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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

11 months

I could not vote Aye on @NYCMayor ’s dangerous, cruel budget cuts that undermine public safety, public health, and a city that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. Watch my full speech here:

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

This is what $36M means to libraries. For context, it amounts to less than one-third of one-percent of the NYPD’s $11B budget. To say we can’t afford it insults NYers’ intelligence, in addition to threatening our communities. We absolutely cannot pass these cuts.

New York Daily News

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1 year

NYC's public libraries will face Saturday closures, restricted weekday hours, cuts to educational programs and a freeze on new branch openings under cuts proposed by Mayor Adams.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

In 2022, NYers had to pay out $121M in NYPD misconduct settlement fees — the most in 5 years. That’s nearly 4x what the Mayor is trying to cut from libraries, forcing them to slash hours, services, & programs. I asked the PD what our tab will be this year. Watch their response.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

News broke last night that NYC will pay the largest settlement for mass arrest class actions in US history. 1,350+ plaintiffs will be eligible for over $13M in compensation for the NYPD’s violations of their constitutionally-guaranteed rights to free speech and assembly. 1/4

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

COVID positivity is spiking in NYC. The new variants are more contagious and more vaccine-resistant than any before. And @NYCMayor is eliminating every last public health protection. This is totally unacceptable. We must protect the health of our people. It’s our job. Period.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Even though @NYCMayor says we need to defund libraries and senior centers to stay afloat, he wants to ADD officers to the largest police force in the US. It’s a vicious cycle: cut social services, violence increases, respond with more police, cut social services to afford them.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Don’t insult working New Yorkers by telling them we can’t afford their libraries, their senior centers, and the universal 3K we promised them. Not when this is still going on.

Scott Hechinger

@ScottHech

1 year

NEWS: My god. $820 million. NYC taxpayers will pay *$820 million* in just overtime for NYPD this year. Could instead house all 14,000 homeless families in NYC. Then years of rent for 7,000 families out of work & at risk of eviction. With millions left over.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Today is a big day. I’m introducing the Secure Jobs Act to establish protections against unfair and arbitrary firings for every worker in NYC. Wrongful terminations devastate families. They destabilize communities. That ends with this bill.

NYC Bill Would Ban Firing Most Workers Without a Good Reason

A New York City lawmaker is trying to ban most companies from firing workers without good reason, which could transform the balance of power between bosses and their employees.

www.bloomberg.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

9 months

We need more housing, but if landlords can just sit on stabilized units while NYers languish in shelters, clearly affordability isn’t the only requirement. We must build *social* housing, owned and controlled by the public and the people who live there.

More than 13K rent-stabilized units in NYC are sitting empty for multiple years, report finds

A city Independent Budget Office report examines vacancy data from the state’s housing agency amid concerns of "warehousing."

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Listen up. We need some real talk about monkeypox. 🧵 1/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Tonight, I’m casting a No vote on the city’s proposed FY2023 budget. Here’s why, threaded below for accessibility

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Don’t let @NYCMayor mislead you: reducing the size and scope of NYPD and DOC *is* the pro-public safety position. It’s all about whether you care about outcomes. I explain this morning in @CityAndStateNY 👇🏽

Opinion: Reduce the size and scope of the NYPD and DOC

Public safety depends on It.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

We reject @NYCMayor ’s cruel, dangerous austerity budget. We reject his xenophobic rhetoric blaming his own service cuts on migrants. We reject his assault on the vital services and programs that working class NYers depend on. I’m proud to stand with my colleagues today.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Subway violence is a one-in-a-million event. As a believer in a violence-free NYC, I still think that’s one too many, but let’s not let fear-mongering politicians and corporate media outlets scare us into thinking we have a dangerous, scary public transit system.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

As welcome as this ruling is, the sad fact is that it will not be enough to pressure the NYPD to clean up its act. Why? Because not only don’t they pay these fees… Not only don’t they budget for these settlements… They don’t even track them! 3/4

Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

In 2022, NYers had to pay out $121M in NYPD misconduct settlement fees — the most in 5 years. That’s nearly 4x what the Mayor is trying to cut from libraries, forcing them to slash hours, services, & programs. I asked the PD what our tab will be this year. Watch their response.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Libraries are fighting for their lives, the city owes preschool and daycare providers $400 million, and DSS is so short staffed that our neighbors are going hungry waiting for their food stamp applications to be processed. But the NYPD budget just goes up and up and up and up.

amNewYork™

@amNewYork

1 year

Fiscal watchdog finds Adams’ exec plan lowballs NYPD budget by $1.6B, likely underestimating OT costs

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

First, congratulations to all the plaintiffs on having your First Amendment rights vindicated in court today. The NYPD should never have mistreated you this way, and you deserve every penny of the damages you’ll receive. 2/4

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

It is vital that we not only compensate NYers whose rights have been violated by the NYPD, but also prevent further violations. That means disbanding the SRG, enhancing the power and budget of @CCRB_NYC , and ending the de facto policy of unlimited overtime — for starters. 4/4

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The news and photos out of Sunset Park this morning are very painful and scary. I’m holding the community in my heart. I’ll have more to say as details emerge, but for now it’s clear that the beloved people of our city deserve new, more effective ways of preventing violence.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

The Mayor is trying to cut $75M from libraries over the next four years. “We have become more efficient, but at some point you get to the bone,” the head of NYPL told the Council. “This may push us over the edge.” $75M is 0.013 of the NYPD’s operating budget for just one year.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Today I stood with current and past leadership of the Astoria Houses Tenants Association, as well as leaders from beloved D22 CBOs @Zone126Queens and @UrbanUpboundNY , not to mention friends from @32BJSEIU and @nycDSA to talk about land use and housing. 🧵👇🏽

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

I’ve tested positive for COVID, am experiencing mild symptoms, and will be working from home. The pandemic is still raging, y’all. Please continue to take precautions like masking indoors to protect our most vulnerable loved ones.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

This reporting should infuriate every last one of us. After nearly three years of a global pandemic, it is unconscionable for the federal government to sit on its hands rather than swiftly vaccinating the highest-risk cohort. 2/8

As Monkeypox Spread in New York, 300,000 Vaccine Doses Sat in Denmark (Published 2022)

The federal government adopted a wait-and-see response to the monkeypox outbreak, calling for more vaccines to be delivered only after cases were growing exponentially.

www.nytimes.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

I’ve always kept it 💯 with the people of District 22. They know what I’m about, and they gave me an overwhelming mandate to shift our budgetary priorities away from cops and cages, toward care and community. The FY23 budget does not do that. My speech explaining my No vote👇🏽

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Is the plan just to pretend the pandemic is over and let everyone get this disease again and again, year after year, as new variants continually outpace our vaccine development? This is unsustainable. We must reinstate basic public health protections. Come on, @NYCMayor .

Abraar Karan

@AbraarKaran

2 years

Lack of any community mitigation essentially signs everyone up for infection— one way masking can only take you so far if everyone around you is getting infected, incl those you live with. This is far too much to expect of individuals & far too little to expect of our leaders

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

It’s possible that this “wait-and-see” approach has already lasted too long to prevent widespread infection, but in case it’s not too late, the federal government must IMMEDIATELY distribute vaccines to our highest risk neighbors. 3/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

2/22/2022: It’s a great day to be the Council Member for District 22.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

This is not the way to prioritize public safety. Either you care about outcomes or you don’t.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

On a local level, @nycHealthy needs to do a much better job of outreach in neighborhoods of color & marginalized communities, so that affluent white people are not the only New Yorkers with access to vaccines. 4/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

I’m excited to report that @CMCrystalHudson and I will be co-chairing the @NYCCouncil LGBTQ Caucus! It’s a great honor. I hope that we make our colleagues, and our communities, proud.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Standing up for human rights and against violations of international law is not ‘hate speech.’ I’m proud to stand with CUNY Law students, including Fatima Mousa Mohammed and the Jewish Law Students Association, in defense of free speech and Palestinian rights.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

We got sick of this sham hearing and took the stage to tell the stories of our rent-burdened neighbors. Rent rollback now!

