Brigid Bergin
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Sr. politics reporter & host for @wnyc @gothamist covering power, institutions and democracy. I like to talk and ❤️ to listen. Tips: DM or bbergin@wnyc-dot-org
New York City
Joined January 2008
Amazon distribution center in NYC will be investigated by city over allegations that a worker was fired for raising health and safety concerns.
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“We can just choose to lead,” @AOC on why the US should be out front in the fight against climate change.
Green New Deal: @NPR has the first look at a resolution @AOC and others introduce today to set a goal to be carbon-neutral in 10 years. Hear her on @MorningEdition and read the document here:
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Now @AOC’s call to action: “First, be brave with us. what is right is not always what is popular and what is popular is not always what is right.”.
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The line of people waiting to enter Bernie Sanders rally at Brooklyn College stretches for the blocks
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@clauirizarry They have a manicure robot at National airport in DC. Tried it and wasn’t terrible!.
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.@BernieSanders rally starts with field director calling on volunteers to door knock this weekend
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THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL 😊 Early Voting and Other Changes to Election Laws Are Coming to New York
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Now up @NYCSpeakerCoJo who calls @AOC a “fierce and fabulous” member of Congress. “This is a woman who intuitively understands the future of the Democratic Party,” he says. Tells people to look at the replies to her tweets “supporters outnumber the trolls on every single tweet”.
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@Alex_Lily As the host who had to jump in, it was amazing how quickly a story about his life experience veered into very tactical advice. Live radio keeps you on your toes.
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NEW: Brooklyn Voters Receive Absentee Ballot Envelopes With Wrong Voter Names And Addresses via @gothamist.
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At her BX town hall, @AOC takes a Q about whether she supports universal basic income (UBI). She does not support @AndrewYang's $1000 a mo policy, calling it a regressive approach that's a "Trojan horse to gut the social safety net." But she's open to other UBI policies.
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When I walked the streets w/ @AOC back in Sept 2017, she wasn't shy about telling voters her views - or listening to them their concerns. Interesting convo with @ShaneGoldmacher here -- Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Dems to the Left, Whether They Like It or Not
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It is truly astounding to hear Fred Umane, @BOENYC President and Commissioner GOP Manhattan, say that Board may or may not hold their regularly scheduled meeting next week bc so many of them will be on vacation, this as ppl await the tallies of ranked-choice primary results.
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Big boost here - could be very meaningful in parts of BK and Qns. Maya Wiley Lands Major Endorsement From Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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.@CarmenYulinCruz says she was not a Bernie supporter in 2016 but he won her over when he visited PR after Hurricane Maria, “no cameras, no show.”
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I am watching this on repeat the voices are so amazing.
New York City is under a drought watch. Here’s former Mayor Ed Koch in 1980 for the “Keep New York City Wet” campaign — maybe @NYCMayor should replicate it (via @LaGuardiaWagner
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This is very powerful.
Climate change is here + we’ve got a deadline: 12 years left to cut emissions in half. A #GreenNewDeal is our plan for a world and a future worth fighting for. How did we get here?.What is at stake?.And where are we going?. Please watch & share widely ⬇️.
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BREAKING: Madison Square Garden Will Be A Polling Site For The 2020 Election, Thanks To NBA Players via @gothamist with @jenchung . cc @AriBerman @barclayscenter.
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“This schoolhouse to jailhouse pipeline. it’s about our country,” @BetoORourke says talking about institutional racism through examples of disparities in maternal mortality rates, criminal justice inequities and voting rights
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Yo @BOENYC -- how is this giant @ericadamsfornyc picture in a poll site not electioneering?.
@mayawiley @JumaaneWilliams You didn't get to see the home court advantage at Brooklyn Borough Hall then? (6') Photo of a candidate in the voting room.
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.@BOENYC says there is a national envelope shortage that could impact mailing absentee ballots.
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Richard was my mentor and friend. I’ll miss his reassurance, and that voice, perfectly calibrated for the story he was about to share. He gave so much to the city and station he loved. Thank you for taking me under your wing.💔 via @WNYC.
