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New York City Council Progressive Caucus
Building power for a more just, equitable and thriving NYC
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NYC Progressives @nycprogressives.bsky.social · Dec 2
Check out our starter pack for the latest from council progressives! 🎉
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Progressive Caucus leadership @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social and Kayla Santosuosso condemn ICE shooting in the Bronx:
October 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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petesikora.bsky.social
If you’re concerned about nyc and want to know some important stuff, I recommend listening to this episode of @benmax.bsky.social show with the @nycprogressives.bsky.social

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The City Council Progressive Caucus Agenda, with Co-Chairs Tiffany Cabán & Sandy Nurse
Podcast Episode · Max Politics · August 12 · 1h 2m
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August 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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fightforthefuture.org
“Your face should not be a tool that a corporation can use to punish you for exercising your rights. We have the opportunity to stop this abuse in New York City. It is time for the Council to pass Ban the Scan.” - @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social
Group of people, some reporters with cameras facing another group of people, one is Shahana Halif on a mic addressing the crowd, standing in front of for people holding a large banner that says ‘end AI surveillance.’ They are gathered across the street in front of Martin square garden.
August 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
nycprogressives.bsky.social
NYC, this is the agenda.

The NYC Council Progressive Caucus is proud to roll out our legislative priorities for the year ahead, for a more affordable, just, and safer city.

Read more about our legislative priorities at 🔗nycprogressives.com/legislative-priorities-26 or in the link in our bio
August 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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nynurses.bsky.social
Legionnaires’ disease cases on New York City’s Upper East Side are rising. NYC’s DOH is testing and cleaning suspected water cooling towers. Seek medical attention for flu-like symptoms, especially seniors and immunocompromised people. Check the @nychealthy.bsky.social website for updates.
July 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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HIRING: @nycprogressives.bsky.social are looking for a new Executive Director!

Please find all relevant details and apply using the link below! Apply by July 23

🔗 council.nyc.gov/jobs/executi...
Text: We’re hiring an executive director! Apply by July 23.
July 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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cmrestler.bsky.social
We’re eliminating sidewalk trash piles stacked taller than us!

If you’re in Brooklyn’s Community District 2 – includes Downtown BK, BK Heights, Boerum Hill, DUMBO, Fort Greene & Clinton Hill – learn about the stationary, on-street trash bins and enroll at nyc.gov/empirebins
July 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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cmrestler.bsky.social
In a difficult year with limited resources, I appreciate @mayor.nyc.gov's honest accounting of our financial obligations and adeptly securing major support from Albany to balance the city’s budget.

I’m pleased this budget has more money for our parks, CUNY, libraries, culturals, & local schools.
July 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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cmjengutierrez.bsky.social
At today's Stated Meeting, I'm proud to have worked with my colleagues to pass Int. 580 -- my bill for a new Office of Child Care! I'm proud to work towards a child care system that is both accessible and universal -- through the Office of Child Care, we're one step closer to that goal.
June 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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peoplesplannyc.bsky.social
After years of fighting for budget justice, our grassroots People’s Budget coalition is pleased to see the fruits of our labor. While there’s more work to do, this budget is a clean break from the austerity politics of the past. Full statement here: peoplesplan.nyc/news/press-releases/191737/
June 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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freedomagendany.bsky.social
FY2027 budget includes
✅Increased funding for community-based mental health care
❌No new cops

Grateful to @nycprogressives.bsky.social for their ongoing partnership in advocating for the Crisis to Care platform & investing in what works!

#CloseRikers #CareNotCops

council.nyc.gov/press/2026/0...
June 30, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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tiffanycaban.bsky.social
NO NEW COPS
“I am proud to have worked closely with the Mayor and public safety advocates to ensure there was no increase to the NYPD’s headcount in this budget. Every dollar we spend on policing and incarceration means money we can’t spend on housing, mental health care, substance use treatment, and economic stability: the proven policies that actually keep our communities healthy and safe. This budget is an important check on the failed policy of broken windows policing and will allow us to build a public safety infrastructure rooted in care, not punishment and incarceration. And we will keep building on it.”
June 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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bdlimm.myatproto.social
Excellent reporting by @patrickspauster.com. If true, the CityFHEPS housing vouchers deal is a major step forward.

