It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

Peter Coviello with another dynamite piece. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

As a dual-citizen Italian-American I recognize Andrew Cuomo's gutter racism as an extension of the same racism my family faced after arriving in the U.S. I just called Senators Gillibrand (212/688-6262) and Schumer (212/486-4430) to ask if they also question dual-citizens' loyalty to the U.S.

Dan Goldman, TV Lawyer, can't make a declarative statement that serial sexual harassment is disqualifying for public office.

What a fantastic and effective message. It centers the humanity of trans New Yorkers, it reminds us of the debt we owe for not adequately supporting those that came before us, and clearly identifies steps we can take in the short term to provide that support to current and future generations.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

This took less than two minutes and the person answering the call seemed to genuinely register the positive comment. My impression is that they are tallying feedback.

Looking forward to all the titans of industry and "respected leaders" calling out the Republican party's attack on New York City. @nybuildingcongress.bsky.social, the ball is in your court.

One concrete thing folks can do that are outraged by this is to call @governor.ny.gov Hochul at 518-474-8390 and demand she recall the legislature to pass the New York for All Act (A3506/S2235) that would prevent state and local agencies across the state from coordinating with ICE.

It sounds like there's really no need then to for Democrats to participate in budget negotiations if the President can nullify any agreement he wants after the fact. @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should pull their caucuses away and let the Republicans pass their budget.

I don't know how to make it clearer to Dems that the more you waffle on this and invite debate, the more it's a political vulnerability. The more Dems equivocate the more they invite these types of heinous ads. You either stand up for trans folks proudly or you get hit with these ads.

I didn't realize that the Disney B&M stores were still a thing.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce New York’s involvement in the initiative on Thursday morning. The effort is similar to the West Coast Health Alliance — a bloc of four Democratic-controlled Western states, including California — that issued its own vaccine guidance this week.

Coming soon in the Chronicle: "Len Gutkin's exclusive dialogue with Secretary Linda MacMahon on the pros and cons of faculty being rendered without trial to El Salvador's CECOT or merely detained indefinitely in Alligator Alcatraz."

WASH POST: “Trump has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks… including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

One of the biggest cultural issues we have is that no major media or journalistic institutions have been reinforcing norms of what things *should* look like. That corruption isn’t normal, that cronyism isn’t normal, that lies and scandals should be punished, that incompetence is disqualifying.

The icing on the cake will be when NYPD declares they didn't find any cash in the envelope.

Tell me your Board of Trustees are made up of folks that never step foot on mass transit without telling me....

If you concede young progressives were right about Gaza then you might have to acknowledge they’re right about Mamdani, and who knows where it goes from there? Totally slippery slope.

As a fellow alum, I am also dismayed with the capitulation of Columbia. To what end is power, privilege, or money if not brought to bear in a moment of crisis which threatens the very identity & values of the institution?

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

If they actually cared about the law, they wouldn't be endorsing a mayor who breaks it regularly and in high-profile ways. But they don't care about the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/n...

New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years

@bradlander.bsky.social please primary this guy in NY-10. Here's something you might want to use in your campaign.

Maybe the real explanation is that Cuomo is a terrible manager and what everyone said about his poor management of the COVID response, CUNY/SUNY, the MTA and countless other state matters were right all along.

the democratic stance on immigration should be neil diamond and statue of liberty not trump lite

The fact that Kristen Gillibrand, Chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, refuses to endorse the candidate for NYC mayor chosen by the Democratic electorate, says everything one needs to know about today's Democratic party.

They were all convinced that casting their lot with a serial sexual harasser was the wisest political move. Their endorsement should be a stain they can't wash away.

Democratic clubs and politicians that haven't put out statements that serial sexual harassment is disqualifying for public office are shitting on what it means to be a Democrat.

The New York Times is morally untethered. That Mara Gay could spill so many words without the simple declarative statement "sexually harassing your staff is disqualifying to hold the office" is emblematic of the moral rot of American intelligentsia.

Huge victory for the New York Times' Just Asking Questions Desk

Kudos to the Times Union editorial board, for the call to leave Cuomo off folks' ranked choice ballots, and for the callouts of both Kirsten Gillibrand and the NY Times.

The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.

And here’s what she said weeks ago to me:

The best and most comprehensive study completed to date of the Venezuelan immigrants that were kidnapped to a Salvadoran concentration camp.

#TeslaTakedown picket today in Delray Beach, Florida. About 30 folks showed up to lots of supportive honks from passersby!

There's also New Yorkers for Better Leadership

So grateful to the friends and total strangers who helped carry posters to remember those kidnapped & shipped off to Trump's concentration camp. The highlight was receiving word that Mervin Jose Yamarte-Fernandez' mother heard news that New Yorkers were making sure her son wasn't forgotten.

I gotta say though, suggesting NYC government, who struggles with running a bureaucracy as effective as the Qin Dynasty’s in some areas, should go into one of the most complicated, low margin businesses in global capitalism, is a very very funny bit

men who claimed to be leaders, to be defenders of liberty, to be dynamos of business, cowering at the thought that they might have to stand up for something, while ordinary people with a fraction of their money and power speak out.

This is the letter organized by Congressman Jerry Nadler and other local electeds defending trans youth that Dan Goldman refused to sign.

The University of Michigan Black Student Union has released a statement on the dismantling of DEI at the institution. "To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you. To the regents: We see you for the racists you are." Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/

American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

Note that, among NYC's congressional delegation @velazquez.house.gov @nadler.house.gov @repespaillat.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social are all signatories but @repdangoldman.bsky.social is not.

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"

A worthwhile primer on the importance of the Department of Education from SUNY Chancellor John B. King.

Don't respond to a gay man who grew up in the '80s and '90s by telling him that talking about being thankful for a Reagan presidency is a smart strategy. Because, fuck that.

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