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How does big money work in NY politics? Read this really amazing story from @danarubinstein and @npfandos about billionaire Ron Lauder
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.@NYCMayor talks about a modern- single room occupancy (SRO) concept. He describes his son who has a stove that he doesn’t think he knows how to turn on. He suggests you don’t need a window in a bedroom. “You don’t need a window when you are sleeping.”.
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There are so many media outlets in this city: radio stations, television stations, platforms besides this one to broadcast emergency information. Why didn't the NYC use all of them?.
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This analysis is devastating . Fewer than 4,300 would have died by May 3 from the NYMetro area if control measures had been put in place and adopted nationwide just a week earlier, on March 8, the researchers estimated.
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My first appearance on @MSNBC. Good room rater review.- Name spelled wrong in the chyron.
Corner couch view. Love the blue. Good lighting. Lower art. Add a contrasting pillow. 8/10 @brigidbergin
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.@NYCMayor says the city still needs 15,000 ventilators. He says when the city is done with them, they will disperse them. He's pleading with oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, and even vets to donate ventilators from their offices so they can be used to fight this crisis.
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“Let’s put our differences aside,” @AOC said. “Show me what you have done that is clinically proven to reduce violence in your community.”.“Because I'll show you mine,” she added. Read @lizkimtweets exclusive here . via @gothamist.
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My husband walks our daughter to school almost every morning. It’s a short, little walk and I can watch the whole thing from our front window and, honestly, it’s pretty much the cutest thing I get to see everyday. ❤️.
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BREAKING: City Board of Elections Admits It Broke the Law, Accepts Reforms via @WNYC Tune in at 4:45 pm for more!.
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Some mornings, my rage fuels me. Today, I’m just sad and spent. Sending love to everyone who is feeling the same.
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Wow, @AndrewYang goes all in against @ericadamsfornyc on his use of the fundraising system. He's accused him of breaking the rules and laws. "It infuriates me.". He says Adams campaign has violated the spirit of the public matching program.
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Some professional news ⬇️…very grateful to the editors I have had the privilege to work w/ & learn from including my rock 🪨 for 2+ yrs, @pwillens plus @dllewis7 & @AndreaBNYC before that and all my colleagues from @WNYC and @Gothamist past and present.
@brigidbergin was promoted to senior reporter because she is amazing. And @karen_yi got a promotion too. Because she is also terrific.
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On comments made by @IlhanMN, @BilldeBlasio weighs in: he believes they were anti-Semitic. "I believe strongly in the state of Israel. I don't feel beholden one bit to a foreign power." . "There is a long anti Semitic tradition associated with that kind of comment.".
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Apropos of nothing, check out this cool @FDNY boat I just passed on my ferry ⛴ ride . Anyone know what it’s doing? Just a little maritime peacocking or something more functional?
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“What we did, we built together…this mission is a movement that is bigger than me,” @mayawiley as she concedes in the NYC mayoral primary
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.@maziforcongress we are trying to cover your campaign, but your team refuses to give me even basic information about what you are doing despite my many requests, including the press conference today at 11. Why is that?.
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Sunset Twitter, one of my 2022 resolutions is to join you more often. This one was amazing.
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BREAKING: @zellnor4ny announces a series of hearings to look at Boards of Election across the state. Listen live on @WNYC.
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What a bold move - end it one day before it was 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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I used to really love fireworks. They represented a communal experience that could be dazzling. Now they just feel like selfish acts of individuals showing off, regardless of the impact on others, done without any desire to share something beautiful with others.
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#BREAKING: Judge Torres orders the @NYSBOE to direct all local Boards of Elections to count absentee ballots lacking a postmark received 6/24 and 6/25. No LATE postmarks will be accepted. MORE TO COME. Counsel for the plaintiffs @Ali_Najmi @j_remy_green.
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How I feel at most in-person social gatherings these days.
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Lots of numbers. 250 more ambulances are coming to NYC to help with the 911 calls .Approx more than 500 more EMTS and paramedics coming. 530 more nurses came last week. 1,000 more nurses will be coming to the city.