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Wanted to share this Public Safety Resources poster @ZohranKMamdani and my offices collaborated on. We’re distributing them to local businesses, so our neighborhood is equipped with better ways of solving problems than simply summoning police every time a challenge arises.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

11 months

Two days ago, @NYCMayor hiked NYC rents, & today he vetoed @NYCCouncilAyala @CMPiSanchez & my sensible legislation to help move our neighbors from shelters into permanent housing more quickly. Let's be clear: these actions undermine public safety & make violence more likely. 🧵

katie honan

@katie_honan

11 months

JUST IN: @NYCMayor just vetoed the city council’s housing voucher bills, per a spox.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We deserve a housing system where every single New Yorker, no matter their level of income, has a comfortable home, on a guaranteed basis. We deserve sustainable, high quality social housing, owned and managed by the people who live there, in conjunction with the public.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

11 months

The Mayor’s approach to housing: 1. Raise rents repeatedly 2. Defund housing agencies repeatedly 3. Veto legislation to improve housing vouchers 4. Direct the city to forcibly hospitalize homeless NYers and destroy their camps It makes our city less healthy and much less safe.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

1/ Our team reached out to every school in the 22nd this week, checking in & offering assistance. And we've talked to tons of constituents concerned about the spread of Omicron, the lack of testing, and the need for a remote option. Those conversations have led me here: 🧵

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Lots of counties, cities, and school districts re-establishing indoor masking protections. Unless we’re cool with millions of New Yorkers getting badly sick multiple times a year, and a quarter of us developing lasting symptoms, we should do the same.

COVID Advocacy Initiative

@COVID_Advocacy

2 years

It's exciting to see cities and counties across the US reinstating their mask mandates and protecting people from #COVID ! #MandateMasks Here's a thread with many places that are mandating masks! Please let us know if you hear of other places! 🧵 ❤️

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

Immigrants aren’t going to destroy New York City, but a relentless series of cruel, dangerous budget cuts will certainly destroy the lives of New Yorkers who rely on public goods and social services. We’re clear, outraged, and unafraid. Join us.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

These failures are costly & outrageous, but they're also the predictable outcome of a society that values profit over people, policing/incarceration over public health, & the lives of the rich & well-connected over those of everyday people. We deserve so much better. 8/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Rikers Island is in D22. My office tries as hard as we can to provide our incarcerated neighbors with Constituent Services, and DOC makes it damn near impossible. I’m here calling on @BOENYC to place a polling location on Rikers Island to stop this disenfranchisement.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

“That is too much money.”

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

The Council's LGBTQIA+ members have been repeatedly under attack this year, facing an onslaught of bigoted, homophobic vitriol. But we are not backing down & are standing strongly together and in deep solidarity with queer communities everywhere.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

Let’s be clear: Seeking asylum, including after already having entered the country, is protected by US and international law. Anyone accusing our new arrivals of “illegal” migration is either badly mistaken or deliberately lying to whip up xenophobic fear and resentment.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

We surrounded the Rent Guidelines Board. It’s a hearing, right? I bet they hear us now.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Vaccines need to be available at more sites throughout the city, especially in communities of color, & @nycHealthy needs to show far more transparency about the reasons for the hold-ups and inequitable distribution. 5/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

We have already lost too many beloved neighbors, family, & friends. No more tinkering around the edges: it’s time for bold steps to make our streets safer for cyclists & pedestrians. We need protected lanes now, and ultimately entire protected streets.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

In thousands of forced removals of homeless NYers, @NYCMayor managed to get a grand total of three into permanent housing. Not three thousand. Not three hundred. Not three dozen. Three. But he’s the expert on this, and not the many orgs who worked on our legislation? Ok…

Mayor Eric Adams

@NYCMayor

10 months

My statement on the City Council overriding my veto on their CityFHEPS legislation: The good news is that our efforts to house more New Yorkers, even in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, are working. On Tuesday, we announced that since lifting the 90-day rule a few weeks ago,

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We don’t take kindly to union busting in District 22. @Starbucks must not know about us. Solidarity with these courageous baristas!

