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G'roots organizing for healthy & just communities. HIV, drug policy, incarceration & homelessness.

New York

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VOCAL-NY

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STATEMENT: IN RESPONSE TO CHAOS AT THE TOP OF ADAMS ADMINISTRATION, MAYOR MUST RESIGN "We are calling on @NYCMayor to step aside so that the City can function, we can focus on saving lives, housing NYers, and ending the atrocities of continued criminalization & incarceration."

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BREAKING: NYC City Hall is occupied! The city budget is due in ONE WEEK and we aren’t leaving until $1 Billion is cut from the NYPD budget. #DefundNYPD

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. @AOC challenging misconceptions of the #overdose crisis, calling attention to our fight in her Bronx district & demanding more funding for this national crisis. #EndoverdoseNY

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. @RepAOC @AOC compares #OpioidCrisis to #SouthernBorder : "So, we've got two emergencies, one is treated with an actual action and the other is just to raise awareness."

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BREAKING: 21 people incarcerated at Rikers Island have tested positive for #COVID19 — as well as a similar number of staff. Population in infectious disease unit has doubled from 28 to 56 in past 4 days. @NYCMayor response is totally insufficient to full blown crisis.

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We are devastated to share that our beloved Elizabeth Owens has passed away.

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BREAKING; New York City to open first legal supervised injection sites in the United States. So much love & gratitude to all who have fought w/us to win this important victory. Especially those we’ve lost to overdose along the way. 💜

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Nation’s First Supervised Drug-Injection Sites Open in New York (Published 2021)

During the first official day in operation at the two Manhattan facilities, trained staff reversed two overdoses, officials said.

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This was made in New York State prisons by incarcerated people making less than $1/hour who had to protest just to be allowed to use the hand sanitizer themselves inside.

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New York made 11M bottles of NYS Clean hand sanitizer. Now it has 700,000 gallons it can't get rid of. All of that in the distance is hand sanitizer a former runway on a state emergency preparedness site in central New York. All 4,000 pallets of it...

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We’ve literally run a homeless drop-in space 5 blocks from your district office for 10+ years, but go off...

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"If you really cared about this, we'd see you at NYCHA, at homeless shelters," @cmlauriecumbo says. "Work under the existing leadership of the communities that are already there." The development of this movement feels like colonization, she says.

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We are heartbroken to share that our beloved Carl Stubbs passed away this morning peacefully in his home, with his family by his side. Carl is a VOCAL-NY icon, our most active member of all time, and a fixture in the New York social justice movement.

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100s of riots cops are threatening 1000s of arrests and charging towards protesters and the #OccupyCityHall camp. All this is under the @NYCMayor and @NYCSpeakerCoJo watch, and at their house of power.

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STATEMENT: Our response to the horrific attacks of homeless New Yorkers on the MTA last night

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We just bailed out 2 more moms! They were in jail bc they were too poor to make bail but thanks to your generosity they can spend Mother’s Day with their kids. 🤗 Not too late to donate: #FreeBlackMamas

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Today we received notice that our staff have requested recognition of a union. We enthusiastically support the right for workers to unionize, and publicly commit to moving forward a process for voluntary recognition. See full statement below. @alaa2325 @justvocalny

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So far we've paid 3 bails: -1 whose bail took 24 hrs to process -1 who is 5 mo. pregnant -1 who had a $2500 bail for shoplifting Not all these mamas would have qualified for NY's bail reforms (which take effect in 2020). All these mamas deserve to be #FreeBlackMamas

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We got our first mom out of Rikers! She's 28 weeks pregnant & was arrested for shoplifting. A disgrace she was in jail but TY for donating to bail her out! Keep giving: #FreeBlackMamas

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De Blasio acknowledges that there is NO PLAN for containing #COVID19 inside NYC jails. A disaster in the making.

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STATEMENT: #JordanNeely 's murder is "a direct result of the sustained political, systemic abandonment of people experiencing homelessness & mental health complexities, fueled by press coverage that clearly influences policies & emboldens vigilantes."

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The People's Movement #OccupyCityHall #DefundTheNYPD

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"We will occupy. We will not leave here until the Mayor listens to us..!!!" @Jawanza Director of Organizing @VOCALNewYork #OccupyCityHall #DefundPolice #OccupytoDefundNYPD

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HORRIFIC. This man left a crowded homeless shelter and got on the train. He was beaten by the NYPD. Then he was charged w/ assault due to hand injuries the officer incurred while punching him in the head. Fire this cop. #CyVanceResign . #DefundNYPD & house the homeless.

