When people complain about the new bike lane and say, “we support a bike lane just not this way” (which we hear a lot on CB6), this is why it needs to be protected and not just a lane in traffic. The second a bike lane is not protected it becomes a secondary place for cars to park, as pictured here.

The big day has finally arrived, thanks to the new protected Court Street bike lane there are beautiful new crosswalks at Court & Douglass St! It’s a great day to be a pedestrian looking to safely cross Court Street 😎 (New curb cuts hopefully coming soon, DOT?????)

Every major US city is run by the cops. The fact that the public is fine with this is the only issue.

Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work. Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens. Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays. Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.

Ventured further down Court Street this morning close to Hamilton, arguably the most important part of the new bike lane given BQE traffic and the general car chaos that area is known for. Here we already see missing and broken flex posts further underscoring why harder barriers are better.

Just last night I was almost hit on a walk with my dog when a driver came flying up a small residential street, blowing past a stop sign to turn left. Solidarity to all of the peds and cyclists out here fighting for our lives 🙏

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

Monumental update on Court Street. DOT has begun to put boulders in the pedestrian islands !! Restricting the ability for cars/trucks to bowl the flex posts over AND giving pedestrians a place to sit and relax (shown here).

This work is so important, especially in the context of how modestly (if at all) outreach efforts improve retention. Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations

"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare." This is so bleak.

Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...

Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.

NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts. www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election

let's go mets baby we love da mets

Well now it’s just getting egregious, this truck is endangering both pedestrians by parking in the pedestrian island and cars who can’t see clearly to pull onto Court Street

My latest for @thenation.com compares my recent Covid hospitalization with prisons’ lack of testing & treatment and, in some places, outright gaslighting www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count

Remember, if your friend texts you today from the voting booth asking their “smart, knowing friend” what to think about the ballot propositions…. there’s only one answer—Hell Gate. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...

Happy #ElectionDay New Yorkers, get out there and vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🔥

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Yet another example of a truck completely disregarding both the tan paint and flex posts that DOT uses to denote a pedestrian island on Court Street…la la la we need sturdier barriers on Court Street

Fellow NYC residents, if you haven't yet sent a letter to your City Council member demanding that they support @nycplan.org's call to increase and stabilize NYC public library funding, please do. It will take 30 seconds: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

"It’s basically Groundhog Day." Israel's violations of the Gaza ceasefire are part of a long pattern of the country breaking truce deals as soon as they are signed, says Palestinian analyst Muhammad Shehada.

In most states open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance starts Nov. 1. This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average. At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.

Studies show patients were 4 times more likely to have a heart attack and 5 times more likely to have a stroke in the month after flu. With COVID-19, the risk was 3 times higher for both conditions in the first few months and remained elevated for up to one year. www.healthday.com/healthday-tv...

Just a friendly reminder why safe streets advocates are always yelling about things like “hard daylighting” 🤬 Without boulders, planters, seating, or more aggressive barriers, cars continue to disregard flex posts, thus disregarding what should be a lovely pedestrian island. #CourtStBikeLane

BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.

“A revolutionary is primarily concerned with building. Of course that requires the destruction of what already exists, but if anyone is only talking about destroying, they are not revolutionary” - Kwamé Ture

The median income of a households receiving SNAP benefits is $29,953 and 80% of those households include either children, an elderly person, a person with disabilities or combination of the three.

As @aspishakthomas.com said, take our survey! bit.ly/CB6SurvFY27

Alabama has just executed Anthony Boyd tonight. Lauren Gill explained so much that went wrong in his case and trial. Important to not look away.

People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”. Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety. My latest: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Research firms continue to shed talented staff—even after the far-reaching cuts earlier this year. Just this week, there have been announcements of significant layoffs at RAND and Mathematica.

Every year community boards across New York City submit a "District Needs Statement", identifying their district's priorities with the hopes of influencing the city budget. @racioppomike.bsky.social writes about the process and highlights our call on @bkcb6.bsky.social for community input.

Covid vaccines = the gift that keep on giving 🤩

It's great to see a mainstream news source cover something as complicated and important as increasing health insurance costs. This is a great primer for the non-health policy wonks out there, but of course they still cite @kff.org 🥲

Evergreen

NYC is out in droves. This after yesterday ICE raided Canal Street.

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

All the hail the new Court Street protected bike lane (and this research that proves why it's so important)!

Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx

Federal agents many in masks at Broadway and Canal moments ago questioning a man, a bunch more agents just walked away. "Can i call my mom," the man asks, he's now being loaded into a car and being driven away. More TK @thecity.nyc

BREAKING: The death toll from Israeli attacks across Gaza now stands at 35 Palestinians since dawn, according to medical sources in the besieged enclave. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/256u7j

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.