination privately & publicly. When I look into my conscience, I know I am beholden to my constituency who elected me for my principles. 3/
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me personally to bolster support for this nomination. It is counterproductive to pit Latino against Latino. This process is an important responsibility & I agree with our Majority Leader that we should not communicate via the press. The Judiciary Committee hearing is scheduled 2/
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.
@NYGovCuomo
This you?
There should be a zero tolerance policy when it comes to sexual harassment & must send a clear message that this behavior is not tolerated.
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Breaking: NYS Judge James Burke rules NYPD can now keep anyone (peaceful protestors arrested for curfew and criminal looters) detained for over 24 hours given these are extraordinary times. “It’s a crisis within a crisis", he said. "All writs are denied, BK, BX and manhattan"
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Sir: this is spectacularly tone deaf and willfully ignores or justifies every instance of misconduct that EVERYONE has seen the last few days. Accountability starts at the top. Go back and watch some of the videos and then come back to discuss who is in “persistent danger”
To the Members of the NYPD:
What you’ve endured these last couple of days and nights—like much of 2020, so far—was unprecedented. In no small way, I want you to know that I’m extremely proud of the way you’ve comported yourselves in the face of such persistent danger...
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Good morning to everyone, except those who enable and protect abusers…and certainly those who believe that quitting the job where they did just that for a LOOOONG time means they can escape accountability.
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You can skip me in your lobbying efforts,
@ericadamsfornyc
.
I’ll answer you right now: HARD pass.
NEWS:
@ericadamsfornyc
says he wants the NYS legislature to revisit bail reform/amend the controversial 2019 law (was also amended in the 2020 budget) to give judges judicial discretion & the ability consider “dangerousness.”
Says it’ll be a top priority when dealing w/ Albany.
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Outside of what I read in the paper?
Ahem, let me clear my throat here, ahem:
IT. DOES. NOT.
.
@NYGovCuomo
now claims legislative STAFF was told about the DOJ "pause" in responding to lawmakers' requests for nursing home data. Does that square with your experiences,
@NYSenatorRivera
@JamesSkoufis
@DickGottfried
et al?
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That’s right folks: .
@NYGovCuomo
will continue to make excuses as to why he can’t
#TaxTheRich
while actively plotting FURTHER cuts to healthcare, education and social services. He is CHOOSING to do this. I won’t forget this and neither should anyone else.
.
@NYGovCuomo
Budget Director Rob Mujica responds to
@GovMurphy
and New Jersey Democrat’s raising taxes on high income earners. In short, Cuomo says wealthy New Yorkers already pay more than that.
Cuomo has said raising taxes is the last resort to fill budget gap.
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I shall name this piece of photo performance art: The Devolution of my Mental State Tonight
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.
@NYGovCuomo
: this statement shows how much of a heartless, gaslighting cretin you are.
These workers are people and asking about how PEOPLE will be taken care of is not “cheap” or “insincere”.
It is human.
And you apparently ain’t that.
Asked whether Restaurant workers should be prioritized for Covid vaccine now that indoor dining is opening in City,
@NYGovCuomo
says they don’t have enough vaccine for everyone. And if those workers get added, others must be dropped. So, it’s a “cheap insincere discussion.”
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Let me clear my throat before I SHOUT this:
*ahem*
THIS?! IS?! THE?! GODDAMN?! SYSTEM?! Y’ALL?! ARE?! DEFENDING!?
JUST IN—While the nation’s largest health insurer,
@UHC
, is slashing many doctors’ pay up to 60% and kicking others out of network during
#COVID19
, its CEO just grabbed a 233% raise. Nice reward for raking in record profits during a pandemic.
#StopUHCgreed
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😐😐😐
Colleague: this is NOT a debate and this is damn irresponsible of you.
Please stop.
Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe? Don't miss the premiere of my exciting new podcast TONIGHT at 6 p.m. as medical experts and anti-vaxxers face off on this controversial issue.
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She is absolutely right. Instead of creating a precedent that might be used by the abomination in the White House to cancel future elections, NY should lead by establishing protocols to proceed with our elections safely. This anti-democratic decision must not stand
Read this statement.
No matter who you support, it is extremely dangerous that New York is establishing a precedent of cancelling elections citing COVID. Ballots were certified & neither candidate asked for this.
The decision should be overturned immediately.
#LetUsVote
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This is accountability.
Not full justice, but accountability.
A good start.
Rest in Power
#GeorgeFloyd
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Very productive meeting with
@AOC
this morning! Looking forward to working with her and her staff to improving the lives of all Bronxites.
