Zach Iscol 🗽🍎
@zachiscol
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Father, husband, once a Marine now Commissioner @nycemergencymgt
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Thank you
@NYCMayor
for the opportunity to serve alongside the remarkable women and men of
@nycemergencymgt
Together, we’ll achieve your vision of moving our city upstream to serve the great people of our city and meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Let’s get to work!
We sit under the tree of safety because of men and women who have watered that tree with their blood, commitment and dedication. They deserve fine leaders.
@zachiscol
has fought on the front lines for our country and he will do that again as
@NYCEmergencyMgt
Commissioner.
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Never forget,
@Kaepernick7
was willing to listen to a veteran. But many chose not to listen to what he was trying to tell us then. We all need to open our ears.
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1. What borough are we in?
2. Why does Queens have to be like this?
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My 81 year old father and 74 year old mother are now fully vaccinated!
My mom took our 2 year old to see the dinosaurs at
@AMNH
this week.
Now finishing dinner together and my mom can’t figure out how to turn off her iPhone flashlight.
We’re almost back to normal people!
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I got to know Command Sergeant Major
@GovTimWalz
when he was the ranking member on the veteran affairs committee.
He reached out to discuss ways to better support veterans with hidden wounds & invited me to testify before his committee.
Kind, curious, eager to find
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At 2am this morning, 48 members of our Urban Search and Rescue Team,
@nytaskforce1
deployed to Florida. The team has boats, search and rescue dogs, and paramedics and a doctor from
@fdny
1/x
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We’re facing two pandemics.
One is COVID, the other is mental health. I know from experience we’re going to be dealing longer w the latter and it could be more dangerous.
Please check in with each other this week. Anyone alone shouldn’t feel alone.
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1. A thread, maybe we should call this a rant. This is tragic. It also plays out some 20x a day. The military and veterans community has a huge problem w suicide AND a huge problem w the litany of bad ideas being prescribed to address it.
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Last night, I went to Penn Station and was heartbroken by what I saw: NYC is failing our homeless.
We spend billions on homelessness and still lives are lost, mental illness goes untreated, abuse goes unpunished, and NYers fall through the cracks.
We can do better.
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Got some big news to share today. I hope you'll watch, then learn more at . I can't wait to hear from you. >>
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My daughter just informed me that a group of unicorns is called a school not a herd. 🦄
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Tampa hasn’t been hit by a major hurricane since 1921. Many believe the city isn’t prepared for a major hurricane. Yet, a 2015 report named it the most vulnerable city in the US & an earlier World Bank Report listed it as the 7th most vulnerable in the world to storm surge. 1/x
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Seriously, who let this guy interview me?
Vote
@zachiscol
for NYC Comptroller this June 22nd.
The fact that he was able to handle me trolling him tells me everything.
#nyc
#NYCMayoralDebate
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I spent a decade on the front lines of the suicide epidemic, helping my fellow vets, and am now on the front lines of the migrant crisis.
It is infuriating to see people using vets as political pawns to demonize migrants.
Lying about these vulnerable communities is disgraceful.
This is despicable. This group lied about veterans to push their own xenophobic political agenda.
The Republican assemblymember in the region has now called for law enforcement to investigate.
Hope as many reporters cover the truth as they did the lie.
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We need to get our kids back in school. This is not just a fact, it is a plea.
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10 years ago today, my friends Angela and Danroy Henry lost their son DJ. The strength of their family is profound. He's the 20 y/o football player in this photo with his family and a bright future ahead of him. 1/
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It’s official.
We’re going to need all hands on deck to recover from the pandemic and ensure the city works for all New Yorkers.
This was not an easy decision, but leaders go where they’re needed.
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There’s been a troubling increase in attacks against the Jewish community. I’ve marched for Black Lives Matter. I’ve marched against Muslim and anti-Asian hate. I’m asking New Yorkers to now stand against this anti-semitism and attacks against the Jewish community.
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I remember an AMEV pulling up to our position in Fallujah to evacuate WIA/KIA. Two women Army medics climbed out w stretchers.
@TuckerCarlson
I would rather you just said thank you, and went your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a rifle & stand a post. Either way...
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NYC has a moral and legal obligation to educate our public school kids.
With advances in the fight against COVID, it’s beyond time to get kids back in class.
@NYCmayor
that can start by ending the two case rule.
#keepnycschoolsopen
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.
@MaxRose4NY
has shown courage on the battlefield and in the halls of Congress. While I’m relieved the short Jewish combat veteran lane won’t be as crowded, I know we would have all been better candidates w him in the race. New Yorkers would be lucky to have him on a ballot soon.
While I won’t be a candidate for Mayor this cycle, I am not going anywhere in the fight to make our city and country live up to their promise.