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Primary Day PSA: Not every weird thing you experience today while voting is a sign of something nefarious. More likely, it’s a mistake. But if you suspect any misconduct you can report any concerns to the the Election Protection hotline at 886-OUR-VOTE and / or DM me!.
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I spent most of my day in Jamaica Queens around 183rd St where so many of our neighbors experienced devastating flooding. One family lost a mother and son. Others will face tremendous financial burdens because they couldn’t get flood insurance. It made me so sad and angry.
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This story about Rana Abdelhamid bears a strong resemblance to the stories of @JamaalBowmanNY and @AOC, also backed by the Justice Dems taking on entrenched incumbents. race to watch! . New Target for New York’s Ascendant Left: Rep. Carolyn Maloney
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NEW @SenGillibrand joins growing number of Senate Dems calling on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign: “I share Sen. Booker’s views that [Sen. Menendez] should step down.”
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"We can not go ahead at this point in time with indoor dining in New York City," @NYCMayor says. The data re Covid19 around the country has been getting worse and "it's not the time" to forge ahead with it.
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Margarita Rosa poses with @AOC. She is posing for photos with anyone who wants one. Her staff is doing their best to manage it all.
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Excited to be filling in for @BrianLehrer on this historic day in New York. Tune in at 10 on @WNYC to hear @GovKathyHochul get sworn in (a second time). Then join the conversation with guests @GwynneFitz and @CTLizB (fixed my typo!)
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Moments ago @SenGillibrand: “The American people deserve a government they can trust…that they're not questioning whether their elected leaders are working for the people or for themselves. And in light of that lack of trust. I share Sen Booker's views that he should step down.”.
Booker on Menendez: “Stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great personal cost. Senator Menendez has made these sacrifices in the past to serve. And in this case he must do so again. I.
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Getting ready to broadcast the @BrianLehrer Show from home, filling in for a few days while Brian gets some dental work done. Lots of great conversations coming up. Tune in!
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Two Brooklyn elected officials handcuffed and pepper sprayed by the @NYPDnews tonight. There will be so much to explain about tonight.
I was pepper sprayed and handcuffed tonight along with @YourFavoriteASW. We came in solidarity and to keep the peace. We are still processing what happened.
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"What should strike all of us is that he engaged in this locker room talk in the first place,"@mayawiley says of the now notorious @AndrewYang video. She says he should have "shut it down" the moment the "B-word" was used.
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More and more people will be making the suggestion that @HillaryClinton just made: Become a poll worker! . In New York, it's a paid position and the @NYSBOE and @BOENYC never have enough of them. Young people, you can do this! .
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In the ballot postmarking case @TishJames office is arguing that counting all the votes, regardless of errors by @USPS, is not in the public interest. Which is just wow. .
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BREAKING: @TheGarden agrees to be an #EarlyVoting and #ElectionDay poll site for the @BOENYC in New York City. It's a first for MSG. We are looking at you @barclayscenter . More to come from @Gothamist / @WNYC.
@AriBerman @DSPECORARO Hey @Yankees @Mets @TheGarden @barclayscenter given all your tax is incentives, how about offering your giant empty spaces as poll sites to @BOENYC ???.
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We need the demographic data in NYC. It's just so crazy that it's not being published.
Chicago’s black population is 29%. 70% of those who’ve died from covid in Chicago are African-American.
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I literally had to check the date on this story. It's 2021 and this keeps happening.
Only 8 Black Students Are Admitted to Stuyvesant High School
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ICYMI: I had the surreal opportunity to fill in for @BrianLehrer two days this week. It was my first time EVER doing it. Brian makes it look so easy, but really he’s juggling a million things at once - and he works with a team of amazing radio 📻 pros that make the show great.
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"Anything short of a full mobilization" of the US militatry will fall short of what we need, @NYCMayor says he told @realDonaldTrump . "I had a good and respectful conversation with the president, but it was an urgent one," he adds.
