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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

10 months

I'd like to thank my employers at City & State for letting me write this

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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13 days

Hochul didn't do any of this when pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia were sprayed with Skunk that left some hospitalized. When I asked if she planned to visit students, she said she had none at the time. If she ever did visit Columbia, Hochul did not publicize it like this

Governor Kathy Hochul

@GovKathyHochul

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This morning I went to Columbia University and convened City Hall, NYPD & Columbia’s President to discuss the need to fight antisemitism and protect public safety. The recent harassment and rhetoric is vile and abhorrent. Every student deserves to be safe.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

BREAKING: The state Senate Judiciary Committee has rejected Justice Hector LaSalle by a margin of 10-9, with Jamaal Bailey voting to advance without recommendation

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1 year

"Lee Zeldin is my colleague in Congress," Rep. Jamaal Bowman says. "He is a man of no reason, he is a man of no integrity, he is a man of no talent. The man has never had an original idea in his life." Really bringing the 🔥🔥

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

The LaSalle nomination is rejected by a large margin, 39-20. With live LaSalle reaction

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2 months

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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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 years

Cuomo pretending to be a hypothetical New Yorker who is too scared to even go out to a restaurant. "I'm afraid I'm going to be assaulted by a mentally ill homeless person." Again, the mentally ill are victims of violent crime at much higher rates than they are the perpetrator

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 months

Inbox: Dem Assembly Member Stacy Pheffer Amato introduces legislation that categorize the intentional blocking of bridges, tunnels or public roads as domestic terrorism. It's in response to a number of high-profile pro-Palestine protests that have shut major thoroughfares

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul announces that thanks to money from the federal infrastructure bill, the MTA will not be instituting any fare hikes for commuters

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

4 years

NEW: Bernie Sanders, and all other Democratic candidates who have dropped out of the presidential race, are now officially off the ballot in New York, leaving just Joe Biden. The Democratic presidential primary on June 23 is canceled.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Rep. Lee Zeldin has pitched himself as the "election integrity" candidate. Then came allegations of 11,000 photocopied petition signatures. His campaign said it was not aware of any photocopies, nor did it make any

Allegedly fraudulent petitions cost Lee Zeldin a third ballot line in November

The state Board of Elections invalidated the Republican and Conservative gubernatorial nominee’s petitions to also appear on the Independence Party line.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 month

Sources say that New Yorkers should expect a swarm of locusts following the earthquake, floods and eclipse. Rumblings of concern about plagues so soon before Passover

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

After a chaotic, hours long hearing and an equally chaotic vote, the Nassau County Legislature has approved a (first in the nation?) bill to make police officers a protected class and allow them to sue protesters for discrimination. Background:

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 years

He told me, a young female reporter pressing him, that I could leave the press conference and say he harassed me, but that doesn't make it true, then said the below quote to me. Yikes

Zack Fink

@ZackFinkNews

3 years

. @NYGovCuomo says “harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable.” Oh, wow. Cant wait to see the cleanup on this one.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

Yes, it was me, a reporter pressing the governor on the definition of sexual harassment, which has nothing to do with whether the harasser thinks he's harassing someone :) If you're making someone uncomfortable in a way that creates a hostile work environment, that's harassment

Kathleen Silva

@KDSilva03

3 years

@RichAzzopardi We are all asking the same question ... who was the obnoxious reporter who does not understand what harassment is?

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

7 months

I asked this question today. The governor had no words of support or encouragement for Palestinian New Yorkers as violence in Gaza escalates and civilians find themselves without electricity, fuel, water and medicine

Jon Campbell

@JonCampbellNY

7 months

Here's Hochul's full response when asked what her message is to Palestinians in New York who fear for their loved ones.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Hochul tells me that that she's been working on her State of the State since June. Top of the agenda: increasing affordable housing, cutting through the regulatory tape and converting existing buildings into housing

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

Yeah, I know it's the weekend and it's a local train. But I mean come on

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks to reporters after the rejection of LaSalle in committee. Confirms that his nomination is dead and wants to work to find the right chief judge for the state

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

"It is our assessment that the Senate has fulfilled its responsibilities pursuant to the state Constitution," Hoylman-Sigal says confirming that LaSalle will not get a floor vote