My full statement on today's announcement:
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This is a pretty significant misrepresentation by the Comptroller. I’m sorry you took the bait.
Most cities operate a few dozen cooling centers at best, and while there’s no NWS heat advisory in place for tomorrow, we will still have hundreds of cooling centers open across the
Just got off the phone with
@NYCComptroller
who pointed out that 41% of cooling centers will be CLOSED tomorrow due to Juneteenth holiday, including all of the city's libraries. 😰
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@placardabuse
In the Marines, you learn the importance of standards and especially what happens to a unit when they aren’t kept. That’s why this is bigger than just cars taking up space on sidewalks. This is about the culture of public service. Will end w ruthless enforcement. Screenshot this
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Also by
@jaltucher
in 2012, Google is dead forever. Back then its stock price was about $320, now it's trading at $1590.
Every hundred years, NYC faces an existential crisis, but New Yorkers never fail to use a crisis to build a better city.
Now is our moment.
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My grandfather was there…protesting outside! 🇺🇸
20,000 Americans attend a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 20, 1939
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He talked about how after 9/11 everyone showed up to help New York. We will never forget that & when our fellow Americans are in need, New York will always show up to help.
I’m so proud and grateful to the members of
@nytaskforce1
for representing the best of us. G-d speed 5/x
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5. Since then,
@HeadstrongProj
has treated over 1200 veterans and manages the care for over 700 a month in over 25 cities. We do this with a third the cost, 3x the outcomes, & zero suicides since our founding 7 years ago.
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Rule
#1
is never leave anyone behind and our country must keep this promise to our translators.
Like many other veterans, I owe my life and the lives of my Marines to mine. His name was Abood and he was a friend, mentor, and father figure.
#TheCovenantMovie
is a vital reminder
Head of NYC Emergency Management helped inspire Jake Gyllenhaal to star in ‘The Covenant’
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🚨🚨 Endorsement Alert 🚨 🚨
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Knocking doors after I spilled coffee on my shirt. After talking to a voter he ran out to literally give me the shirt off his back. I’m floored. 🙏🗽
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4. Her response: If you had a heart attack and were being wheeled into the emergency room, would you ask the surgeon what unit they were with? My first lesson: mental healthcare is real healthcare and it is time for us to start treating it as such.
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Roberta McCain's strength and dedication to her son and our country set an example for us all. Her passing is a reminder of all the strength of military parents who've watched their children serve with pride. My prayers are with the McCain family.
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Absolutely agree.
@Dianne4NYC
and I have some daylight between us on issues, but she represents one of the clearest, courageous, and important voices in the mayoral race. She’s also a gem of a human being.
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2. Though well intentioned, it's the equivalent of anti-vaxxers. PTSD and PTSD related suicide are treatable. There is no substitute for competent mental health care professionals.
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New York has sent 1,250 of our sons and daughters to secure our nation’s Capitol. They will do their duty as we’ve always done here at home and overseas. Let’s pray for a peaceful transition of power and their safe return.
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6. If you're a leader in the military or veterans community, start respecting the science and stop listening to the good idea fairies. Just because somebody served in the military or a special operations unit, does not make them an expert on mental healthcare- even if
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Their reporting is accurate that I’ve had a number of conversations about this, but have decided the right thing to do is stick around.
Mr. Iscol told many ppl he's leaving - several of whom did not keep his confidence and told us - and when he spoke an hour ago to
@michaelgartland
on the record for this story he gave a statement about his love of NY and did not dispute the story.
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16. In addition 2
@HeadstrongProj
there are a # of great resources out there, including
@BCRforHeroes
@wwp
's
#warriorcarenetwork
@Vets4Warriors
@MI4BrainHealth
@CohenVeterans
@EmoryVeterans
@Operation_Mend
@Road_Home_Rush
@homebaseprogram
and yes, even the
@DeptVetAffairs
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In order to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to get our kids back in school. I will fight for everyone in this city, starting with our kids.
#keepnycschoolsopen
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Proud to call
@RepMeijer
a friend. I wish we didn’t live in a world where this was an act of very real courage. Sadly we do, but because of leaders like him, I know better days are ahead. 🗽
We can’t paper over the assault on the Capitol with empty calls for ‘unity.’ Unless my party faces the truth of what happened and holds those responsible to account, we will never regain the public’s trust and earn the honor of leading the nation forward.
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I am not planning on leaving. I am focused on the work that NYC Emergency Management still has to do everyday.
