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@JoniKletter

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strategy and operations advisor. lawyer/litigator. former @oathnyc commissioner @nycmayor . tired mom. opinions are my own/personal account. #Brooklyn

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Joined May 2009
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8 years
@realDonaldTrump really? Because I'm told you don't read much.
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There’s 15.7 million Jews in the world (0.2% of global pop.). Brooklyn is one of the only places in the world w/a significant Jewish population (25% of residents). When people ask why I care so much about antisemitic graffiti/hate acts in Bklyn it’s b/c Jews should feel safe here
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@susannecraig Trump “is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries” FL Judge Middlebrooks said. “He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process” which “undermines the rule of law, portrays judges as partisans & diverts resources”
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@maggieNYT Remember when he bragged about avoiding payment of taxes during a debate? We’ve known this for awhile.
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11 months
@ebottcher Basabe is married to a lingerie heiress and has avoided questions about his sexual orientation, the newspaper reported. 🙄
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6 months
Park Slope, w/a large Jewish population and numerous synagogues (from Reconstructionist to Orthodox) had ANOTHER graffiti incident, on Starbucks windows. This is after our Congressman's office and our synagogue sidewalks have been graffitied over and over again. Unacceptable!
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3 years
@gtconway3d “Charisma is a very powerful force when it's for the good. By comparison, the dangerous, destructive charismatic leader polarizes and identifies an outside enemy and pulls his followers together by manipulating their common feelings of victimization.”
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2 years
Lots of blame going around, but one thing is for sure: nobody can blame Bill de Blasio.
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2 years
Yesterday was my last day as Commissioner/Chief Judge of @oathnyc . An incredible honor to lead this agency: When the City & other courts around the state & country shut down in March 2020, OATH continued to fulfill its mission of providing access to justice for New Yorkers 1/4
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3 years
I’m reading about the culture in Albany, and w/out making comparisons, just gonna say @emmawolfe was an incredible COS during my time in the Mayor’s Office. Grateful for her professionalism, leadership and guidance.
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3 years
Heartbroken to see aroma espresso bar on church ave close. We must do more to support our small businesses.
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11 months
@joshtpm Has anyone asked Borat to come and mediate this situation? ;)
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2 years
Seeing a lot of chatter about 3-K for all; must clarify: 3-K for all and pre-K for all were created by the de Blasio Admin b/c our city desperately needed these early childhood programs. Our city still does. 1/3
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3 years
@fayepenn @samarkhurshid I thought the same thing! uptown train always arrives 1 min. before downtown.
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2 years
I’m feeling good! #over40women
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2 years
So much respect for @NydiaVelazquez , but she’s supporting a #ny10 candidate @CarlinaRivera , who signed off on these budget cuts w/out any questions or push back to Adams and Adams.
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Congressman Jamaal Bowman
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There is no excuse for cutting our public school budgets. I led my colleagues in writing a letter to @NYCMayor underscoring the need to prioritize our public schools in the city’s FY 2023 budget. Rolling back funding in our schools is unacceptable.
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Mayor gives a shout out to @Pinnyringel . He's a gem, and serves his community better than anyone. One of the best at City Hall. And don't forget, #wearamask
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8 years
The media did not "manufacture your bigotry; you manifested it." Well said @CharlesMBlow
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2 years
. @emmawolfe has left Shaq size shoes to fill. #legend .
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NEW: @emmawolfe willing to be quoted in a story. (And Frank Carone will be appointed as chief of staff to @ericadamsfornyc tomorrow)
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CLA family! We “age” well. ❤️❤️❤️
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8 years
@realDonaldTrump This is scary
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3 years
Good luck to all the campaigns hustling hard for the next 12 days. Here’s a #TBT from 2013 with me, @NYCMayor and Steve Buscemi outside of Southside coffee with my French bulldog Chachi (candidate refused to hold him). Does it get any more #parkslope than this? cc: @katie_honan
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3 years
Proud to serve the city of New York with the inimitable Kapil Longani @lipak23
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2 years
This is gross dark $ spending, bad for the environment & likely violates the city’s idling laws. Dark $ is toxic to our democracy.