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BREAKING! Marijuana is now legal in New York! After 10+ years of grassroots organizing, we just passed a bill with strong racial justice language that brings revenue, justice, and opportunity to Black & brown New Yorkers most harmed by decades of racist marijuana prohibition.

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Last night in Rochester. Peacefully protesting in support of Black lives and were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. The police are out of control. #DanielPrude

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NYS Senator @JabariBrisport says instead of austerity, cutting services and supports for poor and working poor NYers, we should #InvestInOurNY and #TaxTheRich !

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We wouldn’t have to crowdfund Bail money for #MothersDay if the District Attorneys didn’t ask for Bail to begin with. #EndMoneyBail

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THREAD -- A message from Ms. Flowers: I have exciting news to share with you. Today -- after nearly five years of living in a shelter -- I am moving into my new apartment in Brooklyn!

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NEW YORK CITY! We're raising $$ to bail black moms out of Rikers for Mother's Day! DONATE NOW:

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“Back up, NYPD, Back up.” #occupycityhall #DefundNYPD

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BREAKING: Police arresting VOCAL-NY protestors outside @NYGovCuomo ’s office. We are here demanding his immediate resignation! And a NYS budget that funds housing, health care & economic relief for everyday ppl.

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The Sun is rising on @NYCMayor ’s inaction, and on us that are occupied outside City Hall. We say #DefundNYPD by at least $1B t reinvest in housing, healthcare, education and social services. The movement is headed here. #OccupyCityHall #DefundThePolice

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Nobody’s free until we are all free.

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This is a sham! The @NYCMayor & @NYCSpeakerCoJo are manipulating numbers to claim they are defunding. @NYCCouncil members: If you are with us, VOTE NO on this sham of a budget. Activists: #OccupyCityHall TONIGHT before the budget passes. Let them hear us. #NYCBudgetJustice

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Erin Durkin

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. @BilldeBlasio confirms he has agreed to $1 billion in cuts to the NYPD. "We have a plan that can achieve real reform...and at the same time ensure that we can keep our city safe."

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Occupation will be here tonight and the rest of the week to #DefundNYPD and win money for our communities. If you have an office or community space downtown, places of worship, and can open your doors for bathrooms that’s helpful right now! Thank you!

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500 protesters are camping overnight outside New York City Hall demanding the NYPD cut its budget by $1 billion

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We have ONE WEEK left before the NYC budget passes. ONE WEEK left for @NYCMayor @NYCSpeakerCoJo & @NYCCouncil to #DefundNYPD by at least $1 billion. Join NYers to protest & occupy at City Hall. Demand #NYCBudgetJustice like our lives depend on it, because they do.

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Today is a special day! Two bills our Users Union leaders have long fought for will finally be signed into law by @GovKathyHochul -- & for the 1st time in VOCAL history, we've been invited to the bill signing! Couldn't be more proud to stand w/ our champions & allies ❤️

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THREAD: After 20 years, and many memories, we are leaving our office on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn at the end of the year. We wish it was our choice, but the truth is, real estate developers bought our building and are kicking us out to build luxury condos.

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VICTORY: @NYCCouncil passes Intro 1211–requiring city funded developments to set aside 15% of units for homeless NYers! We organized & forced the NYC to center its housing policy on human need, not profit. We’ll keep organizing until we #EndHomelessness & win a #HomesGuarantee !

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“I was approached by an undercover vice officer, who threatened to arrest me for the charge if I didn’t give him oral sex. I did, because I had no choice.” @VOCALNewYork leader TS Candii explains why we must repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban this session! @bradhoylman @AmyPaulin

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It’s with a heavy heart we share the loss of Bobby Tolbert, longtime leader & Board Member.

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Gov. Hochul promised she'd be different than Andrew Cuomo, but her Chief Judge nominee -- with a history of hostility to the rights of people accused in criminal court -- would fit right in on Cuomo's court.

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As you head to the polls today, remember that New Yorkers in prison can’t vote because of a ban established in State Constitution in 1874 to disenfranchise Black people following emancipation. This Jim Crow voter ban is cherished and supported by most elected officials in NYS.

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NEW YORK CITY! We're raising $$ to bail Black moms out of Rikers for Mother's Day. DONATE NOW: #FreeBlackMamas

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Organizing works! So proud to be in Albany to celebrate this historic rent law victory with our allies in the fight for housing justice. 🔥🔥🔥

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Housing Justice For All

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The votes are in! The Senate just passed the bill!