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I don’t do selfies, BUT: I’ll be damned if I’m not double masked on this flight.
COVID ain’t done, folks.
#MaskUp
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I believe
@LindseyBoylan
; I believe Charlotte Bennet and I believe that a FULLY independent investigation must begin NOW.
And as
@harassment_free
points out, judge Jones ain’t it.
Questionable conflict of interest or at least bias with this judge.
She worked for a firm that Cuomo’s former advisor started.
No good. We need an INDEPENDENT investigation.
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Oh look!
A handy guide of who NOT to rank AT ALL.
Early voting begins today for what will be one of the most consequential elections in our city’s history.
The candidates below have prioritized supporting the police officers & public safety of our city. We need leaders who will support our cops & end these failed experiments.
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This comment is racist, insensitive and quite ignorant...but sadly, a clear example of the way many of my colleagues think about the opioid crisis...
This is literally what
@SenMartyGolden
said about the opioid epidemic:
“It’s not a ghetto drug. It’s happening to doctor’s kids."
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The very last thing
@NYGovCuomo
said at his press Conference just now was that he “did not believe” that we had lost anyone because he failed to act. Wrong, sir.
#LetThemGo
To date, 2 incarcerated people with COVID-19 have tragically died in New York State prisons because
@NYGovCuomo
refuses to grant
#ClemencyNow
. These deaths are on Cuomo's hands. Every COVID-19 prison death is on his hands. We demand
#NoMoreDeaths
#LetThemGo
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.
@NYGovCuomo
is showing he is basically Trump but with a better fitting suit.
The way he is defending himself by painting himself as a victim is BEYOND outrageous.
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😳😳😳
Just WOW...The level of mental gymnastics that
@NYGovCuomo
has to make to be able to do what he has done for the last decade and talk like he’s talking today still never ceases to amaze
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Thankful to Majority Leader
@AndreaSCousins
for reappointing me as Chair of the
@nySenate
Health Committee. I am committed to working with all stakeholders to transform our broken healthcare system. Health care isn't a commodity, health care is a human right.
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I'm thrilled to reintroduce the New York Health Act with AM
@DickGottfried
and I’m incredibly proud that the majority of members in both the Assembly and the Senate cosponsor and support the legislation. Let's
#PassNYHealth
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There should be no “divide” here.
This was a lynching. Period.
We MUST hold his murderer accountable.
Rest in Power, Jordan.
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😐😐😐
Uhmmmmmmm...bro: this ain’t a bodega.
New York City loves its bodegas! The 14,000 bodegas are vital to our city - let’s support them and keep them open. 👍❤️🗽
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Belated No Cuomo Day to all those who celebrate.
Throwback to the moment I celebrated at 30k feet with some airline bubbly:
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Dang it...gonna have to go to Queens a lot more than usual next year, eh?
ALL IN, SIS.
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
I’m running for City Council because I love my community. Right now, at the intersection of the pandemic and the uprising in defense of Black lives, this is where the work is.
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1. Nothing is a given in politics
2. Even if you believe he will “likely endure“, standing up to him is a moral imperative
3. His deeply toxic leadership style does NOT lead to good governance
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Don’t Rank Yang in your top five! Pass it on!
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I’m sorry, this is beyond the pale.
If it wasn’t clear before, I’ll make it clear now: I stand in solidarity with every former worker of the
@Dianne4NYC
campaign and have rescinded my endorsement.
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Today is my birthday so I’m taking the opportunity to share my
#BirthdayWishlist
of the legislation I'd like to pass next year. Thank you in advance for the well wishes and looking forward to working with you to improve New Yorkers’ lives!
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Well, this didn’t age well...
😏😏😏
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One of the core points in the current coverage on NY’s governor, including this piece, is one that needs to be repeated endlessly: .
@NYGovCuomo
has a terribly toxic leadership style that does NOT lead to good governance.
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I’m not the governor, ma’am.
@NYSenatorRivera
are you really letting to-go adult beverages expire tonight? have you no decency, sir?
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I represent the Senate district in NYC with the highest rates of evictions. Those who can afford an expensive 2nd home should be able to contribute more to our state’s essential systems. It is just common sense.
#PiedATerreTax
#TenantTuesday
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Yet you will, sir.
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Folks: this ain’t a story.
At least not the one whomever did this weak ass oppo dump meant it to be.
It’s actually a story about how systems try to take advantage of vulnerable New Yorkers and many times succeed.
THAT is what
@Dianne4NYC
is trying to change.