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

"(Hochul) promised us a seat at the table," says James Mahoney of the Ironworkers District Council. "She put us on the menu!" Called LaSalle's nomination "unprofessional and backstabbing," passionately adding "We got her elected!" of organized labor

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

It now goes to County Executive Laura Curran for her signature, although she has not yet indicated her position on the bill. If it becomes law, civil rights groups are expected to challenge the law in court immediately

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Many state senators are opposing Hochul's pick for chief judge of the the Court of Appeals, Hector LaSalle. Here's a thread of statements from those who have said they'll vote no 1/X

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

A very long line for the Hochul/Biden rally at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

"To have a constitutional crisis seems not to be in anyone's interest," Hoylman says on the prospect of the governor suing over LaSalle

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

NEW: Candidate for governor Rep. Tom Suozzi called the new Florida law most fellow Democrats have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law "reasonable" and "common sense" in a radio interview yesterday

Suozzi calls Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' law 'reasonable'

Asked on a conservative radio talk show about the controversial law, Rep. Tom Suozzi leaned into right-wing talking points about not wanting teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Should the state Dems get rid of Jay Jacobs? "Yesterday," Jessica Ramos says. "Fire him"

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

BREAKING: AG Letitia James says her office has found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sexually harassed current and past employees, breaking state and federal laws

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

After reporting last week on Tom Suozzi's comments about the Florida "Don't Say Gay" law where he called it "reasonable" on the radio, I was refused a question during a virtual press conference, with his team ignoring and removing my raised hand multiple times

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Assembly Member Latrice Walker, who has been on hunger strike for three weeks against changes to bail reform, spoke out against the rollbacks on the floor. "We will be left with more unchecked judicial bias that kept Kalief Browder locked up for three years without a conviction"

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 months

SCOTUS declines to hear cases challenging rent stabilization in New York

Open New York

@OpenNYForAll

3 months

Rent stabilization in New York is safe!

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 months

It seems like Gov. Hochul was trying to make a joke about wiping Canada off the map if it attacked Buffalo, but it also sounds like she's saying Israel has the right to completely decimate all of Gaza in order to fight Hamas. Collective punishment is a war crime

Jacob N. Kornbluh

@jacobkornbluh

3 months

NY Gov Hochul last night on local opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza: “If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. “That’s a natural reaction. You have a right to defend yourself and to make sure it never happens again.”

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 year

One NYC elected tells me Tish James "absolutely" would have been a better top of the ticket candidate than Hochul. Also says they're disappointed to not see Dem leaders "reckoning" with the election night outcomes at Somos since change is needed

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

Gov. Kathy Hochul just used the term "deadnamed" -- which refers to calling a trans person by their birth name rather than their chosen name -- which is not a term that I believe I have heard a NY governor or other statewide electeds use before. Notable shift imo

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Inbox: WFP endorses Jerry Nadler over Carolyn Maloney for NY-12

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Tenant advocates have overtaken the The Well in the LOB to call for good cause eviction

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Hochul says that opponent Jumaane Williams will be a partner. Will Tom Suozzi be a partner? "He won't be in office," Hochul says bluntly

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

I've been told that Heastie's team is open to the Build Public Renewables Act, but that the speaker is asking for assurance that it has enough support. Votes getting whipped now, belief is there are enough for passage with cushion

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 months

Inbox: State Sen. James Skoufis says he won't support the new IRC congressional map. "These maps are a disgrace and ought to be rejected by the Legislature."

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

BREAKING: The Clean Slate Act has officially passed in the state Senate. The vote was 38-25

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

The New York Court of Appeals really woke up and chose violence today

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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"

Jacob N. Kornbluh

@jacobkornbluh

3 months

NY Gov Hochul last night on local opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza: “If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. “That’s a natural reaction. You have a right to defend yourself and to make sure it never happens again.”

