Sen. Mike Gianaris
@SenGianaris
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#Queens born and bred│1st generation American│@StarWars, @Mets & @NYKnicks│@NYSenate Deputy Leader
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Joined June 2011
When Trump glorifies one, we inevitably get the other. If you don’t see how uplifting the McCloskeys emboldens people like Kyle Rittenhouse then you’re not paying attention.
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Perhaps I was misunderstood. I said cancel RENT, not the Presidential primary 🤦🏻♂️. #WeCanceledTheWrongThing.
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Queens residents are not confused. @Ocasio2018 pushes bold change at a time people are sick of politics as usual. National Dems should learn rather than deride.
Claire McCaskill on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "I’m a little confused why she’s the thing"
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This is false. Postponing evictions while allowing rent obligations to continue to accumulate only creates a bigger housing crisis in 3 months.
"We took care of the rent issue here in NY" says Cuomo. Activists might disagree . .
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Big mood right now.
Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions
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I’m not your friend.
To my friends on the other side of the aisle like @AOC and @SenGianaris taking a "victory lap" on the recent @amazon news, get a grip. They're only bringing in 1,500 jobs. The deal you torpedoed would have brought 25,000 jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue to NY.
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NEW YORK CITY: This is only going to get worse as Elsa passes through. Please be safe and don’t go out unless absolutely necessary.
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So let’s see. In 1.5 yrs since Amazon “pulled out” of NYC, they announced 1 mil sq ft of new office space and added or announced 5,000 new office jobs. HQ2 was over 15 yrs, so they’re on pace to exceed what was planned. All without massive subsidy.
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I am donating all contributions received from police PACs for my re-election to bail funds and mutual aid organizations, and I will not accept them going forward. We need to call out injustice, but most of all we must act.
This is the scene at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, where people are fed up. No more violence. We deserve a police force that acts with empathy. And we deserve a police force that is held accountable for racist behavior. #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER
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BREAKING: We’ve LEGALIZED recreational marijuana in New York!! . The new law will include social equity programs and will allocate revenue to the communities most affected by the ineffective war on drugs 😌🌿
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The need to #CancelRent for 90 days cannot be overstated. Over the past ten days I’ve heard countless stories of tenants in distress and one basic fact remains:. People CANNOT pay rent if they don’t have a paycheck.
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You know who never wrote off @BernieSanders chances?. The people. As usual, “insiders” were behind the curve.
For months, Bernie Sanders' campaign was written off by Democratic Party insiders — but now he's caught the attention of the party establishment
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WESTERN QUEENS, NY — We’re seeing a spike in #COVID positivity rates, especially in Astoria. Please folks:. Trust science 🧪.Wear a mask 😷.And social distance 🙅♂️. This pandemic must be taken seriously.
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Honored to celebrate such a remarkable leader today. Maybe you’ve heard of her?
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Yet again, drive for corporate profit pits people against each other. Problem isn’t recliner or reclinee but damn airlines treating humans like luggage and squeezing as many of us into cabins as possible. FAA should do its job and regulate seat space!
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Holy crap look at the turnout in Astoria for the first day of Early Voting! Let’s get this! #Vote
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The burden should not be on the 99 percent to prove we are worthy of the 1 percent’s presence in our communities, but rather on Amazon to prove it would be a responsible corporate neighbor. Corporate responsibility should take precedence over corporate welfare.
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Working with @AOC and our Western Queens Small Business Council to help restaurants and other small businesses survive the pandemic. Federal relief is not just aid for struggling businesses, but a lifeline for working people and their families in this difficult time #SaveSmallBiz
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I believe Justice LaSalle represents a continuation of a status quo that sullied the Court’s reputation and ruled inconsistently with NYers values. I will vote ‘no’ should the nomination be brought to the Senate floor
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Congestion pricing was a hard-fought, deliberatively-achieved policy to tackle NYC’s congestion crisis, improve the environment, and obtain vital funding for mass transit. Halting its implementation as it was about to begin is a big mistake.
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Thank you @BernieSanders. We’re fighting to #CancelRent in NY and hope leaders across the nation realize help needs to go first to those who need it most.