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“My sister didn’t die. She was killed at Rikers. All my family want to see us Riker’s Island closed! ” Melania, #LayleenPolanco ’s sister

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VICTORY: After over 11 years of organizing and fighting #SyringeDecrim and expand access bill has passed in New York! This is a historic win for the health and dignity of New Yorkers and will save countless lives! THANK YOU @DickGottfried & @NYSenatorRivera ! 🧵

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Our statement demanding @NYCMayor & @NYCSpeakerCoJo deal on NYPD budget be rejected. We were serious about our demands for this year’s budget, and this deal isn’t even close. #DefundNYPD

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This is a Black led movement. #DefundNYPD #NYCBudgetJustice #InvestInCommunities

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Here’s our Director of Organizing @Jawanza on why there’s so much joy at #OccupyCityHall to #DefundTheNYPD amid the horrors of anti-Black racism.

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"We are very angry and very hurt... but what people need to remember is that when Black people express joy, that's an act of resistance." Jawanza, one of the organizers of the "Occupy City Hall" protests, discussed methods and goals for defunding the #NYPD with @ShannanFerry

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Couple hundred people here at #OccupyCityHall watching the @NYCCouncil budget vote. They are passing a budget that does not include any meaningful cuts to NYPD headcount, doesn’t cut at least $1 billion from NYPD expense budget and doesn’t reinvest enough in our communities.

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HAPPENING NOW: VOCAL NY Homelessness Union occupying NYC subway in defiance of Adams violence against homeless NYers! #EndHomelessness #HouseNY #StopTheSweeps

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Mayor lied about cops in schools to generate a fake headline. We see you. #DefundNYPD

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Formerly incarcerated and wrongfully convicted people forever changed the criminal justice landscape in New York today, overcoming a massive lobbying effort from District Attorneys hell-bent on staying free from accountability.

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. @nygovcuomo @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie Black & brown trans women need to be a priority this session too. Support the repeal of #WalkingWhileTrans (S2253/A654) & protect trafficking survivors (S4981a/A6983a) NOW! #Juneteenth

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This article says that cities like NYC have “poured money into housing & outreach teams” and links to a previous NYTs article that says: Mayor Adams “new plan is short on details of implementation and cost.” $$$ is poured into POLICE not HOUSING & CARE!

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A Subway Killing Stuns, and Divides, New Yorkers (Published 2023)

After a homeless man was killed on the subway, New Yorkers and elected officials are mourning his death and debating how the city should address mental health and public safety.

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THANK YOU to all who donated to our NYC bail fund!! We are bailing out mama's TODAY! #FreeBlackMamas #EndMoneyBail @UYC_YouthPower

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Darryl spent 18 months in jail after being arrested for something he didn't do. The Bronx DA withheld discovery in his case. Once it was turned over, the case was immediately dismissed. As District Attorneys try to undermine the new reforms, Darryl is in Albany telling his story.

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Lebron James & Kyrie Irving wearing #ICantBreath t-shirts during warmup for tonight's Nets game. #RoyalShutDown http://t.co/Goq2eFcDue

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New York City jails have largest COVID19 outbreak of any system in the US. Escalating quickly. NEW numbers: 29 incarcerated people with positive tests. 17 staff. 58 people under medical observation. City’s response has been abysmal.

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. @NYGovCuomo stop talking to billionaires in the Hamptons & start talking to NYers who are struggling to survive during a pandemic! #MakeBillionairesPay

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BREAKING: @GovKathyHochul ends Cuomo's two-tiered treatment system by SIGNING the bill to remove prior authorization for MOUD for NYers enrolled in Medicaid!! Low-income NYers now won't have to face delays in accessing life-saving meds 🧵

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Hundreds out at #OccupyCityHall ! #DefundNYPD #NYCBudgetJustice

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I wonder where we could find $1 billion dollars? 🤔 #DefundNYPD

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Dire city budget warnings from @NYCMayor today. New balanced budget due in a week - by July 1. BdB says city is "$1 billion short" after his prior plan/new revenue projections. No fed bailout or state borrowing authority; city turning to labor negotiations & possibly layoffs.

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Young Black Leftist organizers leading the movement to #DefundNYPD , held a press conference at City Hall today to send a message to Black leaders of the @NYCCouncil . Here’s a message from our Director of Organizing, @Jawanza . #OccupyCityHall #NYCBudgetJustice

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Queens District Attorney has not made good on her campaign promises. People have died as a result on Rikers Island.

