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@NYCCouncil Member, District 39. Co-Chair, Taskforce to Combat Hate. Organizer, feminist, CUNY alum, Lupus survivor. Cat mom. Brooklyn born & raised. She/her.

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@ShahanaFromBK

Shahana Hanif 🦾

3 years

I was born & raised in Brooklyn. I'm the daughter of Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants, a Lupus survivor, & an activist. I'm humbled to be the first Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council and the first woman to represent my district. WE DID IT 😭✊🏽

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Shahana Hanif makes history as the first Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council....

In New York City, a global beacon that draws a diverse population from all over the world, the City Council has never had a Muslim woman — or a person of South Asian descent among its membership.

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5 years

I am outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center where prisoners are without heat. The banging noise is them protesting for all of us to hear. They are without heat for days. This is in BROOKLYN.

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All labor is skilled labor

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5 years

SIGNAL BOOST: protestors are surrounding the Metropolitan Detention Center, where inmates and workers are STILL freezing. HEAT NOW! we are demanding: GET THE HEAT ON GET THOSE LIGHTS ON

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4 months

Our office has reached out to NYPD Transit District 30 about this cruel incident on the 7th Avenue F/G Station. This sort of violent broken windows policing does nothing to keep us safe. Assaulting someone for skipping a turnstile is an abuse of power by the NYPD.

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NYPD kicking off 2024 strong by brutally arresting someone for not paying a $2.90 MTA fare at the 7th Ave. F/G station in Brooklyn.

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NOW in BROOKLYN: I’m joined by family, friends, and hundreds of New Yorkers to honor and remember the life of O’Shae Sibley. #SayHisName

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2 years

Today I was officially sworn in as the NYC Council Member for the 39th District. To represent the community that raised me is a dream come true. I'm bringing my whole self and Brooklyn grit to the seat—the people of the 39th have my back and I have theirs. Let’s get to work! 🦾

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Mayor Adams has got to go!

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11 days

Last night was the darkest moment in the Adams administration. We will never forget what your NYPD did to our students.

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#JamelFloyd was killed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. This is the same prison that had #NoHeatNoPower in winter 2019. Detainees were banging on windows because they knew the facility wouldn’t address their basic needs. This is how prisons kill people.

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1 year

As a @CUNY alum, I am deeply disturbed by the school’s misguided statement. For a university to bully a student is not only disheartening but wholly unacceptable. Fatima Mousa Mohammed was brave to denounce settler colonial violence, and we must support her.

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The City University of New York

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Please read the full statement from the CUNY Board of Trustees and @ChancellorCUNY .

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WE DID IT BROOKLYN! 🦾💖

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4 years

I have a great joke about men in politics but they told me to wait my turn 👍🏾

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2 months

Everyone deserves to feel safe on their commutes. But militarizing the subways as we disinvest in housing, homeless services, and mental health care is not how we achieve safety. This misguided policy risks repeating the worst abuses of stop-and-frisk.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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New: Gov. Hochul announces that she is deploying 750 National Guard members into the NYC subways to conduct bag checks, in addition to another 250 law enforcement members. She is also proposing a bill to ban people convicted of a violent crime on the subway from public transit

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2 years

Libraries are the original community centers. Using them as COVID care hubs is spot on. NYC’s branches could be centers for food justice, device loans and WiFi access, and other social safety nets. What’s stopping us?

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2 years

88,830 apartments kept vacant by greedy landlords. That’s enough to house everyone in the shelter system and every newly arrived asylum seeker. We need social control of housing now.

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NYC Had 88,830 Vacant Rent-Stabilized Apartments Last Year, City Housing Agency Estimates

Roughly 1 in 10 rent-regulated apartments were vacant in 2021, Census survey data reveals — far more than the 61,000 vacancies landlords reported to the state.

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My mother is talking in Bangla about getting me elected with the same passion some mothers bring talking about getting married: “It’s high-priority for me to get you there [City Council], and once you’re there I’ll have no more worries, I can go to God’s home in peace.”

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12 days

Mayor Adams continues to incite violence.

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NEW - @NYCMayor says Columbia protest has been "co-opted" and is going to share their intel, he says at 1 Police Plaza. He advises students involved in the protest to leave the area and tells parents to tell their kids to leave "before the situation escalates."