Ditmars Blvd Starbucks Workers United

@DitmarsSBWU

2 years

One of the workers involved in the efforts at Ditmars has been illegally fired

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

5 months

Richest city in the world, home to over 100 billionaires, site of literally billions of financial transactions every single day, and we’re supposed to accept that we can’t afford adequate sanitation. Pathetic and shameful.

katie honan

@katie_honan

5 months

During a hearing on the city's rat mitigation, DSNY official says with budget cuts they'll remove baskets instead of emptying baskets less frequently, because overflowing bins attract rats. @Lynn4NYC points out people will just throw on the ground.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

My statement in response to Mayor Adams’ address today on gun violence. Click here to read my comprehensive vision for public safety:

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Either you care about outcomes or you don’t. The evidence is conclusive. Solitary confinement endangers everyone: incarcerated people, jail staff, and the public at large. #haltsolitary isn’t just about choosing humaneness over cruelty, it’s about choosing safety over violence.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

@DoreenforNY @ka_hackett @DR0DRIGUEZ @ArtistStudioAP The Astoria Houses Tenants Association, which supports the deal, represents Astoria Houses residents. You do not. Our CS team holds monthly satellite offices in Astoria Houses, and we have had numerous tours and listening sessions there. Your opinion of this project is noted.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Yesterday, @CMSandyNurse and I made an unannounced visit to Rikers Island. @CorrectionNYC wouldn’t allow a @LegalAidNYC attorney to accompany us (as they have on my last 3 visits), and @MrLouisMolina declined to explain why this time was difference. #HALTsolitary #CLOSErikers

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

As the Mayor forces agencies to slash their budgets by 5% 3x in the coming year, a reminder that the police don’t even track how much their misconduct settlements cost the city. An analysis by @LegalAidNYC concludes that we’re in for another $100M+ year:

City on track to pay $100M for NYPD abuse lawsuits this year, Legal Aid Society says

New York City is on track to pay out more than $100 million in police misconduct payouts for the second year in a row, according to an analysis by the Legal Aid Society. The municipal government ha…

www.nydailynews.com

Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

In 2022, NYers had to pay out $121M in NYPD misconduct settlement fees — the most in 5 years. That’s nearly 4x what the Mayor is trying to cut from libraries, forcing them to slash hours, services, & programs. I asked the PD what our tab will be this year. Watch their response.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

5 months

Ceasefire is how we win the return all civilian captives: Israeli hostages in Gaza & Palestinian political prisoners in Israel. It’s how we begin a political process aimed at safety, freedom & equal rights for all in the Holy Land. There’s no military solution. Ceasefire now.🕊️

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

9 months

Let’s use our common sense. Whose assessment of conditions at Rikers is more credible: a court-mandated federal monitor, or George Santos’ closest political allies who routinely spew bigoted MAGA garbage and conspiracy theories worthy of QAnon?

Opinion: Don’t be fooled, Rikers is a hellhole — Queens Daily Eagle

“Let’s use our common sense. Whose assessment of conditions at Rikers Island is more credible: a court-mandated federal monitor team of expert watchdogs, or George Santos’ closest political allies...

queenseagle.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We’ve got teachers, nurses, sanitation workers and others bending over backwards to do more with less, and choking down budget cuts to “eliminate waste,” while the NYPD acts like their budget simply does not exist.

fola akinnibi

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the nypd is on pace to spend $750 million on overtime this fiscal year, well beyond the $434 million set aside for it at the beginning of the year via @business

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Queens! Our vaccine sites are: 📍Aviation High School Monkeypox Vaccine Site (Sunnyside/LIC) 📍AP Corona Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic 📍Thomas J. McCann Woodside Monkeypox Vaccine Site 6/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We need a temporary remote option NOW while our city gets a handle on this COVID surge. I was proud to have signed onto @votejgr ’s letter urging the Mayor to do so. Under Mayoral control, it’s entirely his decision.