Along with pausing mortgage payments, evictions, and utility shutoffs, we must place a moratorium on rent payments, especially in states hardest-hit by the coronavirus like New York. We must build on the important work @sengianaris and others are doing to make this happen.
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Our criminal justice system *should* see people as innocent until proven guilty—not guilty unless they can pay their way out. Bail keeps the poor incarcerated without requiring conviction of a crime. So proud we changed that
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This is the scene at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, where people are fed up. No more violence. We deserve a police force that acts with empathy. And we deserve a police force that is held accountable for racist behavior. #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER
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Authorities busting out pepper spray to keep people away from #MDCBrooklyn. This is getting out of control
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Tenants can’t pay rent if they can’t earn a living. Let’s #CancelRent for 90 days to keep people in their homes during the #coronavirus crisis
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A simple thank you to the ‘leftists’ would suffice.
Cuomo, alongside Christie, says ‘leftists’ forced impeachment inquiry
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Automatic Voter Registration is now the law in New York!. Proud to have authored this bill, paving the way for over 1 million eligible voters to be added to the rolls #AVR
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#CancelRent - pass it on.
State Sen. Michael Gianaris plans to introduce a measure that will offer 90 days of rent forgiveness to residential and commercial tenants if they lose work or are forced to close because of the pandemic.
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“Amazon is taking the space without any . special tax credits and other inducements”. So about that $3 billion.
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Help is on the way! A Democratic State Senate will move aggressively on voting reforms, many of which I’m proud to author #electionday.
New York is a state *without* early voting, mail-in ballots, or no-excuse absentee. You can only cast a ballot from 6am-9pm. Election Day isn’t a holiday. When pollsites break down, it has enormous consequences for election turnout. Enough. We need voting reform in New York.
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Many of the more than 2,000 disqualified affidavit ballots in the #QueensDA election were submitted by undisputed registered Queens Dems who simply didn’t complete one question on the affidavit form. This is anti-democratic. Count the votes! @CabanForQueens.
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I’m a Bernie supporter who builds with Warren supporters. Let’s do this @Biaggi4NY. #BuildTogether Pass it along.
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NYPD out here in Queens doing Amazon’s bidding by roughing up and arresting workers who are standing up for themselves. The @Teamsters have a right to strike and our police should be protecting them, not Jeff Bezos
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This is not good. First Bill Gates and now Eric Schmidt. These are not people who should determine for us how best to provide services to everyday New Yorkers. Instead, we should tax them more so people whose job it is to decide state policy can do so more effectively.
NEW: @NYGovCuomo has tapped @Google CEO @ericschmidt to head a new Blue Ribbon Commission reimagining New York State’s current systems of health and education.
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My statement regarding my opposition to the Governor's IOU/bailout proposal:
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Maybe a multi-billion dollar subsidy for the biggest corporation in the world to build an office was a really bad idea after all.
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Animals should be treated as living beings with feelings, not products on a store shelf. I'm proud the Senate passed my bill to combat puppy mills by banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits. It's time we do the right thing for our animals. 🐰🐶🐱
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Remember when people applying for unemployment were promised a call back within 72 hours?. That was a long time ago.
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Look who’s one of the few states in the country not colored in. Let’s get it together and pass #earlyvoting in New York!
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Good on @BernieSanders. Other Democrats should take note.
No one was willing to play hardball with Mitch McConnell — except Bernie Sanders.
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We are not moving fast enough. We must #CancelRent and provide other relief ASAP. “Most working-class workers rent their home. Non-debt financial obligations—a category that includes rents—are higher than before the financial crisis.”
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NYPD encrypting radios and actively directing media narratives will have a grave chilling effect on the free press - we are seeing it happen before our eyes. It is vital that we pass my Keep Police Radio Public Act to maintain transparency and accountability for law enforcement.
The NYPD has also begun encrypting their radio transmissions. When the police and universities block the press, but the head of the NYPD’s press office rolls up to scene on the roof of an MRAP truck, the narrative will only be controlled by @NYPDnews.
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Was that real?. That could’ve easily been a movie scene where martial law ends up getting instituted. Trump is insane. God help us.