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3 years

How it started How it’s going

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2 years

As I begin my work, I hold close the vision of a city rooted in compassion and justice. “My Lord! Open up for me my heart. And ease for me my task. And untie the knot of my tongue. That they may understand my speech.” Qur'an - 20:25-28

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The Mayor seems to be taking a page out of the Trump playbook here. But the truth is, immigrants have made New York stronger for centuries and always will. Yes, we absolutely need federal and state support to meet this moment, but we must reject this dangerous xenophobia.

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BREAKING: Mayor Adams basically conceding New York City is done because of illegal immigration and warns New Yorkers illegals will flood ALL neighborhoods.

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I'm so proud to receive @AOC 's personal co-endorsement 🦾💖 @AOC is one of the people who inspired me to run for office. She proved that women like us can RUN grassroots campaigns and WIN without "waiting our turn" or backing down from the fight for transformational change.

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for those saying “maybe they shouldn't have committed a crime” as a way to justify inmates/people freezing to death at the Metropolitan Detention Center: FUCK OFF. i’m reading comments rolling in and some of y��all are especially despicable. shame

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4 years

MY FRIENDS AND I ARE GOING TO BE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN 2021😭🥺🥳

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4 years

BROOKLYN on our streets for #GeorgeFloyd . We will never forget #GeorgeFloyd . #BangladeshisForBlackLives

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I'm thrilled to finally announce my committee assignments! As the daughter of two working-class Bangladeshi immigrants, I am so proud to be chairing our city's Immigration Committee. I can't wait to get to work for the millions of immigrants who call New York City their home.

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Deep gratitude to be seated in the NYC Council Chamber. I’ve been reflecting about the places in our history books not meant for me & the institutions that haven’t wanted me. Here I am at Council Member orientation😭 it’s happening, folks!!! It’s for real, for real.

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2 months

Please be vigilant. Just last weekend a young woman was murdered in my district and now a string of violent assaults on women.

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Tyler McCall

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Some common threads popping up on these videos of women being punched in New York City: 1) Sounds like he says something like “sorry” or “excuse me” just before attacking 2) Appears to be targeting women on phones 3) All the women I saw were in this general area of Manhattan

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As the only Muslim woman elected in NYC government, I have never felt so alone and misunderstood. It is a shame that most politicians have defaulted to a comfortable silence. No attack ads, name-calling from my colleagues will dissuade me from demanding a permanent ceasefire.

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Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

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@sumayaawad @AdalahJustice “As the only Muslim woman in @NYCCouncil , I am alone in that building. And while I have my anti war colleagues, it has been extremely isolating and lonely at this time, to speak out loud against a genocide under our watch.” - @ShahanaFromBK

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5 years

THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!!! THE LIGHTS ARE ON!!!

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2 years

. @yuhline ran a beautiful, powerful campaign and I’m so damn happy I endorsed this brilliant leader. I’m ready for Congresswoman Yuh-Line!

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3 years

Our taxi cab drivers are burdened with insurmountable debt as a result of the medallion crisis manufactured by the City. I just got arrested with @ZohranKMamdani , @AmandaSeptimo , @HarveyforNY , @CMenchaca , and @VoteShekar demanding Mayor de Blasio act NOW to #EndCabbieDebt ✊🏽

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2 years

What twisted ideology believes that both outlawing abortion and legalizing carrying a gun on the subway is “pro-life”?

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3 years

The Bangladeshi folks who invited him revoked the invitation after learning about his position on Palestine. That’s #EidMubarak the NYC way!

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3 years

. @AndrewYang ’s public schedule today previously included a stop to distribute groceries in Astoria ahead of Eid, but it was removed. He said organizers asked him not to come.

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To the people of Palestine, today and always, I stand with you. The New York I know condemns state-sanctioned violence and displacement of Palestinians. I’m firmly committed to @AznsAgainstYang . Yang’s divisive, dangerous rhetoric has no place in our City. #DropOutYang

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I'm standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.

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2 years

I’m currently on my way to Rikers. I’m doing so because as an elected official, I can visit any correctional facility in the city. This is my first time ever visiting a detention facility like this. I’ll let you all know more as soon as I can.

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3 months

I need to see changed behavior. I will not be forgiving you at this time.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 months

Hochul apologizes for her "poor choice of words" in the video below, in which she seemed to imply that Israel has a right to wipe out Gaza. "I regret using an inappropriate analogy that I now realize could be hurtful to members of our community"

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Solitary confinement is immoral, psychological torture, haraam, and this cannot happen in our City. New Yorkers, gear up for the fight toward decarceration and stopping the inhumane return of solitary.