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Suozzi repsonds to my story about comments he made on the radio yesterday. This is not what he said then, and not what he said when I gave him the opportunity to explain his comments. At no point did denounce the law in any way

Tom Suozzi

@Tom_Suozzi

2 years

I would like to clarify a comment I made on the radio yesterday. I 100% do not support @RonDeSantisFL or his “Don’t Say Gay,” bill. (1/4)

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

9 months

In honor of the New York State Fair starting, I'd like to once again share my favorite photo of Hochul taken several years ago while she was still LG

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

6 months

Fun fact: This is the first time that Hochul has tweeted the words "Islamophobia" or "Islamophobic" since taking office over two years ago. This is the 56th mention of "antisemitism" or "antisemitic" during that same period

Governor Kathy Hochul

@GovKathyHochul

6 months

Let me be clear: We cannot allow hate and intimidation to become normalized. There is zero tolerance in New York for antisemitism, Islamophobia, or hate of any kind, and we are deploying every possible state resource to keep New Yorkers safe.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

7 years

Protesters lined Central Park West by the thousands in Manhattan for a Not My President's Day rally

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 months

Happy Monday to lovers of legislative acronyms

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Much of the international community considers the Israeli occupation of the West Bank illegal. A new bill from socialist AM Zohran Mamdani seeks to stop NY charities from funding settler organizations, a first-of-its-kind bill in the U.S.

Socialist legislators back bill to block New York charities from funding Israeli settlements

Many Democrats condemned the legislation, and leaders of both the state Senate and Assembly promised that it would never receive a vote.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

BREAKING: President Joe Biden calls on Gov. Cuomo to resign in the wake of the AG report that concluded the governor sexually harassed multiple women

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Rep. @AOC speaking at a rally in Astoria calling for DSA priorities in the state budget like food cause eviction

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@_rebeccaclewis

1 month

Gov. Hochul is looking for her first director of Muslim affairs. She has faced scrutiny and criticism for how she has talked about the war in Gaza and messaging to Muslim New Yorkers. Her first message to Arab New Yorkers after the start of the war was "reject Hamas"

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 months

Yes, Hochul deployed the National Guard to check bags on the subway. No, it's not the only tough on crime proposal from her this year even as she says she'll leave the bail laws alone

Hochul leaves bail behind and continues tough-on-crime approach with subway deployment

The governor said she would send National Guard troops and state police to check bags in the New York City subway system.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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1 month

Leave it Blank organizers are asking the state and NYC BOEs to ensure poll workers are not discouraging voters from submitting blank ballots after a few examples of that happening. In one alleged instance, the poll worker said blank ballots are not counted, which is not true

MDCNY

@MDCNY

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Polls workers are inappropriately advising voters not to cast blank ballots for Pres Primary per @Ali_Najmi + @leaveitblankny . MDCNY joins their call, urging @NYSBOE @BOENYC to immediately instruct their poll workers on voter’s right to do so w/out intimidation + interference.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 years

Not Cuomo admonishing a reporter for how they phrased a question to Adams as being part of the problem with the dialogue around the issue of policing and jail reform. They asked if Adams approach right now is to put more people in jail

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

Really odd how Suozzi is doubling down on his defense of Cuomo despite growing evidence his pandemic response was increasingly based on optics rather than input from public health experts

Bill Mahoney

@mahoneyw

2 years

"I think governor Cuomo accomplished a tremendous amount for the state of New York," Suozzi says. "He's got his flaws ... but you can't take away the fact that during Covid he was there every single day"

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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4 years

Cuomo has announced the third billionaire to lead state efforts amid the coronavirus crisis: former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will be focused on new technology utilization. He joins Michael Bloomberg, who's doing contact tracing, and Bill Gates, who's doing education

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 months

Worth noting that Pilip seems to have under-performed in a conservative portion of Eastern Queens that includes Whitestone. The area is represented by conservative Republican Vickie Paladino in the City Council. Still waiting for Nassau results

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

New York redistricting mood right now

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

Get the fuck out of here with that outdated, dangerous, homophobic bullshit 😊. Don't wanna teach about queer issues cuz that's sex? Guess what, that means no more hetero shit in the classroom either. No mention of parents, no schoolyard crushes, no gendered language at all

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

Jean-Paul Sartre posited that hell is other people. I disagree. Hell is New York redistricting

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

5 months

Former Rep. Tom Suozzi is expected to be tapped as the Democratic nominee for the NY-3 special election this week. Here's my reporting on the time he called Florida's Don't Say Gay law "reasonable" while running for governor last year

Suozzi calls Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' law 'reasonable'

Asked on a conservative radio talk show about the controversial law, Rep. Tom Suozzi leaned into right-wing talking points about not wanting teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

12 days

Notable endorsement alert: state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris has endorsed DSA-backed Claire Valdez for Assembly

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

Curran told News12 that "Now that it has been passed by the Legislature, I will be making an inquiry to the Attorney General’s Office to review and provide some advice.”