NEW:
@NYCMayor
's emergency management commissioner, Zach Iscol, is planning to leave his post this fall
@michaelgartland
@NickReisman
and I report:
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@ReshmaPatelNYC
is one of the most impressive comptroller candidates. It’s wrong the
@nytimes
left her out of this piece. She’s run an incredible campaign, has very relevant experience, & her closing remarks in our final debate (airs tomorrow) are 💯.
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I founded
@HeadstrongProj
in 2011 in response to a veteran suicide epidemic, which had by then, begun to claim more lives than the combat we saw overseas. I’ve seen courage take so many different forms in my career 1/x
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8. the inability to turn off the fight or flight response. Hyper vigilance, anxiety, restlessness, sleeplessness- these are all symptoms that help you survive and even thrive in dangerous situations. It is your brain AND body's response to trauma. THIS IS 100% TREATABLE.
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When I took this job, I worried working for the city might feel a bit like the DMV, that fear couldn’t have been further from the truth. The people who keep this city running are simply remarkable. They work hard & wear their hearts on their sleeves. A few weeks ago, we put out
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but therapy, like vaccines, works....
Local politics outlets will literally send 3-4 newsletters every day rather than go to therapy
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@NYCMayor
mentioned that some people are criticizing our deployment of resources to help a Republican state. He then pointed to the American flag on the team members’ uniforms and said that flag has blue stripes and red stripes. 4/x
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They can operate completely independently for 72 hours without any support and are able to do swift water rescue, confined space rescue, immediate medical care, and a host of other operations. 2/x
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1. End 2-case rule
2. Implement 3-foot distancing
3. Review teacher accommodations
4. Ensure in-person students have in-person teachers
5. Phase-out hybrid learning
We have the resources to safely open NYC schools. We just need the leadership.
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Imagine if
@NYCMayor
spent as much time and energy on reopening schools and Broadway, getting vaccines to our most needy, and getting people back to work as he’s spent going after Cuomo this past week...
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Thanks so much
@KeepNYCSchools1
for the amazing rally yesterday. I was blown away by the amazing activists present advocating for our kids. It is so inspiring to see so many people dedicated to making sure the kids of NYC are back in school as quickly and safely as possible.
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Hey New Yorkers. Even if you've voted, our work isn't done. We've got six days to help our city. Join me in phone banking to make sure Mitch McConnell - the biggest impediment to getting NYC the help it needs - is NOT the next
@SenateMajLdr
. Join me here:
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15. Bottom line, if you want to help, get help & start telling everyone about your experience IOT normalize mental healthcare as real healthcare, start thinking about mental healthcare professionals
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Powerful & important story from
@PaulSzoldra
. I’m proud of
@TaskandPurpose
leadership here, but also heartbroken by the lack of moral courage by many Marines to stand up and by their fellow Marines.
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If only there was a place kids could go everyday. Maybe we could even use this place to team them things and there could even be cool activities like arts and sports. 🤔
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463 people have been shot in NYC this year.
Our electeds offering lots of thoughts and prayers on this website and not much else.
I pray we elect better leadership on June 22nd.
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Taking care of other people also means taking care of yourself.
Having therapy for lunch today.
Thanks General for leading the way.
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We got the request to deploy late last night from FEMA. The team immediately rallied at our warehouse, packed up their gear, and took off around 2am. Seeing them off,
@nycmayor
thanked them for their service, for representing our city, and for bringing hope to Florida. 3/x
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7. they have a limited amount of training or experience. You wouldn't trust them to treat cancer or do heart surgery, so stop prescribing their snake oil. PTSD is entirely fixable. It is a survival mechanism-
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14. The biggest barrier we have
@HeadstrongProj
is getting people into treatment. Once they are in, that's is the easy part. The stigma and other barriers to care are by far the biggest challenge to getting them better.
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3. When we first started
@HeadstrongProj
, I said to our medical director, a psychiatrist with 30 years of experience, top of her class at Stanford and GW, and a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, that it was important for our clinicians to have military experience.
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What do
@UFT
doctors and scientists say about the long term impact of school closures on children?
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9. Like any treatment, it starts with a proper diagnosis. Different cancers require different treatments. Different heart issues require different treatments. Different pulmonary issues require different treatment DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTHCARE ISSUES require different treatment.
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W/ vaccines 📈 & new
@CDCgov
guidance, it’s time to safely get teacher and students back to school.
1000s of NYC students are returning to teacher-less classroom due to teacher shortages.
We must end 2-case rule, revisit accommodation waivers & commit to full reopening.
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“In Washington, Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency related to child and adolescent mental health and banned fully virtual instruction starting in April.”
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11. It is also important to understand what works for the patient. Not everyone wants or needs the same type of treatment. There is no panacea other than highly competent mental healthcare professionals managing the care. Different people have different traumas, childhoods,
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12. proclivity for substance abuse, life situations, etc...a one size fits all approach doesn't work. There is no little blue pill. What does work is putting a service member or veteran in front of a qualified, competent, and experienced mental healthcare professional.