🙏 @cmpisanchez.bsky.social + @nycprogressives.bsky.social for holding the line, and to the many, many orgs (esp. @vocal-ny.bsky.social) for giving this fight force from the outside.
patrickspauster.com Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · Jun 30
What to know about CityFHEPS deal: who will be newly eligible?

It creates a new program for people at risk of eviction in rent stab housing + other shelter residents not eligible b/c of work requirements or income limits.

The existing CFHEPS program remains the same.
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City To Expand Housing Vouchers in Budget: What You Need To Know - City Limits
Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal late Monday to expand city-subsidized rental assistance as part of a larger budget agreement.
citylimits.org
June 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom and a reminder that freedom delayed is freedom denied.

Today we honor the resilience, courage and contributions of generations of Black Americans, and reflect on the unfinished work of justice and equality.
June 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
June 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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cmrestler.bsky.social
The number of vacant NYCHA apartments has ballooned 12-fold over the last 4 years. Amid a housing crisis, this is disgraceful. @nycprogressives.bsky.social are calling for a $250 million investment to repair these units and get 20,000 New Yorkers housed in vacant NYCHA and supportive housing.
June 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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More than half of the members in the NYC Council sent a letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the city’s district attorneys and administrative judges Thursday urging the city to investigate why a handcuffed woman was forced to give birth in a BK courtroom last month
Screenshot of article in city and state titled “Council Members want answers about last month’s courtroom birth” Screenshot of part of city and state article: “More than half of the members in the New York City Council sent a letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the city’s district attorneys and administrative judges Thursday urging the city to investigate why a handcuffed woman was forced to give birth in a Brooklyn courtroom last month. The letter, organized by the council’s progressive and women’s caucuses, comes several weeks after a 33-year-old woman named Samantha Randazzo went into labor during her May 15 arraignment at Brooklyn Criminal Court. At nine months pregnant, she was handcuffed behind her back as she waited to be arraigned for low-level drug and trespassing charges. While NYPD officials say the handcuffs were removed while Randazzo was in active labor, her baby was delivered by a court officer without any medical equipment, and she was reportedly in full view of multiple court staff. . Mere hours earlier, she was discharged from Coney Island Hospital despite being in police custody and heavily pregnant. Randazzo ultimately delivered a healthy baby a little before midnight.”
June 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Breaking News: The House voted to end the war in Iran, as four Republicans sided with Democrats in a striking rebuke to President Trump. nyti.ms/4ucxdsY
June 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
nycprogressives.bsky.social
Today our members gathered outside City Hall to detail our budget priorities

Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social for joining us in support

@cmsandynurse.bsky.social @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @shirley4council.bsky.social @cmrestler.bsky.social @chrismartenyc.bsky.social
Today our members gathered outside City Hall to detail our budget priorities. Pictured is CM Restler speaking at our press conference. Today our members gathered outside City Hall to detail our budget priorities. Pictured is CM Nurse speaking at our press conference. Today our members gathered outside City Hall to detail our budget priorities. Pictured is CM Aviles speaking at our press conference. Today our members gathered outside City Hall to detail our budget priorities. Pictured is CM Stevens speaking at our press conference.
June 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Four years ago, I stood here to announce my support for building in Hallets Point hundreds of units of affordable and mixed income housing to tackle the housing and affordability crisis in our city.
Photo of Tiffany Cabán, Zohran Mamdani, and Leila Bozorg standing in front of the river with buildings behind them
May 28, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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cmrestler.bsky.social
The data is clear: Better street lighting reduces crime. That’s why I passed a law – that requires @nyc-dot.bsky.social to add sidewalk lighting to 300 blocks across the city every single year. Looking forward to safer and brighter streets.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Cheap Fix for Urban Crime
Instead of expanding arrests, try adding better lights.
www.theatlantic.com
May 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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mayor.nyc.gov
Today I joined the Department of Environmental Protection in Bushwick to clear a catch basin overflowing with debris and litter on Knickerbocker Avenue, one of the areas hit hardest by Wednesday’s storm.
Debris are removed from a catch basin with a large metal implement. Mayor Mamdani and city workers from the NYC DEP look down into a catch basin.
May 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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cmjengutierrez.bsky.social
Join me and Council Member Krishnan for a virtual briefing on the Back Home Unit & Tenant Resource Guide.

This new unit, supports New Yorkers facing displacement after fires, floods, and other emergencies.