Nassau legislators approve bill to let police sue protesters who harass, injure them

The bill would make Nassau police officers and other first responders a protected class under the county’s human rights law.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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3 years

If anyone needs me, I will be continuing to stare at the new draft redistricting maps until I become one with them. There is no Rebecca anymore, just maps

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

NEW: Assembly staffers have gome public with their unionization efforts, following their Senate colleagues

Exclusive: New York Assembly staff goes public with union effort

Employees in the Assembly are joining their state Senate colleagues to organize for better pay and hours.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

4 months

100 days since Oct. 7, Gov. Hochul says "I'm sick and tired of the way this has been covered... as if they're not human beings who deserve our love and compassion and daily focus." She's talking about the Israeli hostages, not the 23,500 dead Palestinians, who got no mention

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8 months

During a town hall about his Not on Our Dime legislation, Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani says that it is "despicable" that NYC Mayor Eric Adams met with an Israeli settler leader during his trip to the country

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

After I asked about why Cuomo hasn't been nearly as vocal about all the other potential ethical and legal issues he faced aside from sexual harassment, I got muted as Rita Glavin falsely began asserting that no one was talking about impeachment over nursing home deaths

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3 months

During the NY-3 debate, Mazi Pilip said she would support banning automatic weapons, but as Tom Suozzi points out several times during the exchange, those have been banned for decades. She repeats this even after he points this out

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5 months

Reps. Ritchie Torres and Joe Morelle did not listen to this call from their Jewish colleagues. They were the only two Democrats from New York to vote in favor of a resolution that said all anti-Zionism is antisemitic, effectively calling any anti-Zionist Jew an antisemite

Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

5 months

NY Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman condemn a resolution that calls all anti-Zionism antisemitism and urge their colleagues to vote "present"

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1 year

Lawmakers and advocates rallying against bail reform rollbacks, something that Gov. Hochul has held up the budget over. They're holding up signs with the names of the 19 people who died on Rikers last year

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@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Who had NYC theocracy on their 2023 bingo card?

Dana Rubinstein

@danarubinstein

1 year

It’s often said that one has to separate church from state, says the mayor's closest adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, at the New York Public Library today. "We have an administration that doesn’t believe in that...[The mayor] is definitely one of the chosen."

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1 year

New: The state Senate has confirmed Caitlin Halligan as a new associate judge of the Court of Appeals. We finally have a permanent full court again for the first time since last August

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6 years

I spoke with @Biaggi4NY , who may have been losing her voice, but certainly not her drive, telling me that beating @JeffKleinNY "feels like justice."

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3 years

Assembly Member Charles Barron says the decrease in NYCHA funding, from $700 million in the one-house to $200 million, is unconscionable. "Don't tell me there's not some way we can take enough from different projects to give NYCHA at least a billion dollars," votes no

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2 years

Inbox: Assembly Majority Leader @CPeoplesStokes denounces attempts to rollback bail reform, calls for greater training for police and judges

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2 years

I'd kindly ask people not to refer to the Buffalo shooter as "psychotic." Regular people suffer from psychosis who are generally more a harm to themselves than others. We have no reason (right now) to believe the shooter is mentally ill. White supremacy is not a mental illness

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2 years

I think we as a society should normalize marriage name-changing practices based on which person has the better name. Too many times have I seen great names wasted because of patrilineal naming traditions

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1 year

"That's some gangster shit!" Just heard Jamaal Bowman say about getting the president, VP and House speaker to visit his district as a freshman

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1 year

Considering who was running the U.S. just a few years ago, it's wild to see the number of Democrats conflate opposing the (internationally recognized) illegal actions of the Israeli far-right government with condemning the nation's existence and right to exist

Amanda Septimo

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1 year

The Jewish community makes New York better, and the state’s relationship with Israel makes New York stronger. Please see my full statement on the introduction of A6943 here:

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1 year

My intro to graphic design professor in college would have absolutely dunked on the student that tried to submit this for a grade

Emma G. Fitzsimmons

@emmagf

1 year

Here’s the logo for New York City’s new branding campaign. What do we think of the font/design?

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It's official: The state Senate has rejected the IRC congressional map 17-40. They'll now need to draw and approve their own maps

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3 years

Just got verified so I'm now drunk with power, ask me anything

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New congressional map legislation went live late last night. I looked through line after line of census tract data instead of sleeping so you didn't have to. Awaiting physical maps, but some takeaways: NY-3 dips into Suffolk and NY-16 gains Co-Op City

State Legislature proposes new congressional map

The new map would extend Rep. Tom Suozzi’s district into Suffolk County and move Co-Op City into Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s district.

www.cityandstateny.com

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2 years

The Equal Rights Amendment has passed 49-14

Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

The Senate is moving! I repeat, the Senate is moving!

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5 months

Congrats @TweetBenMax ! New York Law School is lucky to have you

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1 year

Speaker Carl Heastie won't say how long he's willing to hold up the budget on bail, which he said it basically sucking up all the air in the negotiating room, adds that he doesn't think that his members will be driven by the fact that they don't get paid until there's a budget

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@_rebeccaclewis

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New: Gov. Hochul announces that over 400 employers have signed up to work with the state to connect asylum seekers with jobs once they receive work permits, which translates to 18,000 jobs. Says 50% are in NYC. Venezuelan migrants can begin applying for TPS tomorrow

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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She is unaware of the impending budget deadline and simply wants to know why her mom keeps taking her on long train rides

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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After this picture was taken, I was told get down for my own safety because "it's a long way down" (this is the third floor). Jokes on them, I'm here for a good time, not a long time

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

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First in First Read (last night): State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and former Assembly Member Diana Richardson, two Central Brooklyn political powerhouses, got engaged on Saturday

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

I had to ensure the poll worker in Ulster County that I would vote later today in my own county, but I will cherish this forever

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

Lawmakers want good cause eviction. And many are not ready to accept a housing deal in the budget without it

Lawmakers to Hochul: No housing without ‘good cause’

A growing number of state legislators say they’d rather cut housing from the budget completely than approve a deal without tenant protections.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

So to be clear, Cuomo can't allow press into a press conference because of COVID, but a bunch of old baseball players and his daughter were essential for his indoor announcement about reopening outdoor stadiums at 20% capacity? And then doesn't take questions on Zoom? Got it.

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

1 year

@petersterne You mean did WE call it or what

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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2 years

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo has won his lawsuit against the now-defunct JCOPE, meaning he doesn't have to repay the money he got from his COVID book deal. But the judge seemed to leave the door open for the new Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government to impose penalties

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

2 years

LG candidate Ana Maria Archila @AnaMariaforNY responds to my report on Suozzi's comments

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

I asked Cuomo about the fact that intentions don't matter with regards to sexual harassment. He attempted to redefine the law he signed in response

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Rebecca C. Lewis

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7 months

Gov. Hochul has offered significant support for Jewish New Yorkers following Hamas' horrific attacks on Israeli civilians. But when I asked her for her message to Palestinian New Yorkers afraid for loved ones in Gaza, she had no support to give (link)

Hochul declines to offer any support to Palestinian New Yorkers

As violence in Israel and Palestine escalates, Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued multiple statements in support of Israel and Jewish New Yorkers – but nothing for Palestinians.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Rebecca C. Lewis

@_rebeccaclewis

3 years

Vote of zero confidence from AOC when it comes to Democratic Party leader Jay Jacobs. He's been hurting since his close ally Cuomo resigned, and several unforced errors haven't helped

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

3 years

As a federally elected official in the NY Dem party, I have 0 confidence in Jay Jacobs’ ability to lead an NY Dem party that is inclusive & respectful of all. This is just his latest incident. Jacobs is a toxic presence in the party and his continued post as Chair is shameful.

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