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10. PTSD is not the same as bi-polar, schizophrenia, manic depression, impulsive disorders, neurocognitive disorders or a host of others. This might sound self-evident, but before
@HeadstrongProj
I put all of these in the same bucket. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
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I owe my life to Abood and we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to our translators who served beside us in combat. 🦅🌎⚓️🗽🇺🇸
Thank you
@NYCDCAS
for having me on.
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@NYCMayor
parents need to know now that schools will be fully open this fall. With $4.5b, vaccines 📈, and relaxing CDC guidelines, there is no excuse. Let’s make the commitment, put the plan in place, and get it done.
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13. I'm often asked what I think about MDMA, marijuana, Ketamine, or other non-traditional forms of treatment. I think they can be very helpful if done under the supervision of a competent clinician. Otherwise its called self-medicating and is a dangerous path.
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Thank you Rabbi
@ChaninaSperlin
one of our wonderful
@nycemergencymgt
chaplains for this mitzvah of wrapping Tefillin. 🙏🗽
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@marinamaral2
It took his former commanding officer and brother to convince him the war was over.
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Are you coming? May 1st I’m joining a group of parents and activists to demand a comprehensive plan for reopening NYC public schools and helping our kids recover what they’ve lost from this year. Join us at the Beacon Community Center at 10am. Let's get kids back in school.
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This is fake news.
Hearing from multiple sources that Zach Iscol, Adams' Emergency Management head, has also been under consideration for the FDNY commissioner job.
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Gov Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency and ordered a return to in-person learning bc of a mental health crisis amongst children and teenagers.
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So it took the City Council longer to pass this bill than it took scientists to actually develop vaccines.
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Watching
@NYCmayor
press conference is both a relief and infuriating at the same time. Ending the two case rule is the right move, but there is still Absolutely No Plan for what comes next in large part because the Teacher's Union won't follow the science
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As Ian approaches & forecast consensus narrows, it’s imperative for people to take this storm seriously by heading evacuation orders, checking in on loved ones & neighbors, & making sure you’re prepared for the worse. More from our sister agency: 2/x
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So now along w every other problem he’s leaving behind,
@NYCMayor
is going to pass along a three year $15b budget deficit for the next mayor (and comptroller) to figure out.
It’s wildly irresponsible.
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Yesterday’s events showed us two very different paths forward for our country. We have deep divisions to bridge, a sick country to heal, and future generations to inspire. Let’s get to work, New York. 🗽
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I’m asking all New Yorkers, we have stood with you, now stand with us.
#hatehasnohomehere
There’s been a troubling increase in attacks against the Jewish community. I’ve marched for Black Lives Matter. I’ve marched against Muslim and anti-Asian hate. I’m asking New Yorkers to now stand against this anti-semitism and attacks against the Jewish community.
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On Saturday, May 1st I’m joining a group of parents and activists to demand a comprehensive plan for reopening NYC public schools and helping our kids recover what they’ve lost from this year. Join us at the Beacon Community Center at 10am. Let's get kids back in school.
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@NYCMayor
I think your press secretary found your stash.
@robmtaub
@NYCMayor
@JCAndersonNYC
@CurtisSliwa
@zachiscol
@JulieMenin
@nypost
@NYPostOpinion
@nytimes
Thrive connected hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers to mental health resources. More calls than ever last year. Rode the subway with the Mayor recently. It was nice. Subway crime at record lows. Got anyone else to tag so they can see the good news, Taubster?
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@J__Velasquez
Thanks for flagging this. I’m very proud of the work our team has done preparing for this storm, but this shouldn’t have happened and we’re going to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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@ReneeMDale
@NYCMayor
100%, which is why last week I called for city to revise all medical waivers granted to teachers prior to vaccines.
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Under
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
and
@NYCMayor
the city has spent $1.1m per visit at some
@MentalHealthNYC
centers.
At Headstrong, a nonprofit I founded, 6 months of free mental healthcare costs us $5k to provide.
Who do you trust to make sure your $$ actually help New Yorkers?
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@UFT
Mukgrew gets it wrong.
Instead of asking *if* we can get teachers and student safely back in the classroom, he should be asking *how* we get them safely back in the classroom.
“If” is a question in search of an excuse.
“How” is a question in search of a solution.
Mulgrew: Educators want students back in the classroom as much as parents do. But the rules we have in place have kept both students and adults safe. 1/4
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Passing the Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act is the best way that the State can help vulnerable women, girls and trans individuals while preventing human trafficking.
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