Jessica González-Rojas

@votejgr

2 years

NEW: I penned a letter alongside @jessicaramos and @voteshekar with 19 other city and state legislators in NYC to @NYCMayor requesting a temporary remote option for NYC schools. This will help families test and vaccinate their children.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The city’s own study says median incomes need to double if New Yorkers are going to afford median rents. And yet we’re preparing to to slap even rent-stabilized tenants with big hikes? Nonsensical and cruel.

To afford median rents, median income needs to double: city

Half of renters spent over 30% of their income on rent

ny1.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

🚨🚨🚨 @NYPL , @BKLYNlibrary , & @QPLNYC are warning that @NYCMayor ’s budget cuts will “severely impact their ability to provide critical services, resources, and programs… or to stay open for their regular hours.” Click here to take action:

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

For context, with this project, we’ll almost double the number of units available at 0-50% of local AMI. Let me be super clear on this point: In the last 10 years, Community Board 1 has produced fewer than 500 units below 50% AMI, and this project alone will have 268.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

NYPD under Mayor Adams: -Budget ⬆️ -Overtime spending ⬆️ -NYers sent to Rikers ⬆️ -Broken Windows summonses ⬆️ -% of those hitting NYers of color ⬆️ Outcomes: -Felonies ⬆️ -Response time ⬇️ NYers need and deserve true public safety, and this ain’t it.

In Eric Adams's New York, Almost Everything Is Going in the Wrong Direction - Hell Gate

NYC's "report card" is here and it looks like we're in for a rough parent-teacher conference.

hellgatenyc.com

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The @NYCCouncil can avoid a similar whirlwind of public backlash, back-room scrambling, and legal action next year by adopting a more transparent, accountable budget process. My statement, along with my colleagues, on today’s ruling👇🏽

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

9 months

What message does @NYCMayor ’s tour of Israel send tens of thousands of Palestinian NYers? This year alone, Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed over 170 Palestinians in the West Bank. “That’s not why I’m here,” he says. Outrageous and irresponsible.

Emily Ngo

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. @NYCMayor met with a settler leader today. Asked about it later by reporters, he said just that he didn't discuss settlements with Netanyahu, others. "That is not why I'm here," he said via @timesofisrael

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

For years we’ve been hearing: “Gotta close hospitals, not enough patients!” “Gotta cut school budgets, enrollment is down!” “The tax base is drying up because people are leaving NYC in waves!” Now all we hear is: “There’s no room for migrants.” Make it make sense!

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

First, let’s talk about today’s vote on the Halletts North development. At present, Halletts North is a sacrifice zone of shuttered industry and vacant lots. It contributes nothing to the community. It prohibits our neighbors from accessing the waterfront.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

A No vote would have be a vote for that. I cannot and will not in good conscience vote for that.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Feeling very grateful that, in the midst of so many official statements that range from meaningless ambiguity to despicable victim-blaming, @NYCSpeakerAdams is clear-headed, good-hearted, and unapologetic.

Adrienne Adams

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1 year

Jordan Neely should still be alive. My heart and condolences are with his loved ones during this difficult time. My full statement:

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

No way these bigots are going to scare us with their “National Day of Hate.” I stand with my Jewish neighbors, friends, and family, and all people targeted for violence and intimidation by Neo-Nazis. All you fascists bound to lose!