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. @ericadamsfornyc just said he’s bringing back solitary confinement on #rikers on January 1.

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After throwing away the belongings of unhoused individuals, the NYPD is making arrests. These sweeps won't end homelessness any more than the Mayor's half a billion-dollar cut to the Department of Homeless Services. We need care and homes, not cruelty.

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Advocates of those living at East Village encampment being arrested now

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2 years

I’m devastated to learn about the tragedy in the Bronx today. For those who are able, there’s a GoFundMe to distribute to impacted families. Please contribute generously and share the link widely.

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Relief for Families Affected by Bronx Fire, organisiert von Gambian Youths Organization

Salam, On Sunday, January 9 our community witnessed a t… Gambian Youths Organization braucht deine Unterstützung für Relief for Families Affected by Bronx Fire

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2 years

As a Lupus survivor who was denied Access-A-Ride, I know how inaccessible NYC is for disabled people — I had to map out which subway stations had elevators to get around. There is no equitable public transit without disability justice.

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@mynameisjro Thank you, Jason! This is a horrible use of police time and resources. We’re looking into this.

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2 years

On Monday, Rapid NYC/Express Health's private testing sites asked for citizenship status on their intake form, which could deter immigrant & undocumented New Yorkers. We pushed back & got this unjust question removed. We need stronger oversight for private healthcare entities.

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6 months

As a young Muslim woman in politics, I have looked up to @RepRashida for her courage to speak truth to power. Her bravery, as many attempt to stifle democracy and capitulate to the racism and Islamophobia of our government, gives me hope. We stand with you Rashida.

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I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and my perspective is needed here now more than ever. I will not be silenced and I will not let anyone distort my words. I’m from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes.

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I was 10 years old in the 5th grade at PS 230 in Kensington, Brooklyn. Everything after 9/11 was predicated on me being Muslim. 10 year old me knew I had to protect my Muslim community in NYC. Didn’t think it would be a lifelong project. And honestly, fuck you.

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Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn't a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/

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After taking the time to digest all of the details of the state budget, I am deeply disappointed by Governor Hochul. This budget is being touted as "progressive" and "collaborative,” but it is a failure.

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2 years

This is just cruel.

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Workers from the Department of Sanitation, accompanied by NYPD, cleared out the belongings of several homeless New Yorkers under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Williamsburg this morning

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We did it! Thank you to every voter, volunteer, and supporter who helped make this victory possible. From universal composting to an immigrant workers’ bill of rights, we’ve done so much in this term to build an anti-racist feminist city. But we’re just getting started.

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5 months

🕊️I hung out with Ralph at his bodega, joined by his friends. What a guy, and the community’s got his back. Some of my constituents, @jvpliveNY members or as they call themselves, #JewishElders , were there too. They are inspired by the organizing for a #CeasefireNow !🕊️

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4 months

The average stay on Rikers for someone in pretrial detention is 285 days. It's 340 days for someone experiencing a mental health crisis. This jail is fundamentally broken and needs to be shut down now.

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

3 years

My mother and aunties after door-knocking getting in their evening snacks🥺 These ladies are hitting every single Bangladeshi door in District 39. They’re raising hell in Kensington: “she’s our daughter and we have a moral responsibility to vote and get her to City Hall.”

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2 years

Our office proudly funded Drag Story Hour this year and you better believe we'll be funding it again next year.

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Councilwoman Vickie Paladino

2 years

I am quoted in this article, and I will reiterate: Any school in my district participating in 'drag queen' degeneracy risks losing their funding. Adult drag performers have NO BUSINESS in our schools, and they will not be in my district. Period.

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#EatingWhileMuslim #VenmoingWhileMuslim means @venmo will block transactions that are Muslim phrases or reference Islam. i was just tryna pay @RimaBegumji . reminded me of #PersianShenanigans anyways, this Bangladeshi meal was in the Bronx at Al-Aqsa Restaurant. pls eat there🇧🇩

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19-year-old Win Rozario called 911 looking for help during a moment of acute mental health crisis. He did not receive the help he needed. Instead, the NYPD arrived, escalated the situation, and killed him.