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1 year
NYC’s essential safety-net hospitals serve millions of NYers, especially those in medically underserved areas. TY @SenatorMyrie & other leaders who are advocating for NYS to make real investments in hospitals like @MaimoHealth .Read his @NYDailyNews op-ed:
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5 years
Excited to announce NYC’s new Deputy Mayor for Housing and Econ Development - Vicki Been. She is smart, dedicated and dynamic. Congrats Vicki! ⁦ @NYCMayor ⁩ ⁦ @NYCMayorsOffice
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3 years
@maggieNYT So damn proud of Roberta Kaplan. We need more attorneys willing to take on Neo-Nazis. In awe of her and @amyspitalnick
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3 months
Good morning to everyone except the Hamas supporters who are vandalizing Park Slope (w/a large Jewish population) on a daily basis. Who is helping us stop this? cc: @jacobkornbluh
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2 years
@C_Sommerfeldt @danielsgoldman I assume this is to try and intentionally hurt @danielsgoldman but ya never know w/Trump. So bizarre
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According to the Independent Budget Office, NYPD is on track to spend $825 million on overtime in the 2023 fiscal year, $369 million more than budgeted. Yup, that’s almost $1 billion in overtime.
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5 years
Congrats to my brilliant colleague @YumeKitasei ! MOVING ON: @NYCMayor named Yume Kitasei as director of city legislative affairs; she previously served as the deputy chief of staff to First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan. @NYCMayorsOffice
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2 years
One of the bills I worked on & helped draft during my time in the NYC Mayor’s Office, City Leg Affairs, was the Fair Workweek Bill, ensuring fast food workers have predictable and fair schedules. Super proud to see 17,000 Chipotle workers benefit from this law as part of a 1/2
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5 years
A great photo from the fantastic Women's Leadership panel the Mayor's Office of Appointments hosted 2 weeks ago. The superstars: @mayawiley @annedelcNYC @HerminiaPalacio @emmawolfe @fayepenn
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@georgejoseph94 So proud of my husband, @DougSchneiderBK , for keeping the peace at this meeting.
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@MaraGay Until I saw the sign that said “Hochul”, I thought the photo was from the 1960s. It’s telling…
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3 years
One thing I’ve learned over the last few years: Civic education-government, ethics, voting, community engagement and the courts-should be a mandated subject area, beginning in the 2nd grade.
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@CynthiaNixon Parents need their own lobbying organization in this city. It’s the only way…
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3 years
Proud of friend @daniela127 for questioning Mulgrew on the 2 case school shut down rule on @BrianLehrer Go Daniela!
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Huge congrats ⁦ @nynurses ⁩! “Through our unity & by putting it all on the line, we won enforceable safe staffing ratios at both Montefiore & Mt. Sinai where nurses went on strike for patient care,” Nancy Hagans, president (⁦ @MaimoHealth ⁩ nurse)
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Wow. As a deBlasio alum, it’s pretty wild to hear Cuomo talk how NYC is getting screwed & the “state should pay the entire cost of housing migrants” via @CityAndStateNY
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2 years
It was an incredibly successful operation & worked to serve ALL families. We can’t take away the universal component. NYC families don’t deserve that.  2/3
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2 years
It was an honor to both work in the de Blasio Admin and help run Bill’s Congressional Campaign. He’s one of the good guys, and I couldn’t be more proud of everything the team has accomplished together. Onward and upward!
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It’s clear the people of #NY10 are looking for another option and I respect that. Time for me to leave electoral politics and focus on other ways to serve. I am really grateful for all the people I met, the stories I heard and the many good souls who helped out. Thank you all!
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4 years
Support your local bar or restaurant. Cheers and happy Friday!
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Congrats ⁦ @emmawolfe ⁩! We all know you’re Ivy League. Most important qs: will you be making it back for any Sunday softball games? #allstar
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For 4 years @nytimes always laments fact that Mayor has higher approval ratings among POC, always as a negative. @RossBarkan @GloriaPazmino
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2 years
Saying there are open seats in certain neighborhoods (per current admin) does NOT mean there isn’t demand.BDB’s 3-K outreach teams worked tirelessly to balance seats ahead of each school yr. We know struggling families are still desperate for early childhood options #FullyFund3K
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@JFREJNYC @JenGutierrezNYC @SandyforCouncil @OsseChi @alexaforcouncil @tiffany_caban @ShahanaFromBK @CouncilwomanKrj @CMbarron2 I hope they are all just as loudly condemning Hamas on the rape/murder of young Israeli women. And printing shirts about the return of all hostages.
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@katie_honan @leezeldin Thoughts and prayers…
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4 years
Thank you @DRichards13 and staff for joining us today to discuss the ways in which OATH is assisting residents and small businesses during this pandemic.
