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Decline in Donations for Mayor Eric Adams Following Indictment

New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams has experienced a significant downturn in contributions to his re-election campaign, following his federal indictment last month on five serious charges, including bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. During the filing period from July 12 to October 7, Adams reported approximately $146,000 in donations. Notably, only $250 of that…

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Protestors arrested, interrupt health budget hearing

Sen. Zellnor Myrie’s eyes grew wide with surprise when a group of protestors rose at the start of Tuesday’s budget hearing on health — yelling at state Health Department officials seated before lawmakers. “340B saves lives!” advocates shouted, crowding the front of the room in the Legislative Office Building. A handful participated in the demonstration while kneeling before Health Department…

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New York Dem Proposes Climate Change Bill Allowing Citizens To Sue Big Oil Companies

New York Dem Proposes Climate Change Bill Allowing Citizens To Sue Big Oil Companies

New Yorkers may have the chance to sue big oil companies and other fossil fuel producers under new climate change legislation proposed by a Brooklyn Democrat, which emulates a Texas law against abortion providers. State Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) introduced the legislation last week that would target fossil fuel companies with annual revenues over $1 billion demonstrating “negligence” while…

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Jun 3, 2020, 12:41pm EDT

In a week of nationwide protests in response to the death of George Floyd, police have arrested 4400 people, according the latest data, and injured many others, including several who hold sway over their budgets and policies.

New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie was handcuffed and pepper sprayed by police during a protest on Friday, which he says he attended “in solidarity and to keep the peace.”

At that same event, New York Assemblywoman Diana Richardson was also pepper sprayed, which she said was “uncalled for,” because she was “out here to ensure that the peace is keeping.”

In Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio.), along with Councilman Shannon Hardin and County Commissioner Kevin Boyce, was pepper sprayed by police officers at a daytime protest as she was urging fellow protesters not to taunt the police.

Virginia Delegate Lee Carter was also flashbanged and pepper sprayed at a protest in Manassas, Virginia on Saturday, while Delegate Josh Cole was pepper sprayed in Fredericksburg on Sunday.

Virginia Delegate Ibraheem Samirah said that he and other peaceful protesters were tear gassed by police officers at a Washington DC protest on Sunday.

7 of the 8 politicians attacked are Black

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New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie was pepper-sprayed last night. - See more viral images on ViralTiger.org

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Hundreds of people incarcerated at the federal detention facility in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn have been living without heat, light, telephone access, and lawyers for the past week, as the region endured arctic temperatures. After touring the facility with other elected officials, Nadler, the newly seated chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said what he found was disturbing.

“There’s a total lack of urgency or concern on the part of the prison administration with respect to getting the heat and the hot water, getting the services we need,” he said on the steps of the detention facility after his visit. Several hundred people, many of whom have family members inside, had gathered in protest outside the facility. While some cells did have heat, others were extremely cold, Nadler said, and all were without power.

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, told The Intercept he was shown a cell in which an asthmatic man deprived of a nebulizer was lying on the floor of a poorly ventilated cell trying to suck air through the gap under the door.

“As they took us inside, I saw a young man on the floor, holding a bright red inhaler, and he was saying through tears that he doesn’t know if he’s going to wake up tomorrow,” Myrie said. “This man is pre-trial, he hasn’t been convicted of anything. I grew up using a nebulizer, so I know what it’s like to need it and not have it.”

More information: https://theintercept.com/2019/02/02/federal-prison-no-heat-new-york-nadler-mdc/ 

It shouldn't matter whether they have been convicted or not.

The #8thAmendment out front says all of those inside should have heat.

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So, you stayed off the news intentionally just to be able to ask for proof that we need the blm movement right now, and why cops suck. Well, apparently, the NYPD pepper sprayed their own senator, who is a person of color, just because he was protesting. They didn't know that he was a figure of authority, but that doesn't make it any right nonetheless.

Here's the article: http://bronx.news12.com/story/42192118/state-senator-says-he-was-pepper-sprayed-handcuffed-at-barclays-protest

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A black New York senator believes African-Americans are being wrongly targeted by police as he recalls how he was pepper-sprayed and arrested during protests that continue to engulf major cities across the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Senator Zellnor Myrie was a part of peaceful protests on Friday in New York City when police officers on bicycles advanced on the crowd.

There is a lack of trust between black communities and law enforcement because we've been treated as disposable.”

Senator Myrie revealed he was released shortly after when one officer realised his identity.

