🌙 This Sunday! - Break your fast with us at our community iftar with your fellow muslim neighbors in City Line on March 8th at 6:00 PM. 📍LaBonno Hall, 1195 Liberty Ave, Brooklyn, NY Let us know you’re coming by registering at tinyurl.com/d37iftar

I commend Mayor Mamdani for delivering this huge win for working families in our district! 🙌🏽 I'm proud that our very own Community School District 23, serving Canarsie, Brownsville, and Ocean Hill, will be among the first to receive free 2K seats this fall.

This morning, I chaired my first hearing as Chair of the Committee on Civil and Human Rights focused on budgeting for equity. It remains unclear and unlikely that the FY27 budget will be informed by the Racial Equity Plans, as required by our city's charter.

In the spirit of a new era of governance at city hall, we urge the administration to right the wrongs of our former Mayor and release the legally-mandated racial equity plan Read our full statement below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Yesterday, I reintroduced Reso 326 in support of the End Toxic Home Flipping Act by @catalinacruzny.bsky.social & @salazarsenate.bsky.social. Along with members of the NYC Council's Black Caucus, I sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to support the bill.

📆 This Thursday, February 26th I'll be chairing my first oversight hearing as Chair of the Committee on Civil and Human Rights to discuss budgeting for equity. Join us on the livestream, testify in-person, or online. ➡️council.nyc.gov/livestream ➡️council.nyc.gov/testify

ICYMI: my bill, LL 145, is now in effect! Over 4M workers now have 32 new hours of protected time off to care for themselves & loved ones. No one should choose between family and their job. That’s not the city we believe in. This is what dignity for working people looks like.

Get a 1 gallon kitchen compost container at our district office next week! Containers will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Composting helps reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and small kitchen containers can be a helpful way to store your food scraps.

Instacart’s new $5.99 “regulatory” junk fee in response to the Council legislating higher minimum pay for grocery delivery workers is a choice - and NYers are paying the price. New op-ed in AMNY this morning with former @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commish Lorelei Salas!

✨Join us in Cityline this Sunday for our first-ever street lighting in celebration of Ramadan! Come celebrate and ring in the season with your neighbors across District 37 this weekend on February 15th at Public Place, on Eldert Ln & Liberty Ave at 4:30 PM.

Today, members of our caucus joined @nynurses.bsky.social on the picket line to uplift their demands for a fair contract 📢📢📢 One day longer means one day stronger! 📢📢📢 @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social

❄️There’s more snow in the forecast, help your neighbors by joining our snow support crew! We’re launching our snow support program to connect D37 residents who are older or living with disabilities with volunteers who can lend a hand. tinyurl.com/D37SnowSupport

We're hosting a sanitation & transportation town hall on March 16th from 6 to 7:30 PM, come and join us! This is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn about DSNY & DOT's work in District 37! RSVP at tinyurl.com/D37DOTDSNY26

We’re excited to share our newest leadership team to steer our work, now in year 17🎉 We elected three CMs to fill vacancies on the leadership team of our newly-minted, 24-member bloc. Chairs: @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social Vice Chairs: @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social CM Santosuosso

In 2025, we passed bills to finally put a nail in the coffin of Guiliani’s privatized debt collection system: Intros 570, 1407, 1419 & 1420. Today we finished the job. We’re moving away from an opaque predatory model to a democratic and transparent one that protects homeowners.

Instacart is a $10B dollar company. Their CEO is punishing Instacart consumers because my bill, Local Law 124, made them pay their workers a minimum wage of $21/hr. This is corporate greed, plain and simple.

COPA is a critical tool to preserve affordable housing, slow speculative flipping and protect tenants. Despite not overriding Eric Adams' veto, I'm proud of this coalition. This is the @nycprogressives.bsky.social top legislative priority and we are not backing down.

1/4 🧵 With Thursday’s veto override votes approaching, our members issue the following statement: “We stand with each of our members’ veto override efforts on Thursday, including on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (Introduction 902-B), a key Caucus priority bill.

@unhny.bsky.social represents settlement houses across our city reaching over 800K New Yorkers so I'm proud to have their support on COPA! They recognize that housing insecurity is the most pressing issue facing most New Yorkers and that COPA can offer a way to protect affordable housing.

Come to our participatory budgeting delegate meeting happening this Thursday, January 22nd and help us decide which projects to fund during this year's cycle! Link to the virtual meeting will be sent after registering at tinyurl.com/D37Volunteer

In December we passed COPA thanks to a broad coalition of supporters. Big real estate $ funded misinformation campaigns and muddied the waters on what COPA is and what it isn’t. Now is the time to set the record straight 🧵

Discretionary funding applications are now open! If you're a Non-Profit doing work in District 37 we welcome you to apply before February 18th by visiting www.council.nyc.gov/budget/

We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to join our team! The Chief will help execute our strategy, build strong relationships with local leaders, & ensure our team meets its goals while fostering a healthy work environment. 👉Apply by this Friday, Jan 9th! tinyurl.com/D37CHIEF

NOW IN EFFECT ✅ Local Law 200, sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse This law requires DOC to publish a biannual report on the work release program, including eligibility & participation data, and to respond to Board of Correction recommendations to strengthen decarceration efforts.

When we use public dollars to build housing, the question is always: Affordable for whom? Intro 1443 delivers deeper affordability so city subsidized housing truly serves working class New Yorkers.

