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Bernie Sanders: "This is going to be a 50 state campaign. We are not going to concede one state to Donald Trump”
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Mayor de Blasio says the
@NYPDnews
will investigate the allegation that
@realDonaldTrump
raped writer E. Jean Carroll as soon as the NYPD receives a complaint. “We will find out the truth,” de Blasio says.
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Incredible shot of the NYC climate strike march.
NYCs massive
#ClimateStrike
march has begun, from Foley Sq down Centre St to Chambers St across to Broadway... and down to the Battery! Thank you
@ClimateCrisis
and everyone else marching!
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De Blasio speaks to his largest crowd of the day in Iowa at a Woodbury County Democratic Party fundraiser in Sioux City.
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Outside Gracie Mansion just now, woman runs by and shouts, “Don’t do it, Bill!”
Me: “He’s doing it”
Jogger: “I can’t believe it. Nobody wants it.”
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To all those Dems saying they don’t understand the point of a primary challenge from
@CynthiaNixon
, today’s news that
@NYGovCuomo
is demanding IDC dissolve seems clear proof that her campaign is already pushing Cuomo to the left. And that’s he scared of Nixon.
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Cuomo got 95% of the Democratic delegate vote at the state Democratic convention. I joked that it was like Putin winning re-election. But then I looked and saw that Putin only got 77% of the vote.
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Just bumped into
@CynthiaNixon
on the subway platform at Broadway-Lafayette. Not because she was campaigning for anything. But presumably bc she needed to get from point A to B today. Wish more pols did the same. Seems only way subway gets better is if people in power use it too.
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I did a double take when reading this headline. This is not a "startling" fact to any woman who goes running or even walks down the street on a regular basis. This happens all the time.
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“I represent 8.6 million people,” Mayor de Blasio tells the 15 people who came out to hear from him this morning in Columbia, SC.
15 people, including the mayor of Orangeburg, SC (the first person to endorse the mayor’s 2020 campaign) come to hear
@BilldeBlasio
@Chirlane
speak in Columbia, SC this morning.
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Two sources close to Mayor de Blasio tell me that his presidential announcement is NOT happening this week.
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After 11 amazing years of reporting on the greatest city in the world, I am leaving
@NY1
to join the incredible biotech company BridgeBio as its VP of marketing & communications. It’s been an honor to tell the stories of New Yorkers. Now it’s time for me to tell some new ones.
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Tita Concepcion lives in public housing in New York and came all the way to Sioux City to confront Mayor de Blasio about the problems at
@NYCHA
. New Yorkers, if you want some face time with your mayor, he’ll be in South Carolina today and tomorrow morning.
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The basic level of cooperation on display tonight between
@NYCMayor
@NYGovCuomo
is so remarkable I am doing a story about it.
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I’m in downtown Des Moines and stopping people on the street to ask them about Mayor de Blasio. So far I haven’t found anyone who seems to know who he is.
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Adding my voice to the collective primal scream about the start of school in NYC. Thank you to
@TheAtlantic
for giving me this platform. Our kids deserve so much better from
@NYCMayor
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Looking over de Blasio’s 2017 tax return. Earned $223k in adjusted income and recorded a loss of $12K for his Brooklyn homes, which he rents out. He and Chirlane say they gave just $350 to charity last year. That’s $150 less than they paid their tax preparer.
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Guess who stopped by
@StonewallInnNYC
today for an unannounced visit?
@JoeBiden
. 50 years after police raided the gay bar and patrons rioted, the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate pays a visit.
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My daughter, 7, ran into
@NYCMayor
today with her class and demanded more Covid testing inside schools. Future reporter? Look out, Room 9!
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Well, now it’s clear. There a protestors in the debate audience shouting “Fire Pantaleo.” Pantaleo is the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold five years ago. He’s still employed by the NYPD. Does de Blasio get asked about this by the moderators?
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Mayor de Blasio has arrived. In jeans. And they are not “dad” jeans. And he appears to be wearing new shoes. In fact, he looks so put together that I’m wondering if he is working with a stylist. Because this is not the mayor’s usual look.
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"I don't understand the analogy," de Blasio says when Errol asks him about a hypothetical scenario in which a city official who is needed in NYC is out of town looking for a new job.
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.
@DanaBashCNN
making great point on CNN. If it was do-able to go through these emails so fast why not do that w/o alerting public first?
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Well, this is interesting. I just got off the phone with a friend in Park Slope who (wait for it...) told me he had just seen the mayor at the gym around 10.
Good morning.
@NYCMayor
has a “scheduling conflict,” and will be on at 10:30 instead, says
@BrianLehrer
on his show now.