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Fatal NYPD shooting of mentally ill Queens teen holding scissors spurs outrage

As new details emerge on a mentally ill teen’s fatal shooting by an NYPD officer on Wednesday, outrage has bubbled up over the tactics used by the officers who responded to a 911 call made by the t…

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7 months

These xenophobic Republican talking points have no home in our City. New York has been a welcoming beacon to immigrants for centuries and will always be one, no matter what this administration says.

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NEW: on possibility of right to shelter changing in NYC, chief advisor to @NYCMayor , Ingrid Lewis Martin says in the meantime “we need the federal government, the congress, the senate and the president to do their job, close the borders.” #PIXonPolitics @PIX11News

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I never showed y’all my wedding photos! I met the love of my life, and we’ll be together forever ♾️

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Yet another reminder that white supremacists work the hardest to pit Jewish and Muslim communities against one another. We have to protect the long history of rising up for each other and not fall for their agenda.

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VICE News

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Neo-Nazis are showing up at pro-Palestine protests in an attempt to push anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and tropes into the mainstream. Here’s what you need to know about them. 🧵1/6

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IT'S OFFICIAL: I’m the Democratic nominee for NYC Council in the 39th District 🦾🌹 THANK YOU for your support and for celebrating our win! I’m here because a whole movement has my back—together, we won a mandate for transformational change and shattered a glass ceiling! 🧵1/9

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2 years

#COVID19 cases are rising and the Mayor is cutting the City hospital budget in half while spending millions on police drones. Working-class New Yorkers need a budget that prioritizes their needs - not their surveillance.

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Eric Adams considering using drones to fight NYC crime, sources say

Mayor Eric Adams is mulling a mini-army of drones to fight surging crime in the Big Apple, sources told The Post.

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I was sworn in on a Qur’an. As the first Muslim woman elected to the NYC Council and the only Muslim in the incoming class, I have the unique responsibility to voice the issues of working Muslims and look forward to being a champion for our communites.

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IT'S IMPORTANT WE REMEMBER THIS BUS DRIVER'S REFUSAL In 1971 Intl Longshoremen's Union ship workers refused to load military weapons headed to Pakistan from US to aid war with what now Bangladesh. This was a fuck you to Kissinger who was arming Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh.

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Cheers as the bus driver walks off the bus, refusing to drive it #BarclaysCenter #BlackLivesMatter

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SOLIDARITY BOOST: protests will continue at #MetropolitanDetentionCenter until heat & electricity are at optimal services. INMATES & WORKERS ARE FREEZING. YOU can help by 1) occupying the streets 2) sending food & supplies to protesters. SIGN UP NOW:

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I just voted at my alma mater, PS 230! I’m so emotional😭💖 As a daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, I never thought I’d run for office, but neighbors and community leaders encouraged me to. GO VOTE BEFORE 9pm, find your poll site at

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Prison labor is slavery.

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Hochul Proposes Bringing Back Private Prison Labor

Banned for a century, contract labor could return to New York’s prisons.

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2 years

Ending the Vaccine Key is a dangerous mistake. #COVID19 is still very much a threat to New Yorkers. NYC's vaccination rate is 85%. Our focus should be reaching that 15% - not dropping good public health measures.

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2 years

Today, I am thrilled to announce my endorsement of @yuhline for NY-10! We need a progressive willing to fight for working-class New Yorkers. Early voting has already started, so cast your vote for @yuhline today.

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We are seven women running for office in #Brooklyn . We are aligned on a City budget that divests from carceral systems and reinvests in our neighborhoods. #DefundNYPD , expand #ParticipatoryBudgeting , and a #HomesGuarantee .

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“Social services, not policing” - These Brooklyn Women Move Toward a New City Council - Bklyner

Watching the city council debate the budget at Occupy City Hall. Photo by Sandy Nurse, with permission.As New Yorkers, we know what it means to be bold. As women, we know what it means to be defiant...

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I love the folks who congratulated me and then proceeded to share District 39 related demands and grievances🥺😩! Trust me, I cannot wait to get to work and bring an incredible team for this district. We are still waiting for the final results though 🥲🕒 1 like = 1 prayer🤲🏽

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2 years

Heading into 2022 as a New York City Council Member 😊

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. @NYCMayor has yet to say ANYTHING about how @InnaVernikov threatened students at my alma mater with a gun, but it looks like his advisor had time for tea with this gun-toting extremist. The lack of solidarity this Mayor has shown with our Muslim community is shameful.