Big win for East New York! 🎉 Coming to Broadway Junction: 🏘️ ~1,000 units of affordable housing 🌱 A Green Economy Institute 🛍️ Small business opportunities 💼 Local jobs and workforce development

Today the @council.nyc.gov passed COPA to add another preservation tool to our toolbox! By giving qualified purchasers a first chance to bid on distressed properties in city enforcement programs, COPA will help level the playing field & stop the cycle of speculation & rising rents.

All non-profit organizations are invited to attend one of our FY27 virtual workshops to learn more about the discretionary funding process! Our 1st webinar “Get Registration Ready for FY27 NYC Council Discretionary Applications!” is on Jan 8th! tinyurl.com/discretionary37

Grateful to the 28 NYS elected officials who stood up for New Yorkers by supporting the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act in a letter sent to the City Council this morning. We can all agree that now is the time to bring COPA to a vote and pass it!

Today, @cmsandynurse.bsky.social and @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social joined Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to celebrate the Council’s $2 million investment to expand and upgrade their NICU. This investment advances the third phase of a multi-phase project to upgrade their newborn care facilities.

A Council investigation found that visiting loved ones on Rikers often takes far longer than reported, with hours-long waits and canceled visits. Council Member Sandy Nurse joined Spectrum News NY1 to discuss the report and what must change for detainees and their families:

Our community deserves dignified maternal & neonatal care. I was proud to celebrate the additional 2M dollars I helped secure for Wyckoff Hospital, bringing our total investments to 5.8M over the last two years! Grateful to @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social for standing with me in this work!

📆 This Wednesday, I'll be chairing an oversight hearing in collaboration with the Committee on Oversight & Investigations focused on the visitation process at Rikers Island. Join us on the livestream, testify in-person, or online. council.nyc.gov/livestream council.nyc.gov/testify

Passing COPA in 2025 sends a clear message: power belongs with tenants and communities—not investors pricing them out. Read this column by Council Member @cmsandynurse.bsky.social and CSS President & CEO David R. Jones on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social citylimits.org/opinion-new-...

“Passing COPA in 2025 would send a clear message: city policies must shift power back to tenants and communities, not bolster investors trying to price them out.” Read @cmsandynurse.bsky.social in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on the case for COPA ‼️ 🔗 citylimits.org/opinion-new-...

This Thursday! Registration is still open for our monthly housing legal clinic with Communities Resist ! Come and speak directly with a housing lawyer at our district office. Slots tend to be fully booked out so be sure to register early! RSVP at tinyurl.com/D37legal

NT 1241-A, sponsored by @cmsandynurse.bsky.social, requires biannual reporting on the Department of Corrections' 6-A work release program. This data will help strengthen reentry support, with the goal of reducing recidivism.

Members of our caucus @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social @chrismartenyc.bsky.social rallied in solidarity with NYers who fought ICE’s unlawful actions on Canal Street yesterday

Safely reducing our city’s jail population is essential to closing Rikers and moving towards Borough-based jails. Today we passed my bill, Intro 1241, requiring DOC to track and take recommendations for improving the work release program.

Have a favorite community garden in District 37? You can help them get upgrades through the participatory budgeting process! Submit a capital project idea for improvements by November 28th. Go to ideas.pbnyc.org to submit your idea today!

🍂🦃Happy Thanksgiving! Our office will be remote on Wednesday, November 26th, closed on Thursday, November 27th, and remote on Friday, November 28th. Be sure to give us a call during our remote office hours at (718)-642-8664 if you need to get in touch with our team.

It's almost time for our monthly legal clinic with Communities Resist! Make an appointment for Thursday, December 4th from 1 to 4 PM at our district office. Slots tend to be fully booked out so be sure to register early! RSVP at tinyurl.com/D37legal

📣This week is your last chance to submit your community project ideas for D37! Submit your capital project ideas by November 28th at ideas.pbnyc.org or let someone from our team walk you through it in person at one of our PB pop ups #PBNYC

Thousands in NYC are training to protect non-citizens from masked agents and the potential deployment of federal troops--a move at the core of the authoritarian agenda of the administration. @cosecha.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @cmsandynurse.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...

The DOC failed Terrence in the most egregious way. A settlement can't undo the harm, but I hope it brings healing to him and his family. The City still owes all survivors an apology and real change. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/18/r...

🦃 Our team was able to give out over 400 turkeys and pantry staples at our giveaway this past Saturday! We’re proud to have supported District 37 families through bridging the gap to food access this holiday season.

Read more about what’s at stake through the @cmsandynurse.bsky.social @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social piece we co-wrote with youth organizers from Fridays 4 Future + The NYC Student Union 🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/liva...

NOW IN EFFECT ✅ Local Law 144, sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse This law expands the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions and requires @nychousing.bsky.social to review if a landlord’s eviction history should affect no-harassment certifications.

NOW IN EFFECT ✅ Local Law 152 sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse This law directs the Dept. of Transportation to pilot the use of “cool pavement” materials that lower surface temperatures, improve air quality, and make our neighborhoods more climate resilient.

Today, we announce a commitment to stand with The Livable Future Package in their campaign for four youth priorities for the housing justice, climate justice, anti-ICE, and trans liberation movements 🔗 livablefuture.nyc