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The total headcount (not including press or de Blasio campaign aides) was 30 by my count.
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Just a reminder that de Blasio held a news conference bashing President Trump for not meeting new building emissions standards that were just enacted by the City Council. Mayor de Blasio still hasn't taken the time to sign the bill.
(1/4) The fact that the Mayor of a major city would attack an iconic organization (which employs thousands of hardworking New York taxpayers) for his own political gain is an abuse of power, unethical and simply counterintuitive.
@NYCMayor
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I told my kids they would get a real education this fall - it just wouldn’t be the usual school curriculum. Instead they are being taught a powerful lesson about the critical importance of voting & having strong, capable, hard-working leaders at City Hall.
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.
@SpeakerRyan
talks about how Wisconsin is great place to visit in fall. Says someone should have told
@HillaryClinton
that.
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But he still is driven 11 miles most mornings to go to the gym in Park Slope.
Bill de Blasio 2020? “I am an obsessive recycler. Late at night I go around City Hall turning off the lights,”
🧐
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Immigrants are the backbone of NYC. We need to turn the arrival of migrants to NYC from a crisis into an opportunity for growth and economic revitalization. We need more workers in NYC — and the vast majority, if not all, of these new New Yorkers want to work.
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Here it is, twitter.
@CynthiaNixon
defends her cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and lox.
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I keep thinking about the fact that we actually have a position in NYC government called the "Public Advocate." Why hasn't
@TishJames
been talking nonstop about the state of the subways?? Could it be because she teamed up with Cuomo in her run for Attorney General?
Yesterday
@RidersNY
organized a press conference to focus attention on the subway crisis. This morning, the subways did that all by themselves. Sad but true: we are going to have to organize better & raise our voices louder if we want to
#FixtheSubway
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2.5 years after
@NY1
&
@nypost
filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against
@NYCMayor
to access his emails with an outside consultant, the case is officially over. We’ve got the emails. And now the city paying our legal bills. I’ll have details
@InsideCityHall
at 7.
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“We are going to elect the homo and not the Cuomo,”
@CynthiaNixon
says to wild applause and cheers at her GOTV rally.
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This is a deliberate effort to introduce Americans to Bernie's life story and his childhood in Brooklyn. He's always wanted to lead with policy. But that is changing - or at least his 2020 advisors are pushing him to open up about his past.
.
@shaunking
on stage for
@SenSanders
talking about Sanders' reluctance to highlight his personal story or his civil rights activism in Chicago. "It's his journey to this moment that makes me trust this man with our future."
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It’s absurd that we don’t have early voting. There is no reason NYers should have to wait on line to fill out and scan a ballot. For working parents it is also absurd that there is no school on Election Day.
We need early voting so bad. This line is ridiculous. System breaks down so quickly if there’s any turnout at all.
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On the eve of
@SenSanders
' rally at Brooklyn College, definitely check out this gem of a story by
@mikescotto
on Bernie's childhood in Brooklyn. Sanders was one of best long-distance runners at school. "He had great endurance," his high school pal said.
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The names and ages of the Orlando victims read aloud tonight at vigil.
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Um de Blasio just said he gave people “universal health care” in NYC, which is a tremendous stretch. He has launched a new program to give uninsured NYers a primary care doctor who works in the city’s public hospital system.
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The mayor of NYC has spent the last hour and 15 minutes talking with seven Democrats at Johnny’s diner in Pahrump, NV.
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This ad aired tonight during 60 Minutes. "I speak to you today on the eve of the midterm elections, not as a Democrat or a Republican, I've been both, but as an American who is deeply concerned with the direction of our nation." -- Mike Bloomberg
On Election Day, we must tell Republicans in Washington that they have failed to lead, failed to find solutions and failed to bring us together – and that we won't stand for it. That's why I'm voting Democratic.
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Mayor de Blasio: 239 children are at a center in the Bronx because of the Trump administration's family separation policy at the border. The youngest sent to NYC was 9 months old, he says.
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State Senator Michael
@SenGianaris
: “There’s only one person to blame for this horrible drama and that’s Andrew Cuomo. Here’s a man who negotiated a horrible deal in complete secrecy and he’s upset when people disagree with him about it."
Governor Cuomo says “it would be a tremendous loss” if
@amazon
pulled out of its plan to build a major campus in Queens.
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One thing that jumps out is how de Blasio sees NYC from the back of a car as he’s driven around while the rest of us slog it out on the subway and buses and sidewalks.
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They aren't talking about Trump. But about the NYPD.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
Family separation is NEVER ok.