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Allowing workers a work-from-home option will keep them safe AND allow parents & caretakers to not have to choose between familial responsibilities & work. City workers deserve a permanent remote option. ✊🏽 My oped in @NYDailyNews :

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Give NYC workers a remote work option already

After more than a year and a half of working remotely, more than 300,000 city workers were ordered to return to the office this fall. They often found themselves in cramped offices with poor ventil…

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

3 years

WE’RE IN THE @NYTimes 😎🦾 “Shahana Hanif, who won her primary in Brooklyn, is expected to be the first Muslim woman elected to the Council in its history.” I’m excited to bring this representation — and our socialist feminist movement — to City Hall!

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The Next City Council Will Look More Like New York (Published 2021)

The Council is poised to be one of the most progressive in the city’s history, with a diversity that mirrors the city it represents.

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

1 year

The SRG is paid for by NYC tax dollars to arrest journalists, beat up Black & brown New Yorkers, and protect anti-choice protestors. It’s far past time to disband their unit and reinvest their millions in funding for housing, healthcare, and schools.

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Donato Yaakov Secchi

1 year

#FreePress in #America ? #illusion . But there is a #PulitzerPrize … #NewYork Police detain #Photojournalist Stephanie #Keith outside the #Broadway -Lafayette subway station during a " #Justicefor Jordan #Neely " rally

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2 years

21 years ago, the attacks on the World Trade Center left lasting scars on our City, nation, and the Muslim American community. Islamophobia, an undercurrent in our nation, came out in full force, demonizing millions of innocent people for years to come.

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3 years

I was 10 years old in 2001. I remember when a driver shouted "Terrorist!" at me & my sister. I remember our community being targeted and surveilled. This shaped my life and the lives of many Muslims growing up post-9/11. We had to organize for our safety.

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Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias

NEW YORK (AP) — A car passed, the driver’s window rolled down and the man spat an epithet at two little girls wearing their hijabs: “Terrorist!”

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8 months

Right-wing trolls will tell you that every penny we spend on asylum seekers is another we can't spend on our City. That's false. I'm committed to fighting with my colleagues for ALL New Yorkers, no matter where you come from. We cannot let ourselves be divided.

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2 years

This is what a Supreme Court Justice looks like.

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2 years

In NYC, an Asian woman was pushed to her death on the subway while hostages were held at gunpoint in a Texas shul. These events remind us how much work there is left to rid our country of hatred. Whether racism or anti-Semitism, we will be safe only when we have solidarity.

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11 months

This is not about inflation and this is not about small landlords struggling to make ends meet. This is a systematic campaign by Eric Adams and his real estate cronies to destroy rent stabilization.

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PIX11 News

11 months

#BREAKING | The Rent Guidelines Board approved rent increases for New York City’s roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments.

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

3 years

This is another unacceptable abuse of power by the NYPD. And the refusal of many officers to do the bare minimum to protect our neighbors from #COVID19 & wear a mask in subways is not okay either. NYPD officers cannot continue being above the law. #DefundNYPD

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#NYC #NYPD harassing this subway rider for having the nerve to ask them to put on masks! #notabovethelaw @NYCMayor

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2 years

This is Orchard Beach today. This is the site of the newly planned humanitarian relief center that will house thousands of newly arrived asylum seekers. After just half an inch of rain, the area is already flooding.

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South Bronx Mutual Aid

2 years

Orchard Beach migrant tent encampment is flooded after .55” of rain in 24 hrs. SLSCO, the Texas-based contractor chosen by city for site is the same contractor used by Trump to build the border wall. Migrants say the site build is identical to the “Icebox” TX detention center

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2 years

I took the oath of office wearing a modern spin on the traditional saree. I was honored to get my outfit from Pashmina Fashion, the first Bangladeshi woman-owned shop in Jackson Heights. Thanks Nasreen Rahman (Khushi Aunty) and her team for all your support!

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4 months

I’m proud to call for a #CeasefireNOW with @NYCComptroller Brad Lander and my @NYCCouncil colleagues Alexa Avilés, Tiffany Cabán, Crystal Hudson, Jennifer Gutierrez, Sandy Nurse, Chi Ossé, Nantasha Williams, Lincoln Restler, and Carmen De La Rosa!🕊️

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Local Progress

4 months

Today, 190+ local elected officials across the country released an open letter to the Biden-Harris admin & Congress calling for a ceasefire. #CeasefireNOW FULL LETTER:

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2 years

I’m not running for NY-10 but some of you seeing me in the seat has me excited about a prospective future in Congress. For now, I’m looking forward to making sure the best candidate wins. NY-10 is my home and I can’t wait to endorse.