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Amazing turnout for mobile office hours with @AOC today in Woodside! Great to provide access to government for our neighborhoods
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I am reissuing my call for an end to cash bail. Pedro Hernandez is the latest example of a system that discriminates on the basis of wealth
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What’s really disgusting is when people exercising their right to protest injustice get assaulted by the same officers who are supposed to protect that right. Take a seat you Trump sycophant.
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Citizen's Arrest is bonkers to begin with, and it shouldn't be used by aspirational despots to go after perceived enemies. We must get rid of it once and for all. Glad our Senate passed my bill to do just that.
In a dangerous move, Donald Trump just reposted a statement calling for a citizen's arrest of AG James and Judge Engoron. New York law only allows for a citizen's arrest when a person has 'in fact' committed a felony in the presence of that citizen, according to @lawofruby.
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This is why I wrote the Democracy Preservation Act, which would take foreign corporate money out of our elections, and why we need to keep fighting to pass it.
Foreign investors now own a whopping 40% of U.S. corporate stock shares — up from just 5% in 1982. What are they doing with the excess cash? Pouring millions into US elections. New York has an opportunity to curb this corruption by passing the Democracy Preservation Act. Do it!
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NO WAY New York elects an anti-choice, pro-gun, extremist, insurrectionist, wanna-be Donald Trump like Lee Zeldin to lead our state. @kathyhochul is our best choice for Governor. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
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This is definitely not ok, and a clear indication of someone not in charge of his own police.
Bill de Blasio. Jesus Christ. This is how he responds to the NYPD dragging an 18 year old homeless trans woman into an unmarked van for allegedly damaging police cameras. This is the man who literally ran on police reform. The cowardice never ceases to amaze me.
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. or instead of spending millions for more cops in the subway we can use that money to make transit more affordable and STOP. CRIMINALIZING. POVERTY.
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Continue to be struck by the strength and dignity of @ninaturner. So much crap slung @BernieSanders and his supporters on this channel. Great to see her setting things straight!. #NotMeUs
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Anyone confused by Amazon’s effect on local businesses should read this. “It’s put me out of business,” said Mr. Knight, who is especially aggrieved by government subsidies to the company in the name of job creation; he will be laying off 40 employees
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No better way to win campaigns than canvassing. @BernieSanders breaks it down here as only he can.
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The data is clear - while rising crime is a great concern, the media's fixation with crime reporting is wildly disproportionate to reality. We must improve public safety in the context of actual facts, not sensationalism. Thanks to @_AlanaSivin @fwdus for putting this together
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I continue to appreciate @BernieSanders. Still dedicated to the movement and committed most of all to defeating Trump. I look forward to Sunday’s debate.
@BernieSanders is still in it. And he’s doing it his way. Clearly doesn’t see @JoeBiden as the person that he wants defeated but will hold his amigo accountable.
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As someone who runs chamber operations for a legislature, I can tell you that Rule #1 of legislative procedure is whoever has the majority makes the rules. Get back in there and overrule the Parliamentarian! Working people need help!. #MinimumWage.
NEWS: The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the minimum wage is "merely incidental" and can NOT be included in the Covid bill.
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Eviction moratorium is good but tenants without income won’t be able to pay accumulating rent in 90 days and will then face eviction. We need to #CancelRent for 90 days.
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A vigilante is someone who decides on their own to stop crime. Jordan Neely was not committing a crime. His killer is not a vigilante. He’s a criminal. RIP Jordan Neely.
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No chance. @AOC is supported by our community. How about these anonymous lawmakers identify themselves and see if anyone wants to primary them?.
“What I have recommended to the New York delegation is that you find (@AOC) a primary opponent and make her a ONE-TERM CONGRESSPERSON," a veteran Democratic lawmaker told me. "You've got numerous councilpeople and state legislators who've been waiting 20 yrs for that seat.”.
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Shouldn’t have been a curfew in the first place. The harm is already done.
New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately. Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city. Tomorrow we take the first big step to restart. Keep staying safe. Keep looking out for each other.
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Hey @NYCPBA, behold the re-election of @KevinThomasNY and the 100% Democratic Nassau Senate delegation!. You should really do a better job minding your members’ money
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And the new law will expunge criminal records for anyone previously convicted of actions that are no longer criminal.