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It’s my 10-year wedding anniversary and my husband is eating alone at a bar, while I am still at work. But he texted to tell me he randomly walked past
@JonathanRosenBR
on his way to the bar and Rosen was on the phone & said something about “purgatory.” I love you,
@Markzimzim
.
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This morning I got on a city bus with an expired MetroCard. I had cash, but not the fare in change (the bus won't take bills, of course). A lovely woman jumped up to offer me a swipe and then refused to take my money when I tried to pay her back. Such kindness from a stranger!
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I am so incredibly blessed to have been able to work
@Ny1
for the last 11 years. Thank you to everyone who made it possible and an especially big thank you to every source who opened up and talked to me along the way.
After 11 years, today was
@gracerauh
's last day at NY1,
@InsideCityHall
, and
#NY1OffTopic
. This is why we're going to miss her tremendously.
#NY1Politics
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If Anthony Weiner hadn't sexted with a 15-year-old girl, this might not have happened.
If Bill Clinton hadn't visited Loretta Lynch on that plane this might not have happened.
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I think we need to have a serious conversation about the $$ spent on this race and this office. Why is NYC spending so much on this election and so little on the office itself?
The Campaign Finance Board delivered $7.1 million in matching funds to candidates for public advocate — twice the amount of the office’s $3.5 million budget
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They are lined up for Trump in Bethpage. 12,000 people expected at tonight's rally.
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Mayor de Blasio, who banned single-use styrofoam in NYC, fills his styrofoam plate with food and then grabs a styrofoam cup. In his defense, there were no other options available here. What’s a styrofoam-free guy to do?
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"Trump is "very disturbed by the negative press attention" the Porter story received, a source close to the President said on Friday." No mention of whether he was disturbed by the actual abuse allegations. Just the press coverage.
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Baillie Conway and his parents were among the 15 people who came out to hear Mayor de Blasio this morning. When I asked why he was here, he pulled out “Legoman.” He takes pictures of Legoman with all the candidates (as well as Legoman travel pics) and posts them online
@binkitup
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As one national political reporter put it to me: de Blasio is not running a campaign. He is just showing up to events.
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Chant of "Trump must go" just briefly broke out on the A train.
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He drove to his environmental press conference at Trump Tower today.
"This is an existential threat," says Blas about climate change. "We cannot go on with business as usual."
He adds: "It's kind of like a Marshall Plan mentality, where we're going to have to fundamentally change the way we act."
Those changes do not include finding a closer gym.
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Mayor de Blasio says
@realDonaldTrump
may owe the city tens of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes. "We are not going to let this go. We are going to put a lot of personnel on it. This will be a long investigation," he said tonight on
@NY1
@InsideCityHall
.
#MondayswiththeMayor
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When
@MaraGay
joined the Times I was so pleased for her and - as I told her - pleased for all New Yorkers. But now, when I see her work in action, I am moved even more by the importance and significance of having her voice elevated.
Why Aren’t Rapes More of a Priority for the Men Running the Police?
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In other gym-related news... this gem of a column from
@StreetsblogNYC
@GershKuntzman
. “Finally, let’s face it: Is there anything dumber than driving from borough to borough to exercise?”
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Excellent blow-by-blow account of last night's dramatic vote.
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Schneiderman RESIGNS: "I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.”
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Complicating matters is the fact that Schneiderman has been investigating the Manhattan DA Cy Vance over Vance's decision to not prosecute Harvey Weinstein. Seems like putting Vance in charge of the Schneiderman investigation would be a problem. All sorts of conflicts.
Source says
@NYGovCuomo
will call for a local District Attorney to commence a criminal investigation into allegations against
@AGSchneiderman
in addition to calling on him to resign.
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Gillibrand just spoke at the fish fry. Just like de Blasio, I have seen no visible signs of support for Gillibrand tonight. In fact, when I walked around asking people here what they thought of both of them, de Blasio got a better reaction than she did.
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This de Blasio event is a total circus. It’s a government event that feels completely political (targeting Trump over every other NYC developer with polluting buildings) especially given that de Blasio is expected to announce his own White House run any day now.
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"You think the people of this country are dumb?" Mayor asks the crowd. "Yes, I do," woman in front of me says to her friend.
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No more groundhogs for Mayor de Blasio. "There are fine elected officials who are much more adept at handling groundhogs than me," he says. He skipped the Staten Island groundhog day even this morning, after dropping a groundhog (who died soon after) a few years ago.
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Guess who is back at the gym?
@NYCMayor
left Y at 10 am. Next on his schedule? A gym class in Queens. For real.
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My first British byline! All about Cynthia Nixon and what her primary performance means.