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

@JFREJNYC

1 year

This Saturday night, we'll light havdalah candles for #HavdalahAgainstHate . Shabbat will end, but we are here & we're not going anywhere. Wherever you are, post a photo of your havdalah candle using this hashtag in celebration of our Jewish tradition, and in defiance of fascism.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

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Two stunning takeaways from this week’s oversight hearing on menstrual equity: 1. NYers detained at Rikers have to work 15 hours to afford a single tampon 2. DOC spends $92 per maxi pad (the city spends an average of $0.07 per pad) Read the full report:

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

After a huge wave of closures and consolidations, our city’s hospitals are almost all owned by a tiny handful of mega-networks whose CEOs rake money in hand over fist. Time to stop short-changing patients: We need safe staffing ratios and pay policies aimed at retaining nurses.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Lastly, we need to stop (consciously & unconsciously, through our language & framing) pitting teachers against parents. Like so many, I want our children to thrive, I want working parents to thrive, and I want our teachers and school administrators & staff to thrive.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

It sends the message to residents of Astoria Houses the next block over that they are unworthy of a safe, comfortable neighborhood. And it holds down the housing supply amid a brutal housing shortage.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The best we can hope for without rezoning is a “last mile” facility where some massive corporation like Amazon would pay our neighbors garbage wages for non-stop, back-breaking work that would clog our neighborhood streets with dangerous, pollution-heavy delivery vehicles.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The harm reduction choice is clear. I would be a fool not to vote Aye. But I don’t always want to merely reduce harm. I want to transform our housing system. I want better choices in the future. That’s why we unveiled 10 Steps to a More Affordable NYC today.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

7 months

So many NYers are experiencing awful grief and fear for the lives their loved ones abroad, not to mention hate violence in their own neighborhoods. I join @JFREJNYC in calling on @GovKathyHochul to affirm that Palestinians deserve all the safety Jews do.

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

@JFREJNYC

7 months

Half of Gaza’s 2 million people are under 18 years old. The Netanyahu government has deemed them all “human animals” and cut them off from food, water, & electricity. The people of Gaza are facing mass death. Their terrified loved ones in NY deserve better from @GovKathyHochul .

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

The project I will vote Aye on comes with a $16 Million investment, over the past several years, cleaning up the formerly polluted waterfront, which will now host park space for everybody to enjoy.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

10 months

It’s time we treated housing as a human right, not a means for big real estate interests to increase their profits by pushing working class NYers to a breaking point. Mr. @NYCMayor , We won’t be bullied. We are standing tall. Your veto is overridden.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

With the holiday season upon us, we’re called to show kindness, generosity, & good will to all. As temperatures drop, we as NYers must especially extend heartfelt compassion to our homeless neighbors, bracing for another brutal winter without the warm comfort of home.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

It comes with “Deep Affordability” numbers that exceed MIH requirements. ✅20% will be affordable to households earning an average of 40% of AMI ✅10% at 30% of AMI ✅10% at 50% of AMI ✅5% at 80% of AMI

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We also need to equip our schools with proper ventilation. Seeing students & teachers sitting with windows open during the coldest days of winter because that’s their only source of fresh air is completely unacceptable.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

I’m not a fan of “publicly owned, privately maintained” greenways. If it’s a public good, it should be under public control. This kind of contract violation is all too common. We will do all we can to ensure accountability and an open bike path.

Repeating the cycle: Astoria condo violates contract with city again — Queens Daily Eagle

Shore Towers Condominium in Astoria has again been found to be in violation of its agreement with the city to keep a city-owned path open to the public.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Reminder: There is no lie the Post won’t tell in order to whip up racist fear and resentment for the financial benefit of far right extremist billionaire Rupert Murdoch, a man who appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

In NYC, the average wage would need to double to afford the average rent! There is no solution to this crisis that doesn’t involve vigorous investments in #socialhousing . Check out our ambitious policy agenda: 10 Steps To A More Affordable NYC. (1/2)

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

11 months

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

11 months

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has doubled the paid family leave for public school teachers to 12 weeks. More than 32k city workers already have 12 weeks, but Lori Lightfoot withheld it from teachers as a bargaining chip in negotiations with @CTULocal1 .

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

As vaccines become available, you can schedule an appointment by calling 877-VAX-4NYC or visiting 7/8

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

It’s giving radical joy and co-chair realness 🏳️‍🌈

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

This is a horrible, heartbreaking story. My deepest condolences to the loved ones of the victim, and to every EMS who courageously safeguards the health of our city, day in and day out.