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I’d rather work from a state that doesn’t force 10-year old rape victims to give birth, thank you very much
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What I don’t get about bail reform opponents is the idea they would somehow feel safer if people accused of crimes just wrote a $1,000 check before being released back into the community. I appreciate that some honestly disagree but the demagogues on this issue are truly awful.
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I don’t say this lightly because there’s already enough exaggeration in our politics, but this is an outright lie, as in not even remotely true.
They did not ask a single judge, a single district attorney, a single police chief in the state to comment on this most significant criminal justice reform in the history of New York. And now we are left to pick up the debris that it’s going to create.
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I am continually amused by the latent conflict between the NY Post real estate section (“NY is back baby!”) and its front page (“NY is an unredeemable hellhole!”)
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In East Las Vegas for @BernieSanders and one thing is certain: people are energized . And you know @ninaturner and @AnaMariaArchil2 bring that energy! #NVCaucus
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LOL!. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t think our winning the largest Senate majority in state history is wiping up the table.
“Democrats got a message here too. We didn’t wipe up the table.”. -@NYGovCuomo on local elections.
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.@BernieSanders with the #Queens shoutout! Love it! Welcome to western Queens this weekend Bernie!.
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Thank you @AndreaSCousins. You continue to inspire. I stand with you in calling for Governor Cuomo to resign so we can move our state forward.
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Amazon is coming to New York, just as they always planned. Fortunately, we dodged a $3 billion bullet by not agreeing to their subsidy shakedown
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THE BILL HAS PASSED!. New York has a real opportunity to create permanent affordable housing.
Senator @SenGianaris is debating HONDA, his bill to create permanent, truly affordable housing through the conversion of distressed hotels and certain commercial properties. Watch here:
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I’m willing to fight for someone I don’t know.
I’m willing to fight for someone I don’t know.
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Here you go, folks. Apparently over 100 ballots disqualified for this reason, even if voters are clearly registered Queens Dems and therefore eligible to vote. These votes should be counted! #QueensDA @CabanForQueens.
Here’s what’s happening. Some voters didn’t fill out that blank near the top that says “party enrollment” (to the left of DOB). The @BOENYC says leaving this blank means the affidavit ballot isn’t counted.
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Join the campaign to re-elect me and @AOC tonight in Astoria to keep the progressive movement moving forward👇.
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Every single Senator and member of Congress objecting to the election results is encouraging this behavior. Don’t forget their names.
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People who don’t have rent money for next month won’t magically have 3 month’s rent in 90 days. We must #CancelRent to stave off a housing crisis this summer.
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So Joe Lieberman, who endorsed McCain over Obama and is on Trump’s short list for a job, goes on Fox News of all places, to tell Democrats that @AOC shouldn’t be our future?. thank u, next
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Those without a paycheck this month shouldn’t be expected to pay rent in a couple days . We should first help those that typically get left behind #CancelRent
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Ridiculous. Does Anthem expect a patient to get up in the middle of a surgery and walk away? I will be introducing legislation to prohibit this practice and protect patients who need care.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries. It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
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The different police response today compared to the summer protests makes my blood boil. Law enforcement is biased, plain and simple. They don’t even hide it.
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One of our first acts when we took the Senate majority was to enshrine reproductive rights in NY state law so we’ll be a safe haven if Roe is overturned.
Real, maybe dumb, question. What can the NY legislature do to fight against the Texas law against women and pregnant people? Or to support those seeking abortion? @SenGianaris.
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Right call, but we also need to deliver major economic support to these businesses and their workers so they can survive.
City Hall announced on Sunday night that it would order all bars and restaurants to close. Restaurants would be limited to takeout and food delivery, officials said.
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“The sky is falling, the wind is calling, stand for something, or die in the morning” @kendricklamar
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Anyone else notice how beautiful the days have been since Trump lost?. 😌😌😌.
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This morning in Maspeth, Queens, NYPD decided "protect and serve" refers to Jeff Bezos' wallet, not the people of NYC. Solidarity with @Teamsters members who were arrested for exercising their rights. We will be back, and we will win
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I stood up for a community that is under stress from gentrification and crumbling mass transit. I’m proud to take the slings and arrows for them
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