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I ❤️ NYC. I am rooting for @NYCMayor & his team & want to see NYC thrive. I’m also super proud of what the BDB admin accomplished & proud of the team he put together. Great friends who are doing amazing things (and taught me a lot) TY @emmawolfe @jplupo & team
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3 years
@agounardes Supervisors/bosses have a responsibility to refrain from sexually inappropriate comments and questions toward subordinates.
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3 years
I think we can all agree that the best piece of merchandise from the @BilldeBlasio Administration is the Billy Never Idles hair scrunchy. @BillyIdol
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2 years
@davidminpdx What if short term crime rates have nothing to do with city mayors?
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3 years
A less blurry pic of Steve Buscemi. From a fellow kid #halloween2021 #parkslope #nyc
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2 years
Powerful and emotional statements from civil rights advocate Hazel Dukes, who just received a Key to the City from @NYCMayor . You can tell she is someone who never stops working. #lifelongadvocate
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“prosecutors dismiss over 5 out of every 6 ‘felony’ cases. As any public defender could tell you, what a person is charged with often has very little to do with the underlying facts in a case and how it ultimately resolves.” ⁦ @ScottHech
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Came to see @hadestown with my son in Times Square, and got to see @deliveristas celebrating the new delivery workers’ law going into effect #bonus
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NEWS ⁦ @nynurses ⁩ Pres. Nancy Hagans & ⁦ @MaimoHealth ⁩ CEO Ken Gibbs pen joint op-ed calling on NYS to prioritize consistent, sustainable & equitable funding for safety-net hospitals & an end to the 2 tier healthcare system #NYSafetyNetCoalition
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Kudos to ⁦ @AOC ⁩ for coming out to listen to constituents & address real issues. Shame on @nypost , which will always choose to to focus on the 1 or 2 obnoxious hecklers, but then decry the loss of “decorum” in politics. These are not serious reporters
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@EricLevitz @NYMag You can't pin all the blame on Trump. The same people ("leaders") who are scared for their own safety have jettisoned every reasonable gun control measure in this country.
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The Adams Admin and @SheenaWrightNYC are so incredibly lucky to have @YumeKitasei back at City Hall. One of the best, smartest and most effective public servants out there.
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Great turnout of energetic volunteers ready to knock doors for @JustinBrannan cc: @rebeccabailin @danielabramson @schnakemahl @KeithPowersNYC #BayRidge
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3 years
Serving this city with the great @Pinnyringel #StatenIslandResourceFair
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3 years
Thank you @JulieMenin for inviting me to speak to @ColumbiaSIPA students today, re: city government and City Council legislation. They are lucky to have you as a professor!
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I’m reflecting on the extraordinary challenges that parents with young children have dealt with this past year: -remote learning -no play dates -no indoor museums, play spaces, shows, etc. -no birthday parties -no travel -no babysitters/grandparent help Huge props to all of you!
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2 years
Congrats to @NYC_SBS and @JonDoris1 for the $100M launch of NYC resiliency grants to small businesses in hard-hit sectors. #NYCRecovery
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In a blow to the Adams administration ⁦⁦ @NewYorkStateAG ⁩ calls for a federal takeover of Rikers: “In a letter to Manhattan Federal Judge…James argued that only receivership can fix decades of dysfunction in the city’s beleaguered jail system.”
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@Variety Slay queen. 🙌 loved her so much in “Best in Show” (“we could talk or not talk for hours”)
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“If nothing else, COVID-19 showed us the essentiality of hospitals like @maimohealth which redeployed its clinical staff…to meet overwhelming community needs at the height of the pandemic. We stepped up to help NY; now it is time for NY to help us.”
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on special ed services or tuition reimbursement. This shift to OATH is a clear recognition of OATH’s independence and integrity, and ability to handle new and complex topics with aplomb. Huge TY @emmawolfe @lipak23 @alexisblane @SamSolomonNYC @KateCocklin @ArielPalitz @LVladeck
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I think many Park Slopers (like me) who were not necessarily happy with @RepDanGoldman ’s win have come around, and been really impressed with what he’s accomplished and achieved so far. Folks are proud of him for a # of reasons. @danielsgoldman
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Ardent Zionists like Jerry Nadler, Grace Meng, and Hakeem Jeffries did not vote to censure Tlaib. But Dan Goldman, representing the Manhattan and Brooklyn NY-10, did. I wrote on the political risk of that vote and what might come next for the freshman.
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. @maimohealth CEO Ken Gibbs & EVP Douglas Jablon are at Grand Army Plaza to light Brooklyn’s largest menorah. They are lighting the menorah in honor of all the healthcare heroes who bring healing, comfort and light to those in need. TY @chabad & Rabbi Hecht!