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Rikers Island has a contagious disease unit that houses 88 people. Currently at least 167 people incarcerated on the island have tested positive for #COVID19 + 800 are in quarantine. 134 staff members have tested positive & 2 have died. District attorneys are blocking releases.

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DROP OFF @ CITY HALL, CORNER OF CHAMBERS & CENTER #OccupyCityHall #DefundNYPD

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Out here at City Hall to demand @NYCCouncil pass intro-741 to make phone calls at Rikers Island, bringing $8 million back to our communities. #peopleoverprofit

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Thank you @SenSanders for featuring our Board Member @Kolonakimou and centering the leadership of #AIDS activists of color in the fight for healthcare for all!

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Thank you, Reginald Brown, for sharing your story. I am proud to stand with you to make sure we do not go backward on health care. We are fighting for Medicare for All to make sure that Reginald and every HIV-positive American can afford the lifesaving medicine they need to live.

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Cuomo does not give a damn about incarcerated people. He’s exploiting their labor to help himself navigate a public health crisis, but people inside can’t use the hand sanitizer, people vulnerable to Coronavirus remain in prison to die, they can’t vote. Get real!

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Advocates oppose inmate-made hand sanitizer program

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It’s way below freezing in NYC and the eviction moratorium is tragically expiring today. But even if you are at risk, you still have rights! Please read & share.

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We are back out in Rochester. Justice for #DanielPrude

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Taxes on NY’s 119 billionaires could raise $35 billion per year to fund life-saving housing, services, and care. Contact @NYGovCuomo and your state legislators to demand NYS #MakeBillionairesPay . Take action and share:

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THE CROWDFUNDER IS CLOSED! NYC WE RAISED $60K TO BAIL OUT MOMS! Thanks to you, we've bailed out nine Black mothers so far--we will be using any leftover funds to bail out more mothers next week. THANK YOU! Special props to @NationalBailOut and @prisonculture ! #EndMoneyBail

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. @NYCMayor & @NYCSpeakerCoJo ’s budget proposal would add at least 1,000 cops to the NYPD, keep police in schools & on homeless "outreach." We reject FAKE NYPD budget cuts. Take action & share: #DefundNYPD #NYCBudgetJustice #OccupyCityHall

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The whole damn system is guilty as hell! Defund cops, courts, jails, and prisons.

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We believe survivors. We’re thinking about all the irreparable harm @NYGovCuomo has done to women/femmes across NY. His staff. Journalists. Women who died in nursing homes. Women in solitary confinement. Women living on the streets. The list goes on & on.

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BREAKING: NYC to create safe injection sites for people who use drugs.

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De Blasio Moves to Bring Safe Injection Sites to New York City (Published 2018)

Though no injection sites exist yet in the United States, the endorsement of the strategy by New York may give the movement behind it special impetus.

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YES! We raised enough money in the last hour to get one more mama out of Rikers. She’s pregnant and inside bc she can’t afford her $1k bail. Keep going! #FreeBlackMamas DONATE:

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More on why cost-shifting from NYPD to DOE is not a cut. #DefundNYPD

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Per IBO, "DOE gives NYPD roughly $300 million a year" for school safety agents. So the NYPD is not actually losing any money with the transfer of school safety agents from the department.

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WATCH: “We have come too far. We will not go back to the dark ages. If you don’t like it, we voted you in, we will vote you out!” Darryl Herring, leader & victim of a racist bail system. #BailReform #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

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STARTING NOW: we’re out here at City Hall to demand #Justice4Jordan ! Real people, who want real solutions from @NYCMayor and @GovKathyHochul . No one should have to go through what Jordan did.

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NOW! Activists blocking traffic outside if @NYGovCuomo ’s Manhattan office! Demanding he resign and make way for leadership that will #TaxTheRich & fund the needs of New Yorkers!

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Elizabeth always showed up as her full self - a drug user, formerly homeless, “gay as hell” & a powerful advocate for her community. She was never afraid to be on the front lines of a protest & spent hrs knocking doors across the city to recruit & inspire ppl to join our fight.

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This is 100% why we have LONG called to #DefundtheNYPD & be removed ENTIRELY from responding to drug use. NYC is in a historic od crisis & this is meritless, traumatic, stigmatizing, & potentially deadly. @NYCMayor , is this your way of ‘not arresting your way out of the crisis’?