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The bills announced on Tuesday night by the Democratic leaders of the State Senate and the Assembly would abolish rules that let building owners deregulate apartments and close loopholes that permit them to raise rents. The legislation would directly impact almost one million rent-regulated apartments in New York City, which account for more than 40 percent of the city’s rental stock, and allow other municipalities statewide beyond New York City and its suburbs to adopt their own regulations.... Existing rent laws expire on Saturday. The rent regulation package, which is expected to be approved before the end of the week, is perhaps the most resonant symbol of the change in power in Albany since Democrats took complete control in November. Republicans had dominated the State Senate for most of the last century and formed a close alliance with the New York City real estate industry, which donated heavily to Republican senators. The elections in November not only brought Democrats to power in the State Senate, but also saw the rise of progressive lawmakers who fiercely opposed real estate interests. “There was some arrogance on the part of the real estate industry that was based on how things have functioned in Albany for a long time,” said State Senator Zellnor Myrie, a Brooklyn Democrat who is a member of the new cohort of progressives. “In the past there was no need for them to truly engage the way that I think would have been necessary this time around.” Lawmakers, government aides and lobbyists said in interviews on Wednesday that the industry had pinned its hopes on Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who at times tried to act as a brake on his party’s left wing. But in the last week of negotiations, Mr. Cuomo distanced himself from the debate. He dismissed requests from the real estate lobby to engage in negotiations with Democratic leaders of the Senate and Assembly, inviting the Legislature instead to pass bills on its own.

Titans of Real Estate in ‘Shock’ Over New York Rent Law Deal - The New York Times

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IN THESE TIMES

It’s been a long and tumultuous campaign for Julia Salazar, but despite the negative press that hounded her campaign in recent weeks, she emerged victorious on Thursday. In a stunning upset over real estate-backed incumbent Martin Dilan, Salazar—an open democratic socialist—triumphed in the Democratic primary with 59 percent of the vote, and is on her way to becoming Brooklyn's newest state senator.

“This is a victory for all of us who believe that a better world is possible. That we are going to build a New York that works for the many and not just for the few,” Salazar proclaimed to a packed crowd of supporters at her victory party in East Williamsburg.

Starting out as a little-known local effort to represent New York’s 18th District, Salazar’s campaign was catapulted into the limelight in the wake of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking victory in June over the powerful Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley. Building on the momentum from Ocasio-Cortez’s victory, Salazar's campaign captured the imagination of progressives across the city—and the country.

Seemingly overnight, Salazar was portrayed in the media as the next big democratic socialist challenger to an entrenched, Democratic machine politician. Given the many similarities between Salazar and Ocasio-Cortez—both Latina, decidedly left-wing, first-time candidates—the mainstream press began to extensively cover Salazar’s campaign. Her supporters have hoped she’ll become another rising star on the Left—and another face of the progressive resurgence sweeping the country. After Thursday’s win, that seems all but assured.

Salazar herself appears humbled by all the attention, telling In These Times, “Over the course of the last year, this campaign has shown me that people are no longer willing to tolerate these men in power betraying us anymore. Not only are they willing to speak out on it but they are willing to take action by replacing them with leaders who truly represent them. And I’m proud to be a part of that.”  

Salazar's win is the latest in a wave of progressive insurgencies that have ousted establishment Democrats across the nation. Along with her victory, six left challengers to incumbent members of New York’s conservative-leaning Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) won on Thursday: Alessandra Biaggi, Rachel May, Jessica Ramos, John Liu, Robert Jackson and Zellnor Myrie. These wins in New York follow those of other left-wing insurgents such as DSA member Rashida Tlaib in Michigan, Ayanna Pressley in Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar in Minnesota and Andrew Gillum in Florida. “The Democratic Party is shifting,” Salazar says. “This wave of challenges has shown that.”

Given the progressive atmosphere in New York and around the country, Salazar, a member of the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)—which endorsed her run—ran a spirited campaign aimed at bringing a more equitable distribution of resources to her community. And she took aim at capitalism head-on on. “People in this district deserve better representation than what they have now,” says Salazar. “People are being displaced from their homes. People can't afford to get sick. People deserve to live with dignity.”

Among the many left policies she supports—such as Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and ending mass incarceration—none were more central to Salazar’s campaign than universal rent control. The 18th is one of the most quickly gentrifying districts in the city, spanning Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Cypress Hills and parts of East New York. Over the course of the campaign, gentrification and displacement became some of the most important issues of contention between Salazar and Sen. Dilan. “The issue that affects every inch of my district is housing,” Salazar says. “My opponent supports policies that contribute to displacement and that needs to change.”

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Tomorrow at 6am, I’m going to stand in the middle of a subway station and hand out flyers for Zellnor Myrie to people who just want to get the hell to work.

Because tomorrow is primary day.

So if you’re near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn from 6-9am tomorrow, come say hi. Oh, and vote (for Zellnor).

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If you haven’t already heard—the NY State Senate was FINALLY flipped to blue on Tuesday, and it couldn’t have been done without our badass RFS candidates. Alessandra Biaggi, Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie ousted three IDC members (otherwise known as Republicans in Democratic clothing) while Andrew Gounardes beat his Republican opponent in a hard-fought victory.