Thurs, May 28 | 11 AM – 12 PM | bit.ly/BackHomeUnit
May 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
nycprogressives.bsky.social
With news that a veto override attempt on Introduction 175-B has been delayed, Caucus leaders Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés​, and Kayla Santosuosso issue the following statement:
With news that a veto override attempt on Introduction 175-B has been delayed, Caucus leaders Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés​, and Kayla Santosuosso issue the following statement: “We’re relieved that Introduction 175-B is behind us. We have long advocated for measures to combat hate, such as @jfrejnyc NYC Against Hate, which we were thrilled to see in the Mayor’s Executive Budget. We know that proactive and data-driven measures are the only way to effectively combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, transphobia, and all other forms of hate violence.  Since 175-B’s introduction, we have seen collective opposition from civil rights organizations, religious leaders, unions, and educational organizations warning about the serious risks of infringement on Americans’ constitutional right to peacefully assemble. It would have been irresponsible for this bill to become law, especially as we witness a crackdown on campuses. Students and faculty are facing widespread terminations and deportations, all as a consequence of exercising the right to organize against genocide.  Our city can protect students’ right to make their voices heard while also making clear that hate violence has no place here. We remain committed to combating hate violence in NYC and centering the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers in the term ahead.” With news that a veto override attempt on Introduction 175-B has been delayed, Caucus leaders Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés​, and Kayla Santosuosso issue the following statement: “We’re relieved that Introduction 175-B is behind us. We have long advocated for measures to combat hate, such as @jfrejnyc NYC Against Hate, which we were thrilled to see in the Mayor’s Executive Budget. We know that proactive and data-driven measures are the only way to effectively combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, transphobia, and all other forms of hate violence.  Since 175-B’s introduction, we have seen collective opposition from civil rights organizations, religious leaders, unions, and educational organizations warning about the serious risks of infringement on Americans’ constitutional right to peacefully assemble. It would have been irresponsible for this bill to become law, especially as we witness a crackdown on campuses. Students and faculty are facing widespread terminations and deportations, all as a consequence of exercising the right to organize against genocide.  Our city can protect students’ right to make their voices heard while also making clear that hate violence has no place here. We remain committed to combating hate violence in NYC and centering the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers in the term ahead.” With news that a veto override attempt on Introduction 175-B has been delayed, Caucus leaders Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés​, and Kayla Santosuosso issue the following statement: “We’re relieved that Introduction 175-B is behind us. We have long advocated for measures to combat hate, such as @jfrejnyc NYC Against Hate, which we were thrilled to see in the Mayor’s Executive Budget. We know that proactive and data-driven measures are the only way to effectively combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, transphobia, and all other forms of hate violence.  Since 175-B’s introduction, we have seen collective opposition from civil rights organizations, religious leaders, unions, and educational organizations warning about the serious risks of infringement on Americans’ constitutional right to peacefully assemble. It would have been irresponsible for this bill to become law, especially as we witness a crackdown on campuses. Students and faculty are facing widespread terminations and deportations, all as a consequence of exercising the right to organize against genocide.  Our city can protect students’ right to make their voices heard while also making clear that hate violence has no place here. We remain committed to combating hate violence in NYC and centering the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers in the term ahead.” With news that a veto override attempt on Introduction 175-B has been delayed, Caucus leaders Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés​, and Kayla Santosuosso issue the following statement: “We’re relieved that Introduction 175-B is behind us. We have long advocated for measures to combat hate, such as @jfrejnyc NYC Against Hate, which we were thrilled to see in the Mayor’s Executive Budget. We know that proactive and data-driven measures are the only way to effectively combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, transphobia, and all other forms of hate violence.  Since 175-B’s introduction, we have seen collective opposition from civil rights organizations, religious leaders, unions, and educational organizations warning about the serious risks of infringement on Americans’ constitutional right to peacefully assemble. It would have been irresponsible for this bill to become law, especially as we witness a crackdown on campuses. Students and faculty are facing widespread terminations and deportations, all as a consequence of exercising the right to organize against genocide.  Our city can protect students’ right to make their voices heard while also making clear that hate violence has no place here. We remain committed to combating hate violence in NYC and centering the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers in the term ahead.”
May 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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freedomagendany.bsky.social
"Our jail system operates four times less efficiently than most others....while programs that actually deliver safety remain underfunded. Rightsizing DOC by reducing vacancies is the kind of structural correction the moment demands, where justice meets fiscal sense." #CloseRikers
May 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM