Congratulations to the graduates of East River Academy, who earned their diplomas while incarcerated on Rikers Island. No matter where your journey began, this milestone belongs to you. You earned it, and I'm cheering you on.

It's funny that the newspapers treat DSA-endorsed candidates like they are Bastille-storming revolutionaries when in reality DSA members are almost comically procedure oriented

New Yorkers think they’re so much cooler than everyone else with their Zohran Mamdani and their leftist congressional candidates and their championship trophy and they are correct

Watched "Judas & The Black Messiah & "Sorry To Bother You" as a LaKeith Stanfield double feature for Juneteenth w/ da homies including @alexfossella.bsky.social

A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually

I don’t mean to sound dramatic or anything but everyone needs to pick up a book and start reading. We are living through a major literacy crisis.

NYC is testing an adult gender affirming healthcare office as a pilot program. This low/no cost clinic is a good first step but there is more work to be done! Both Mamdani and the health commissioner have indicated they are working to expand care to trans youth. gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said it is time for the Democrats to ignore party leaders, embrace a “new vision,” and call for the abolishment of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

We’ve helped 223,000 New Yorkers maintain access to their SNAP benefits, but there are 40,000 New Yorkers who are still at risk of losing their food assistance. No one in the wealthiest city in the richest country on Earth should go hungry. Call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669) to protect your benefits.

The AI that runs the medication pre-authorization decisions for my BFF’s health insurance company just randomly decided the he didn’t need the medication anymore and the entire prescription was canceled and he had to spend an entire day on the phone trying to fix it.

You need to read Mamdani’s “Mayor’s Order” repealing kids’ bedtime so they can watch the Knicks in the final. This is how to do politics with joy.

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Putting this in my window for my neighbors Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

The stuff going around about how conservative art isn’t good/doesn’t exist is interesting because what it means, which is true, is that the American conservative wing 2026 is completely incapable of making good art. There are several reasons for this but they boil down to the absence of vision 1/3

We're building 200,000 new affordable homes for New Yorkers. We're using every tool we have to fix our housing crisis. Block by Block is the boldest housing plan our City has seen this century. It is what New Yorkers have been demanding for decades. Learn more about our plan here:

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Today we announced the most ambitious housing plan in our City's modern history. We're building 200,000 affordable homes. We’re overhauling code enforcement. We’re cracking down on bad landlords. We’re creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs.

Our new pied-à-terre tax will have the ultra-wealthy elite — those who own $5 million apartments in New York City but don’t actually live here — pay their fair share.

Happy Bob Dylan’s birthday to all who celebrate.

This weekend will be a rainy one, and whenever and wherever it rains, conditions can worsen quickly. New Yorkers should always be prepared to stay safe. Text NOTIFYNYC to 692-692 for emergency alerts. Visit nyc.gov/beready for safety guidance.

Sometimes you just gotta watch “Evita” starring Madonna on a Russian bootleg site every night for a week.

Still reading up on the details, but seems like Mamdani managed to do excellent politics & disciplined budgeting to close a massive (inherited!) funding gap -- all without slashing services & while communicating effectively to New Yorkers throughout the process. Pretty good!

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Today, alongside Speaker Menin, I continued our call for a reduction to the Passthrough Entity Tax Credit (PTET) — a tax break for some of the wealthiest New Yorkers. As we face a historic fiscal deficit, we ask that those with the most pay their fair share.

Scammers are stealing homes from New Yorkers. We’re launching the Mayor’s Office of Deed Theft Prevention to defend vulnerable homeowners, and we are pausing the tax lien sale for the next six months as we review and fix a broken system.

I don’t want NYC to become a museum. It should be a living, breathing testament to the working people of our city.

Trump is within sight of an under 30% overall approval rating. One of the most important causes right now is to establish a media narrative and popular support behind severe punishments and consequences to our present criminals running things.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

Far too many times I’ve looked up how to use an app and it’s like “step one, open the app. Step two, use this button that does not exist.”

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Yesterday, I visited an apartment in Harlem with HPD inspectors to check for lead-based paint and other hazards. To protect families, NYC requires inspections of homes built before 1960 with children under 6. If your home has lead-based paint, or other hazards, call 311 or file a complaint online.

The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable. The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back. We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second.

Nuke everything from orbit, time to let the roaches try things for a while

We shouldn’t have to dust off history books to find Democrats leading with courage & ambition. Universal child care would reshape our economy, give families breathing room & opportunity, and prove that government can work for working people. 
@warren.senate.gov and I are fighting to make it happen.

Still figuring out what’s next. But I will say: To any candidate who wants help setting up a new style of campaign, who needs advice on integrating mutual aid in their operations, who has questions about any weird, fun, unconventional part of our race, I would love to talk. Let me know.

Kat ran a great campaign in a crowded district and nearly pulled it off. I know she's going to continue doing great things, for Illinois and the rest of the country.

Abughamentum is REAL!!!! There are 5 hours til polls close and we’ve gotta run through the tape — and we can’t do that without you. Go to katforillinois.com/vote to make your voting plan today!

Throwback Thursday. Attack on Titan was never about freedom, it’s about what happens when survival replaces identity. 🎧 Full episode: https://youtu.be/1FjxCD6GgGg?si=Cewf3BR7Ly6_wId_ #daychaserpodcast #throwbackthursday #attackontitan #erenyeager @AttackOnTitanEN @KodanshaComics @MAPPACHANNEL

Watched Dog Day Afternoon with @alexfossella.bsky.social, best Pacino performance ever? Awesome movie, way ahead of its time in some ways. Or maybe oddly reflective of our current shitty times lol.

I know my 30s are ending because now when I have a cup of coffee I say “That’s a nice cup of coffee.”

Dozens of U.S. strikes on Iran. Dunno what to say now other than my thoughts are with the Iranian civilians under fire. What a nightmare.

Did you know people on hinge love traveling and restaurants

Didn’t know about this but it has my full support! The Young Center’s work is vital and I’m proud to be associated with them

Weird that I've watched both the Charlie XCX concert movie mockumentary and the Robbie Williams CGI Monkey biopic with my sparring partner @alexfossella.bsky.social within the span of a week. Reviews on my letterboxd: letterboxd.com/lawsonphoeni...

No Super Bowl will be better than the one that had 2 Bob Dylan related commercials so I’m good

On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!