Join us.
My story is all too familiar to poor people, single mothers, Black and Brown people and immigrants. My run for Mayor is informed by unjust practices even I was not immune to. That’s why I’m fighting for those the system tries to shame.
My full statement:
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I WILL concede that we had to force him to do most of those.
I don’t think Cuomo’s detractors on the Left would concede this…
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Ain’t the first one to say it, and I don’t even know if the sister wants it, but dang it if I don’t officially add my voice and loudly exclaim:
.
@staceyabrams
FOR DNC CHAIR
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For the record: I agree and will not be supporting her nomination either.
Sen. Julia Salazar says she won't support Singas nomination. First Dem to say so:
"I am not able to support a nominee whose record ... reflects the same old ways of doing things in the criminal legal system."
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We braved the cold rain to demand we
#TaxTheRich
in front of a Park Avenue building with one of the highest concentrations of wealth in NYC. I’m proud to sponsor the capital gains tax bill so ultra wealthy New Yorkers pay their fair share
#InvestinOurNY
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.
@MikeBloomberg
thinks he can buy NY. We can't allow him to privatize our schools & profit off of our City. NYers won’t be fooled by his dirty tricks. We need to get dark money out of politics
#TaxtheRich
& Invest in our NY. We deserve a budget that works for us, not billionaires
NEW: The main funder behind the mysterious new group boosting Kathy Hochul's agenda in Albany?
Michael R. Bloomberg.
He's in for $5M & a Hochul fundraising consultant has been dialing for more, pitching it as a bulwark against more progressive forces.
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I will support whomever wins the nomination (except
@MikeBloomberg
), but this is not a wrap yet. While I’ve always respected
@BernieSanders
, I STILL believe
@ewarren
would make a stronger candidate against the abomination in the WH, and so I stand with her. @ me if you must.
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I voted against granting the Governor expanded emergency powers last year and today I am renewing my call along with a number of my colleagues to rescind them as expeditiously as we can.
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I continue to commend
@NewYorkStateAG
for doing her job and naming an eminently capable and independent team to get to the bottom of these allegations.
But, for the record, an investigation can and should continue AFTER the
@NYGovCuomo
resigns.
As he should.
If not, impeach.
My office has appointed former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and employment discrimination attorney Anne L. Clark to lead our investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo.
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Mi decisión de no apoyar la nominación del juez LaSalle está basada únicamente en su récord y calificaciones como jurista como francamente debería de ser. Gracias al
@eldiariony
por publicar mi artículo de opinión donde explico mis motivos.
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Starbucks workers at the NYC Roastery are still on strike. I sent a letter to management urging them to address hygiene & sanitation issues affecting workers' health & safety. As Health Chair, I want every employer to ensure a safe workplace. Proud to stand with
@SBWorkersUnited
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HUGE WIN! Thank you
@GovKathyHochul
for signing my bill into law to protect NYers from liens on their homes or wage garnishment by medical institutions & debt collectors to collect medical debt. Thank you
@CSSNYorg
for your tireless advocacy!
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Very honored to continue my role as Chair of the
@NYSenate
Health Committee. I will serve as a member of the committees on Finance, Mental Health, Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Housing, Crime & Corrections, and Higher Education.
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And STILL no call to me?
I’m starting to take it personal...bro.
😏😏😏
Sources say
@NYGovCuomo
is calling around to New York pols asking them not to issue statements against him after
@AndreaSCousins
and
@CarlHeastie
called for his resignation.
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RT if you think NYS should make Juneteenth a state holiday.
RT if you think NYS should make Juneteenth a state holiday.
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I could not be prouder to pass
#Coverage4All
through the
@NYsenate
. We've advanced a fiscally responsible public health proposal to offer coverage to thousands of uninsured NYers. I urge the Assembly to join us in passing this monumental legislation.
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Well, some of us have been fighting to get our party to do the right thing for a while, good brother.
This just makes out mission even clearer.
#FireJayJacobs
Amazing to watch the people who run Democratic politics in NY State do absolutely ZERO introspection after getting absolutely washed. Not surprising though.
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The .
@NYGovCuomo
press conference was masterclass in gaslighting, but changes nothing.
So, once again: his deeply toxic style of leadership does NOT lead to good governance. He needs to resign.
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We need to seriously professionalize the BOE and FINALLY snatch it from the clutches of the county political machines. It’s the last refuge of hackery.
.
@BOENYC
are you guys ever gonna get democracy right? Between the broken machines and folks not getting their 2nd ballot ... I’m at a loss for words....
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