1010 WINS

@1010WINS

2 years

BREAKING: Veteran EMS lieutenant fatally stabbed in Astoria: sources

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Yesterday, the @NYCCouncil very loudly and clearly said No to @NYCMayor ’s cuts. Today, he’s imposing cuts by dictate. These cuts mean subjecting New Yorkers to service reductions, more violence, worse health, and less prosperity. Unconscionable.

Chris Sommerfeldt

@C_Sommerfeldt

1 year

NEW: @NYCMayor is ordering most city agencies to slash their budgets by another 4% on top of his two belt-tightening directives from last year. “I know that achieving this...will not be easy,” Adams’ budget chief wrote in a letter to agency heads today.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Remember how, a few weeks ago, a set of us spoke with a loud and clear voice against @NYCMayor cruel, dangerous austerity budget modification? We’ll here’s an update.

Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

We reject @NYCMayor ’s cruel, dangerous austerity budget. We reject his xenophobic rhetoric blaming his own service cuts on migrants. We reject his assault on the vital services and programs that working class NYers depend on. I’m proud to stand with my colleagues today.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

We need more robust testing requirements *and* testing access. We should require testing of all students & staff and proactively send home at-home test kits (and instructions in the family’s spoken language!) to every child, teacher, and admin staff.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

Yesterday in Astoria, two young people died in a fire, and a third was killed by an SUV driver. Nothing can bring them back. The best we can do to honor their memories is invest in life-saving fire prevention and street safety infrastructure improvements. 1/2

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

Our District Office has been noticing a definite uptick in constituent calls from our neighbors facing eviction. Check out this letter we send to landlords to let them know we’re watching them, and if they mess with our constituents, we’re gonna know about it.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

2 years

It comes with roughly 10,000 square feet of community space for Urban Upbound and Zone 126 to reside in for $1 in annual rent. It comes with a $1 Million investment to benefit residents of Astoria Houses as the Tenant Association and NYCHA see fit.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

8 months

Like I said, the Mayor’s cruel, dangerous, irresponsible PEG cuts are not about responding to asylum seekers, they’ve been his MO all along. He’s just using asylum seekers as scapegoats to ramp up his previously existing agenda.

Fiscal Policy Institute

@NYFiscalPolicy

8 months

➡️ New: The City recently added $2.3 billion in asylum seeker cost estimates in FY2024 and $4.1 billion in FY2025. The proposed 15% agency cuts — totaling $10 billion per year — are billions higher than the increased cost estimates for asylum seekers.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

This is not “pro-public safety.” This is not a “working people’s agenda.” This is not “upstream investments.” It’s the opposite of the Mayor’s rhetoric: dangerous, cruel, a bald faced move to make NYC a playground for the rich.

Chris Sommerfeldt

@C_Sommerfeldt

1 year

“The cutbacks, ordered by CUNY Chief Operating Officer Hector Batista, will likely be felt most sharply by students, faculty and staff and could lead to larger class sizes, increased fees and reduced library hours, among other changes.” via @cayla_bam

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

11 months

My colleagues and I sent an urgent, last-minute plea to the leadership in Albany to take action right now to address the housing crisis that threatens so many working class New Yorkers.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

The Mayor is not authorized to unilaterally revoke rights, defy court-ordered mandates, or violate city and state laws. We must fight this executive order however we can. This is the richest city in the world. Of course we can afford to welcome these families.

The Legal Aid Society

@LegalAidNYC

1 year

❗️Last night, @NYCMayor signed Executive Order 402, which will suspend critical protections of NY’s Right to Shelter laws, as well as tenant due process rights.❗️ We are currently evaluating order and considering all of our options, including litigation.

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Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22)

@CabanD22

1 year

With the Secure Jobs Act, workers will be guaranteed advance notice, a good reason, and a fair process before a potential discharge. The onus is on the employer to prove they have a good reason to fire an employee. And workers who are wrongfully terminated can get reinstated.

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