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2 years

Today I rallied with colleagues, parents, and teachers to demand @NYCMayor and @DOEChancellor abandon their plans to privatize our schools and restore the education cuts. I take full responsibility for my vote on this year’s budget and am committed to the long fight ahead.

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11 months

As the first Muslim woman elected to public office in New York State, I carry a unique privilege. I am proud to be the first in our great state - and I surely won’t be the last. A 🧵 (1/13)

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7 months

. @InnaVernikov brandished a weapon in my alma mater to intimidate students who were peacefully protesting. This disgusting display of vigilantism and willingness to break the law is proof she is unfit to serve as an elected representative. I'm calling for her expulsion.

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Jeff Coltin

7 months

Vernikov has tweeted her concealed carry license, and I believe this was on the public sidewalk, not actually on campus, so she's (probably) not breaking the law. But it's a wild political move of intimidation (for the sake of personal safety, she'd say), esp. in gun-averse NYC.

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3 years

In 2019, @KalPenn played a South Asian NYC Council Member in @NBCSunnyside . This was fictional off screen, NYC had never had a South Asian Council Member. This November, I’ll make history as one of the first South Asians elected to NYC Council! @KalPenn and I are excited! 🥳✊🏽

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1 year

His name is Jordan Neely. He was murdered on the subway asking for help.

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The New York Times

1 year

A 30-year-old man died on the subway on Monday after he was placed in a chokehold, the police said. Witnesses said the victim had been acting in a “hostile and erratic manner” toward passengers on the train when the other man, 24, moved to restrain him.

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8 months

When asylum seekers were sleeping outside The Roosevelt Hotel, our shelter system had hundreds of open beds. This Mayor's policy of kicking asylum seekers onto the streets is cruel, short-sighted, and based on falsehoods. We must do better.

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Asylum-Seekers in City Shelters to Get 60-Day Notices to Find New Housing, Adams Says

“We have no more room in the city,” the mayor said. Meanwhile, the city appeared to turn down the heat in its quest to waive the guaranteed “right to shelter.”

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2 years

😎Vote for @yuhline 😎

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5 years

i guess dating won’t be the same anymore

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7 months

There is nowhere for the people of Gaza to go. The international community cannot stand by while the IDF indiscriminately attacks unarmed civilians and critical infrastructure. There must be a ceasefire to ensure that the already astronomical death toll does not rise.

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The Associated Press

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BREAKING: Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours, according to a U.N. spokesman.

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3 years

I'm the first Muslim woman elected in NY! DEEP GRATITUDE to @MDCNY , @BAPPnyc , @DRUMBeatsNYC , Bangladeshi Ladies Club, & @MFP_NY for having my back and hosting a beautiful celebration of our win. I stand on the shoulders of giants, this is the victory of a MOVEMENT 🤲🏽🦾

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

2 months

This is sickening.

@JCColtin

Jeff Coltin

2 months

A shockingly large rally/ parade against a homeless shelter in Gravesend. Organized by Democrats AM William Colton and CM Susan Zhuang, around a proposed shelter for single men on 86th Street in Brooklyn. FB live video from Imam Ahmed Ali.

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

2 years

Unhinged response and blatant lies from Commissioner John Miller on the Muslim surveillance program in NYC.

@C_Sommerfeldt

Chris Sommerfeldt

2 years

Under continued questioning from @ShahanaFromBK , John Miller suggests that NYPD never spied on Muslim New Yorkers in the wake of 9/11. @ebottcher pushes back and says he was "surprised" by Miller's answer because "everyone knows that the NYPD spied on the Muslim community."

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

3 years

I'm on DAY 3 of hunger strike with @NYTWA drivers, and I'm mentally and physically well. What's keeping me going is that drivers twice my age and older are on strike too. We are not alone. That's what makes this moment powerful. @NYCMayor must #EndCabbieDebt NOW.

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Shahana Hanif 🦾

5 years

LISTEN UP: a big thank you to @thahitun @disruptionary and @munnygrip —the Bangladeshi badasses who coordinated for a performance by @AnikKhan_ these #BangladeshiFeminists advocated & brought us a Bangladeshi-American rapper to open 4 @BernieSanders at today’s #BerniesBack rally

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