DHS is undermining the rule of law by turning courtrooms into traps and stripping people of due process. This is a deliberate strategy designed to scare immigrants away and then punish them for not showing up.

These early results from NY’s school phone ban are a huge win for learning and mental health. When students become more actively engaged with each other, we build a stronger foundation for the future of our communities. This is proof that smart policy can make a real difference for everyone.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season. May this time bring peace, warmth, and moments of rest for you and your loved ones.

In Sep, I asked Noem why she reinstated an ICE agent 3 days after suspending him for assaulting a woman at 26 Fed. I got no response. After confronting her, I finally got a response: the IG declined a crim referral on 11/25. If the investigation was ongoing, why was he reinstated? We need answers.

Empire Wind 1 would create 4,000 jobs and power 500,000 homes in NY, all while lowering energy costs. But Trump stopped that project due to “national security risks.” I’m demanding a classified briefing from Secretary Burgum and Secretary Hegseth to see what’s really behind this decision.

Trump spends time renaming buildings after himself, resurrecting WWII-era battleships in his name, and renovating the White House, but can’t be bothered to lower energy and grocery costs or protect Americans’ health care. We deserve results, not tacky rebrands from a bankruptcy-riddled businessman.

This reeks of corporate censorship to placate the President — exactly how Russia works. If 60 Minutes cannot run a story without an admin response, CBS is handing over final approval to Trump. We cannot allow our free press to give up its rights & placate a wannabe dictator. We need answers now.

. @nynurses.bsky.social deliver critical care to New Yorkers every day, and right now they need our support. I stand with New York’s nurses in their fight for a fair contract. #SafeStaffingSavesLives

As energy demand and prices both continue to rise, Trump has decided to pause ongoing and expensive offshore wind projects — including Empire Wind 1 in NY-10 — that would power 2.5M homes & businesses. This decision is stupid, shortsighted, and puts China first and America last. My full statement:

Grateful to join Hamilton-Madison House’s Holiday Pantry to help pack and deliver groceries to NYCHA residents in Smith Houses. Thank you to all the incredible volunteers for ensuring our neighbors in NY-10 have the food they need this holiday season.

Americans are facing an affordability crisis under Trump's economy. Families who stretch to get tickets for a game should not also get gouged for concessions in publicly funded stadiums.   @deluzio.house.gov & I are introducing the HOTDOG Act to expose price gouging & push for fairer pricing.

Justice for Epstein’s victims requires full transparency and accountability. Yet AG Pam Bondi seems happy to blatantly defy the law explicitly requiring the release of the files with redactions for victims only. This lawless administration knows no bounds. Release the full files now.

ICE admitted this today during my oversight visit to 26 Federal Plaza: 60% of the people they arrest have no criminal history. The Trump administration’s dragnet is targeting people who are not criminals but are trying to follow the law. We’re watching, and we’re coming back.

Foreign policy by Truth Social is neither leadership nor democracy. Neither is dragging the US into war with Venezuela for unknown reasons and without congressional authorization.

Jack Smith testified under oath that, contrary to Donald Trump’s baseless accusations, neither partisanship nor politicians influenced his decision to follow the evidence and the law to indict Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election & willfully concealing our country’s most sensitive secrets.

Susie Wiles didn’t deny a word, and the American people should take notice. A DOJ that botched the release of the Epstein files. A White House driven by vengeance. Policies even Trump's closest advisers admit caused real harm.

My heart is with all impacted by the fire in Kensington and I’m praying for the swift recovery of those injured. The loss of this bakery is deeply felt by the community, which it has served for more than 100 years.

House GOP passed the Kayla Hamilton Act and used tragedy to justify policies that weaken anti-trafficking protections & endangers kids. I offered my bill with @ramirez.house.gov as an amendment to reverse these harms & restore longstanding protections for unaccompanied children. Rs rejected it.

More than 4 million will lose health insurance due to the House GOP’s refusal to extend ACA tax credits. Millions more will face higher premiums. Speaker Johnson, enough with the political cowardice & start serving the American public. Put the discharge petition on the floor for a vote immediately.

Advocates have created a system with @repdangoldman.bsky.social to fight "unjust detention." While they are scoring victories and freeing detainees, they are left wondering how many others are being wrongly held without access to similar help. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

Lawful immigration pathways are being weaponized by this administration. Follow the rules and show up to your check-in? You risk arrest. Miss a check-in? Your case is dismissed and you become deportable. Secretary Noem knows this. I will continue monitoring 26 Fed until this abuse stops.

For months, ICE illegally blocked my colleagues and me from conducting oversight of facilities where immigrants were held in inhumane conditions. Today, a judge put a stop to it.

Sending masked, armed ICE agents into shelters to intimidate families without judicial warrants is unconscionable and illegal. Under Sec. Noem, DHS is routinely and clearly violating the law. She admitted it last week.

9/11 survivors and responders have already waited too long for answers. Pushing yet another delay onto the next mayor only deepens the injustice faced by survivors and families who are still suffering the consequences of Ground Zero toxins. Release the documents. The truth must come out.

Donald Trump can try to gaslight the American people all he wants, but numbers don’t lie. The U.S. is in a recession. Unemployment is at a 4-year high. And it’s all because of Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.

As Ahmed Al Ahmed so clearly showed, when Republicans target and threaten Muslims simply for being Muslim, they abandon our core values and fuel hate and violence. This dangerous and baseless Islamophobia has no place in our country, particularly from our elected leaders.

