Former CNN anchor John Avlon announced a bid Wednesday for #NewYork’s first congressional district, claiming “democracy is in danger.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4480256-john-avlon-cnn-announces-bid-for-congress/
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“#Democrats in #NewYork adopted a new congressional map on Wednesday, using their supermajorities in the State Legislature to draw district lines that would improve their chances of winning the House majority in November, but not drastically.”
Decision Desk HQ projects Joe #Biden wins the #NewYork Democratic presidential primary.
DecisionMade: 9:01pm ET
Follow results here: https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/Primaries/races/new-york-president-democratic-primary
Keep ‘em coming!
Via Taniel:
RESULT: Democrats have defended a state Senate seat in #NewYork State.
Democrat Sam Sutton wins by more than 30%.
The GOP was eying a flip: This is a district where Trump received 77% of the vote in November, so a huge swing compared to that. Prior senator was conservative Democrat Simcha Felder.
This is a district with a large orthodox Jewish population in Brooklyn, & Sutton co-leads the the Sephardic Community Federation.
“A Real Overhaul Is Long Overdue”: Lawmaker Calls On State Leaders to Reform New York’s Beleaguered Guardianship System
A new bill asks Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators to overhaul New York’s broken guardianship system. It cites a ProPublica investigation that found the #elderly and infirm living in dire conditions while under court-mandated #oversight.
#News #NewYork #KathyHochul #Aging #Guardian #Care #Neglect #Court #Law #Reform
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-city-guardianship-oversight-reform-hochul
BREAKING: Incumbent GOP House candidate Rep. Mike Lawler, facing what is expected to be a tight #NewYork race, is seeking to halt the counting of ballots cast by incarcerated voters in Westchester County Jail. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ny-gop-rep-challenges-certain-ballots-cast-from-county-jail/
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Via Elie Mystal:
Welp, here we fucking go. This is how they’re gonna do the #abortion pill ban:
Via Mark Joseph Stern:
#Louisiana prosecutors have secured the indictment of a #NewYork doctors who prescribes and mails medication abortion to Louisiana patients. It's a major test of NY's shield law, which prohibits state officials from enforcing these charges or any resulting conviction.
" NY doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana "
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
Newly confirmed #Trump #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against #Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in #NewYork who successfully #convicted him in court.
Sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, Bondi intends to issue a series of memos aimed at curbing the so-called weaponization of the #DOJ….
She will order the review of the #criminal & #civil cases against Trump….
#law #lawlessness #Felon47
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-first-day/index.html
Neither circumstances nor weather, she determined, would decide either the course or the mood of her day.
If it were rainy, she had an umbrella; and if it were sunny, she had a parasol.
Either way, she knew that this was going to be a great day.
Hello New York canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hello-new-york-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#newyork #nyc #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #travel #fashion #retro #ayearforart #nostalgic #nostalgia #style
Because they're Black.
And they spoke out.
Fuck these racists.
#newyork #blackmastodon https://www.amny.com/news/summerstage-concert-cancellations-kehlani-noname/
It was a summer night, warm though the sun had gone down. The lights of the city sparkled, the river in front of them caught the reflection.
They were in the perfect place, at the perfect time, with just the right person. Was there any way, they wondered, to stop time and make this moment last forever?
You Are the One framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/you-are-the-one-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#love #romance #romantic #date #nyc #newyork #city #bridge #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #decor #red #lights
4 fmr high-ranking #police officers are suing Mayor #EricAdams of #NewYork, accusing him of enabling #corruption in the #NYPD, an agency where they said anyone who spoke out faced #retaliation & #humiliation.
The separate lawsuits filed on Monday in #NY State Supreme Court come as Adams, a fmr police captain, is running for re-election & using falling crime numbers to bolster his campaign.
#law #Trump #QuidProQuo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregion/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Please spread the word
#ICE #NYS #NewYork #antifascism #HealthCare
Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed
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A report from a court-appointed watchdog details “troubling” conduct and “unconstitutional” stops by the Police Department’s Community Response Team — a unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-police-community-response-team-stop-frisk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a bill that bans anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The law would still maintain the confidentiality of callers.
The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
You are the one I love spending time with.
Because everything we do together is special.
You Are the One 2 framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/you-are-the-one-2-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#love #romance #romantic #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #date #newyork #nyc #newyorkcity #city #skyline #night #lights #decor #car #convertible #red #you
First time I've heard of Zohran Mamdani, he sounds great. The left needs inspiring candidates like this.
#USpol #NewYork https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/23/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-socialist-western-left-learn-much-playbook
How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness
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Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NY #NewYork #Homelessness #Homeless #Hotel #Housing #Shelter
A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.
I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).
Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.
It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".
I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.
"OK so masked #ICE goons kidnapping law abiding people off the street is traumatic but #MAGA just cares about legal #immigration, it's not just some sadistic #racist bullshi-"
"The #NewYork Young #Republican Club (#NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran #Mamdani of his #citizenship and deport him"
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Fucking #bigots. All they have is cheating and abuse and lies. All they have
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"Let me tell you a little secret: most New York Jews really like New York’s diversity. We like that it attracts the Mamdanis of the world. We like sharing it with people of lots of different backgrounds. That’s what makes us feel safe and happy here. Especially when they are such a mensch like him: a nice college boy, his parents are professors, he went to Bronx Science, and to a liberal arts school."
~ John Ganz