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One of the more remarkable things about Mayor de Blasio's presidential plans is that nearly all the advisers who helped him get to City Hall have long since left his corner. It seems increasingly clear that the mayor alone wants this campaign to happen.
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De Blasio quite upset with media coverage after he hit the gym when a firefighter was shot & there was an active police standoff w shooter. He sounds like he is at war with the press.
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The author of the
@washingtonpost
column on dating Jewish men apologizes.
"I realize now that I touched upon serious issues for Jewish people in America and worldwide, for which I sincerely apologize."
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This past Saturday I celebrated 10 years of working at
@NY1
. It all started when I worked at the NY Sun and met
@bobhardt
when I was profiling
@DominicTV
. Thank you to everyone at NY1 for such a great decade! Love my job.
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I thought the governor didn't control the MTA. Oh wait. It looks like he does.
.
@NYGovCuomo
says L train shutdown, expected to begin this Spring, May no longer be necessary due to new innovative tunnel design.
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Was not prepared for the joy I felt watching
@KamalaHarris
’s husband join her on stage after her speech. That was something. I’m so ready for more women to own the stage while their partners wait in the wings to cheer them on.
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.
@amazon
opponent
@JimmyVanBramer
: “We held the line on this shameful corporate welfare...So when people say to me, 'If Amazon goes somewhere else, is that a victory?' I would say, 'Stopping a corporation that is openly hostile and at war with unions, that is a victory.'”
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With
@MaxRose4NY
's victory,
@realDonaldTrump
's hometown will now have no Republican representatives in Washington. The sole GOP house member was just voted out of office.
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What does it mean when you refer to yourself in quotes?
This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!
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The real reason Mayor de Blasio started doing town halls? To get reporters to stop writing about his refusal to do them.
#AgentsoftheCity
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The scene outside Mayor de Blasio’s town hall meeting in the Rockaways tonight. A police union (the PBA) is protesting.
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More
@BilldeBlasio
fundraising problems. He used state PAC to pay for his presidential campaign expenses. “Looks an awful lot like a violation,” Campaign Legal Center told
@ShaneGoldmacher
. Bdb also claimed costs for campaign launch video not entirely related to prez campaign.
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Sound on! Pre-gaming before my last appearance on
@InsideCityHall
. I’m going to really miss this place!❤️❤️❤️
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A man at de Blasio’s town hall says he & his wife pay $9,600/year for health insurance. Wants to know how much he’d have to pay for universal health care. De Blasio: “I happen to not be a candidate today, but if I were it would be my obligation to give you a very specific model.”
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My first byline in the Daily News! And it’s all about the mayor’s emails.
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Mayor de Blasio greets the mayor of Orangeburg, SC and heads into Dukes Bar-B-Que as a retired NYPD officer (who lives here now) protesting de Blasio for the
@NYCPBA
shouts at him to go back to New York.
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Important thread —> What and who are we prioritizing in NYC?? We may soon be in a situation where schools are closed but people can go out to eat indoors. This is not ok.
🚨 NYC is on the brink of shutting down its entire school system - could be in just a few days unless numbers improve.
There has been very low transmission in city schools so far, & there is growing evidence that young children are not superspreaders.
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15 people, including the mayor of Orangeburg, SC (the first person to endorse the mayor’s 2020 campaign) come to hear
@BilldeBlasio
@Chirlane
speak in Columbia, SC this morning.
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Confused about voting? NY is the only state with two primaries this year. Today is federal primary day (congressional races). The state primary (for Governor, AG, LG, Assembly & Senate) is on THURSDAY, Sept. 13. It was moved because Rosh Hashanah is on Tuesday Sept. 11 this year.
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"I will serve my six year term," Senator Gillibrand says. Hmmm. Do voters really care when politicians break these promises? I'm not sure they put much stock into answers like this.
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When I had my first child I was often asked what surprised me the most about becoming a mother. My response every time? The cost of childcare.
Scott Stringer, in the Villager: We need a childcare revolution in N.Y.C.
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@ananavarro
@JoeBiden
Really? Biden is arguing for financial responsibility but is also demonizing people who put their kids in day care. Day care centers are “monuments to our growing unwillingness to accept personal responsibility for those to whom we owe the most - our children,” he wrote.
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cc
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
Can you make this happen? People are starting to walk in the street because you can't walk down an NYC sidewalk and pass someone and NOT come within six feet of them.
The weather is getting nicer and New Yorkers will need to get outside for exercise and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. To allow that while self-isolating, we will be closing many streets to cars. Our goal is a car free street within 4 blocks of every New Yorker.
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