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More VOTERS TODAY FOR #EarlyVoting than over NINE DAYS last November. All IN ONE DAY.
***Day 1 Early Voting Total Check-In***. Manhattan 19,877.Bronx 14,928.Queens 19,223.Brooklyn 29,411.Richmond 10,391. TOTAL 93,830.
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I’m all for @THECITYNY but other local outlets have been in trenches all along. More is better but don’t discount the work. @WNYC did a whole series about the Queens Machine the October before @AOC beat Crowley. We weren’t shocked (we were on maternity leave).
A battered New York press and the hope of The City
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“I think there is a debate out there about vaccinations,” @NYCMayor says on @InsideCityHall while urging ppl to heed the city’s order re: measles & blocking unvaccinated kids from schools. Why not just say there is misinformation about vaccines out there. What’s the debate?.
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“He’s a friend and I never turn my back on friends,” - Bishop Cockfield about why Andrew Cuomo is at his church today.
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And yet, I know what this caller is talking about. When I see officers with long guns, it always stuns me. Depending on the the stations you frequent, I suspect you see them more - and certainly more than the @NYCMayor who rarely if ever rides the subway.
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NOTE TO SELF: Do not read tweets about how you are sounding as a host while you are hosting. It does not help.
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Imagine anyone you worked with sending messages like this. By political broad standards, these women were supposed to be on the same team.
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Folks have taken their "Hillary" signs and filled in the letters so a four-letter word remains #DemsInPhilly
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As a reporter who has been to a lot of these rallies, this @SenSanders event is seriously well organized. Tons of volunteers directing people. Expertly choreographed back drop. Tracie Chapman’s song Revolution playing. All on message and very upbeat.
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From @JCColtin last wk b4 Yang filed with the CFB. “Records from the New York City Board of Elections suggest he has never once voted in a mayoral election, in either the primary or the general.”.
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Ok, Moms and Dads - my daughter is going to 3K soon in a few minutes and I am officially freaking out.
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So you ready for Ranked Choice Voting 🗳 NYC!? . 2021 is going to be a much different set of campaigns.
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.@NYCMayor talking about the importance of wearing face coverings, especially in grocery stores and pharmacies. No one goes in without one on and city will back them up if they deny someone access, mayor says.
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I'm wondering why @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio isn't out checking the #EarlyVoting sites?. To find out why the lines are long. To see how the @BOENYC is doing. To follow up on issues other elected leaders like @zellnor4ny and @cmenchaca.
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Talking about crisis level staffing, @NYCMayor says the city will need 45K more clinical staff, 7500 hospital staff, 37500 at nontraditional hospitals. City is bringing in thousands through contracts and volunteers. He continues to request more medical staff from FEMA.
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"I never knew"."I feel terrible"."I'm embarrassed by it". Also, "I do not believe I have ever done anything in my public career that I should be ashamed of.". Feeling strong I-am-sorry-you-were-offended-energy here.
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For the 2nd time in a week, the same crazy woman has yelled at me while I’m walking with my 2.5 yo daughter outside because we are both wearing masks. It makes me furious and so help me, if she does it again I’m filing a harassment complaint at @NYPD100Pct.
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Oh wow! Protesters shouting, “Fire Pantaleo!” aimed at @BilldeBlasio interrupt @CoryBooker’s opening statement. #DemDebate.
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Wow. Kristin Urquiza’s speech: “there are two America’s - the one @realDonaldTrump lives in and the the one that my Dad died in.”.
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.@RepJerryNadler kicks off press conference with a scathing critique of today’s field hearing. He’s says if Republicans cared about public safety, they would crack down on guns. “This is just part of their efforts to protect Donald Trump by any means necessary.”
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Advocates Sue NY State Board of Elections for Improperly Removing Voters from Rolls via @WNYC.
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A Queens upstart gained momentum in her congressional bid — then came redistricting via @gothamist.
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.@NYCMayor says 270 New York City employees died from Covid19. City plans to support state legislation for line of duty benefits for family who lost their loved ones.
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