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Great to see @NYCMayor out in Bay Ridge for @JustinBrannan . Per Mayor, “Bay Ridge is the heart and soul of America.”
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3 years
Great OATH educational event with CMs @KalmanYeger and @ChaimDeutsch . Thank you @SamSolomonNYC @rachelbam1 @Pinnyringel and the rest of the great team
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Hearing from a lot of Park Slope BK neighbors that they recently decided to write in someone-other than the listed candidates-for #District39 City Council #BringThemHome #AmYisraelChai
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Cheers to old friends from the city trenches at 253 Broadway: @jplupo @l_atlas @chatoddfloyd @MTMcMorrow @NickESmithNYC TY @danielabramson & others for organizing
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Celebrating 18 years of marriage with @DougSchneiderBK . He bought us matching chai necklaces over the Star of David. #love #AmYisraelChai
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Thrilled to see my former colleague, Charlie Aidinoff @CSAidinoff , on the @CityAndStateNY 40 under 40 list. So well deserved. Congrats!
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@ShahanaFromBK As you know, these views are not supported by the vast majority (over 90%) of your Jewish constituents: Does that matter to you at all?
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@MMFlint Since he began his White House bid, Trump has not held a single event aimed at black voters, per NYT
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3 years
The de Blasio Administration has lost 2 giants. Huge props to my Cardozo Law sister @LoreleiNYCDCA for transforming and expanding @NYCDCA into a workers’ rights agency & to @bittamostofi , for her incredible work protecting and advocating for immigrant New Yorkers @NYCImmigrants
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I will always credit @BilldeBlasio ⁩ for creating a “majority-women leadership in [his] administration the whole time.” So many city agencies had never been led by a woman; BDB changed that. TY @emmawolfe ⁩ ⁦⁦ @RachelLauter ⁩ ⁦ @gabfialkoff
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Today, the Mayor signed an Executive Order to formalize the creation of the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution within OATH. I am thrilled to continue the expansion of our mediation program to address challenges facing small businesses and help everyday NYers resolve problems
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@sethmpk @CMShahanaHanif Was there a reason you didn’t include what I was responding to or add the context? I’ve actually organized Shabbat dinners, a channukah party and a Purim party through this amazing group. I stand by everything!
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1 year
Nothing like going to see Parade, starring Ben Platt as Leo Frank, a Jew who was lynched in the American south in 1913, on the same night as a Trump rally.
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Facts: The campaign to demonize Maimonides is counter-productive and insulting to drs/nurses/staff. Maimo needs partners, not protestors. The hospital faces the same challenges as others and US News ranks @MaimoHealth 29/208 hospitals in NYS
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4 years
Congrats to the 2 new all-star board members of COIB, nominated by @NYCMayor and unanimously confirmed by the @NYCCouncil : @nishasagarwal and Wayne Hawley. @NYCCOIB #Ethics #CleanLiving
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Inaugurating the first female Asian-American State Senator in NY “is a great day for America.” - @SenSchumer A huge congrats to @SenIwenChu . She brought out an all-star cast of political leaders to help celebrate #brooklyn
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NYC government at work, serving the people of this city. Proud of the OATH team! @oathnyc
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NEW: Amid Pandemic, New Yorkers Challenge Civil Summonses at 100,000 Remote Hearings - via @GothamGazette
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$20 million dollar settlement with the city. Thank you to the team who helped make this legislation happen: @amitsinghbagga Lindsay Greene @LVladeck @CandisLynnT and to the Adams Admin for pursuing these violations @helloDCWP .
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I moved to NYC 2 weeks before 9/11/01. Haven’t left. #NeverForget #NYCStrong I ❤️NYC
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@NBCNews How about: Iran’s President pulled out of an interview with Christiane Amanpour??
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2 years
Can @DOEChancellor and @necs clarify the underlined sentence? Will 3-k remain universal and accessible for for all students?
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1 year
Thank you @bpjcc & @ReynosoBrooklyn for having @MaimoHealth & CEO Ken Gibbs join your beautiful Chanukah party. Happy Chanukah! cc: @RitaJosephNYC @CMMercedesCD46 @AbeEisner @ymkalish @YidelPerlstein
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Thrilled to see Hatzolah EMT's, paramedics and volunteers get recognized by the @nycmayor at today's press conference. They provide an incredible service to all New Yorkers and we are grateful for their service. cc: @SEichenstein @Pinnyringel @DavidSchwartz48 @KalmanYeger
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