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“I’m not going to debate the merits of whether junkies need to be in the criminal system with you.” This is how NYPD views people who use drugs. Also, where are their masks?! NYPD, once again, making it clear that they don’t care about the most vulnerable in our communities

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Elizabeth joined VOCAL-NY in 2010 as an outreach worker and soon became a full-time community organizer, where she built the power of our organization for the last decade.

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Millions of students across the world have had schools closed. In NYC this would cause chaos because there is no available healthcare, childcare, or food for many students outside of school. Many don’t even have access to the internet at home. Says a lot about America & our city

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Reema Amin

5 years

Seeing lots of folks responding to the mayor’s and chancellor’s coronavirus tweets with “close schools!” This is a good look by @elizashapiro about why that would present enormous challenges for families across the city:

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BROOKLYN! We are still distributing syringes, naloxone & harm reduction supplies. If you or someone you know needs access stop by our office at 80A 4th Ave btwn 10AM - 6PM, M-F. Let’s keep using safely & taking care of each other. We will update here if anything changes.

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5 years

It’s the day after Mother’s Day but that doesn’t mean that all mamas are free. Paying bail for a sex working mama as part of our @DecrimNY coalition work #FreeBlackMamas #DecrimNow thanks to @prisonculture @LegalAidNYC for helping us raise $ for this bail!!!

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4 years

BUT they can’t get rid of us that easily! With the help of @Hester_Street Collaborative, we have a plan to renovate and buy a building just a few blocks away. Our new office will be a *permanent* home for JUSTICE, COMPASSION, & LOVE!

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VOCAL-NY

4 years

NOW: Homeless NYers, service providers, parents, young people, excluded workers, & many more protesting at @NYGovCuomo ’s house to demand he tax the rich! #MakeBillionairesPay #CancelCuomosCuts #BudgetJustice #FundExcludedWorkers

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4 years

READ: Joint statement with allies on @NYSenateDems winning the supermajority. New Yorkers want Albany to #TaxTheRich !

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VOCAL-NY

6 years

Or why not get them out of jail to begin with.

@verainstitute

Vera Institute of Justice

6 years

Just in time for Mothers Day, @NYCFirstLady announces pilot program that reconnects incarcerated moms with their kids over art activities outside of jail. The program comes as part of a $6M investment toward breaking the cycle of incarceration for women.

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VOCAL-NY

5 years

BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo waits till the last second to VETO bipartisan, lifesaving bill to #BanPA . The Governor’s rhetoric and ego is no more evident than how he used his pen today. We are not fooled, and will not stop fighting until we #EndOverdoseNY

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4 years

#TaxTheRich to #EndHomelessness & #EndOverdose . NYS legislators can support communities and #InvestInOurNY or support @NYGovCuomo ’s state of homelessness and overdose!

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4 years

HAPPENING NOW! Activists throw @NYGovCuomo an early birthday party at his friend Bezos’ Manhattan condo imploring him to pass a #GreenNewDeal for NY and to fund it— #TaxTheRich !

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VOCAL-NY

5 years

Disgusting. After today's rally to expand lifesaving treatment 4 low-income NYers, Gov's spox @RichAzzopardi said "Spare me the rantings of the Advocacy Industrial Complex & whomever funds them." Ppl fighting 2 save their own lives & demanding access to treatment aren't ranting

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VOCAL-NY

2 years

. @GovKathyHochul says she's prioritizing public safety, but just declared that *some* should be above the law. We'll be in Albany tomorrow meeting with lawmakers and rallying to prove that Ending Qualified Immunity = public safety!! Join us tomorrow:

@JonCampbellNY

Jon Campbell

2 years

Hochul, at the Albany PD station, says she opposes efforts to repeal qualified immunity for police.

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VOCAL-NY

4 years

ACT NOW: NYC tell your city council member to vote NO on the budget. The vote is just a few hours away! #DefundNYPD

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VOCAL-NY

3 years

HAPPENING NOW: Homeless NYers storm lobby of @NYCDHS headquarters to demand #HotelsToHousing @NYCMayor : No transfers! No sweeps! Permanent housing NOW! #JulyHomelessRights

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4 years

HAPPENING NOW! Activists outside @NYGovCuomo ’s Manhattan office calling to pass the #InvestInOurNY Act to #TaxTheRich and to end austerity politics following #COVID response disaster and failure in leadership.

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VOCAL-NY

3 years

We’re outside City Hall to say: 🗣 CLOSE RIKERS NOW!!!!

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