Honored to join the Chabad of Park Slope on the second night of Chanukah to light the menorah. As we mourn the victims of the antisemitic terror attack in Sydney this weekend, I take heart in the knowledge that our community will remain a beacon of light in these dark times. Happy Chanukah.

Instead of working to make housing more affordable for Americans, HUD is pushing Trump’s inhumane, anti-American deportation agenda. The public is best served when HUD is focused on addressing homelessness & improving conditions for vulnerable communities, not pitting neighbors against each other.

Happy Chanukah to all who are lighting the menorah tonight and throughout the week.   May your candles burn long, your celebrations be joyous, and may this season bring unity to families and communities across New York and beyond. Chag Sameach!

The Senate GOP had a simple choice: protect affordable health care or manufacture a crisis & yank it away from millions of Americans. They chose the crisis. As families and small business owners re-enroll & see their bills jump next year, they’ll know exactly who decided to double their premiums.

It’s been 13 years since the lives of 20 first-graders were taken at Sandy Hook.  
Yet Republicans still refuse to pass the commonsense gun safety laws that would keep other families from living this nightmare.  
Our kids cannot continue suffering from their inaction. We must keep the pressure on.

We can’t go on like this. Violent antisemitism has become the norm. Jews celebrating Hanukkah were murdered simply because they were Jews. Too many have ignored this threat for too long. We must fight back in Congress, our communities, & anywhere hate exists. And it will take all of us, together.

I’m heartbroken & furious about the senseless shooting at Brown that has taken lives and critically injured others. My thoughts & prayers are with the victims, their families, & the entire Brown community as they navigate this trauma. No one should fear for their life at school. Congress must act.

Honored to join Mixteca Organization for their annual Posada, a holiday celebration of faith, culture, and the diversity of our Brooklyn communities. Orgs like Mixteca are the glue that connects our immigrant neighbors to vital resources. I am proud to stand with them.

The Trump admin is again attempting to dismantle legal protections for migrant children that jeopardize their health. These same protections were designed to prevent what we’re seeing: hundreds of kids held alone in inhumane conditions for prolonged periods. This is a new low, even for Noem’s DHS.

Three years ago, the Respect for Marriage Act was signed, guaranteeing every married couple dignity and equality under the law. Individual freedom to be who you are, love who you want, and control your own body is a cornerstone of our democracy.

This proposal is an alarming expansion of digital surveillance that treats visitors like suspects & violates the First Amendment. This xenophobia will not only decimate the tourism industry in NY & beyond, but it demeans our country. Americans would be outraged if we were treated this way abroad.

After NYS Young Republicans club was disbanded for praising Hitler, the NYC Young Republican club chapter is rolling out the red carpet for leaders of Germany’s Nazi-cosplaying AfD party. I condemn it in the strongest of terms, as should my New York GOP colleagues. The AfD is not welcome in NY-10.

Photos from Epstein’s estate confirm that Trump was far more involved in child predator Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit.   The DOJ must release the full Epstein files, not the White House-approved version.   End the cover-up. The American people deserve the truth.

Fair employment laws should mean safety, fair pay, and the freedom to organize. But too many employers are breaking that promise. I’m proud to co-sponsor the LET’S Protect Workers Act which cracks down on wage theft, child labor, & union-busting. This puts power back where it belongs: with workers.

Judge Xinis’ order freeing Abrego Garcia is another rebuke of an admin that has repeatedly violated due process and ignored a mandate from the Supreme Court. Rather than comply with the law, Trump & Noem misled the judiciary and punished a man they wrongfully deported. There will be consequences.

It is despicable and unacceptable for a member of Congress to call people in prayer “barbarians.” The threat here isn’t Brooklynites praying. The threat is Rep. Fine spewing disgusting slurs about another religious faith. Rep. Fine must apologize and retract this tweet immediately.

You said this officer’s behavior was “beneath the men and women of ICE.”  So why was he reinstated three days later?  Secretary Noem, I await your response. Your fellow Republicans may not recognize that Congress is a co-equal branch, but I do. Accountability isn’t optional.

Court watchers have built what they call a "habeas machine" with @repdangoldman.bsky.social. For months, the congressman'office has been a rapid response center. Families go there after a loved one is detained and lawyers immediately get on the case. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

Trump’s reckless tariffs have devastated farms across the nation, jeopardizing livelihoods, spiking our grocery prices, and unnecessarily creating their worst crisis in generations. Despite insistence that his tariffs are working, he has no choice but to admit that they are just hurting Americans.

Deadnaming a former Assistant Secretary of HHS and selfless public servant on her official portrait is an act of cruelty and a clear violation of basic dignity. Admiral Levine served this country honorably. Targeting her, and all trans Americans, is bigoted, cruel, and completely unacceptable.

Secretary Noem finally said the quiet part out loud: asylum seekers are here legally. That admission means ICE is violating federal law under her direction as they ruthlessly assault and deport people with pending asylum cases. The truth finally comes out.

Know Your Rights trainings are standard and legal — not “evading ICE.” That’s why my office proudly partnered with CPC for a session this year because everyone deserves to understand their rights in this country.

Trump’s pardon of a convicted drug-trafficking president & subsequent claim he “knew very little” about the case follows his usual pattern: excuse criminals, undermine courts, & pretend accountability is a “setup.” This isn’t about foreign relations – Honduras has issued a warrant for his arrest!

It’s disgraceful that ICE’s secret police who refuse to identify themselves as they continue to terrorize New Yorkers has resulted in NYPD getting hurt. @repespaillat.bsky.social, @menendez.house.gov and I are demanding answers and accountability from Sec. Noem and DHS about their lawless tactics.