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Peter F. Martin

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1 month

I ran into @SenSchumer in Prospect Park a few minutes ago and asked him if he supports congestion pricing. He said yes without hesitating. I pressed him on what he’s doing to get it reinstated and whether he’s going to publicly call for @GovKathyHochul to reverse her decision. …

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

no one: me: Here are the reasons I went from favoring @ewarren at the start of this campaign to being all in for @BernieSanders .

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Peter F. Martin

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He said that this governor doesn’t react well to public pressure—which I know very well, having led the public campaign against Hector LaSalle’s nomination. The question for Schumer and others with influence who allegedly support congestion pricing is: when will you escalate?

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Peter F. Martin

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1 year

Among other terrible things about these remarks: 1. Not a single word of empathy for a constituent who was murdered. 2. Near-total focus on pretrial detention and parole, neither of which are at all related to what happened. Inhumane and incoherent from beginning to end.

Dan Rivoli

@danrivoli

1 year

Here is Gov. Hochul's full remarks Wednesday on the death of Jordan Neely

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Thank you to everyone who made this happen. More soon on how we get #TheCourtNYDeserves .

Center for Community Alternatives

@CCA_NY

2 years

BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee rejects nomination of Justice LaSalle for Chief Judge.

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1 year

Two of these three (the one with the sleeve tattoo and the one in the sandals) voted the very same day for a resolution that would have tens of millions of people retroactively pay back months of paused student loan payments.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

@MGPforCongress

1 year

Teams get shit done, so I’m teaming up with Jared Golden and Mary Peltola to rebuild the Blue Dogs into something useful for working people. We know who we are, and we know how to win. Congress needs more people like us, and a lot fewer weirdos with white nationalist friends.

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Peter F. Martin

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4 years

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Justice LaSalle's defenders are saying he just "applies the law." That's what Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett's defenders say too. It's wrong for the Supreme Court and wrong for the Court of Appeals. Demand your senator stand up:

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

@ddiamond Always look back at your seat and the ground around it when standing up to leave a room, car, subway, etc.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

Is the @nytimes legally required to use these disgusting tropes every time a white cop kills a Black person?

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

As people wonder whether Hochul will actually sue the Senate, it's important to note that 24 senators publicly oppose LaSalle now. If a lawsuit actually happens, forcing the Senate vote against its will, the idea that 32 senators will stand with Hochul on this is not credible.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

The fact that Hochul is still defending LaSalle, and saying his critics are being unfair to him, is really indefensible at this point.

Labor leaders from 3 unions rally against LaSalle at the Capitol

Some unions have come out against the nominee due to a 2015 decision they consider to be anti-labor.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

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Peter Sterne

@petersterne

2 years

‘It’s on life support.’ Hochul’s chief judge pick faces existential opposition

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2 years

@DanielDenvir

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

We need so much more than a good president. And so many of us need to do more non-electoral organizing. But as long as we're debating who the next president should be, I'm ready to publicly and vocally get behind @BernieSanders , and I desperately hope he's the one.

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Peter F. Martin

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3 years

I'm feeling gratitude again this morning to @ZephyrTeachout and @CynthiaNixon for being the only people in New York brave enough to challenge Cuomo in his last two elections. It's hard to imagine how many people's lives would be better today if New York voters had chosen them.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

3 years

No, New York City residents will not be the highest-taxed people in the country. New York City *millionaires* will be.

Amanda Eisenberg

@amandaeisenber

3 years

New York City residents will be the highest taxed people in the country, @ZackFinkNews reports on the impending budget deal. The revenue raisers will equal $5 billion.

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Peter F. Martin

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FYI @RidersAlliance @TransAlt @StreetsblogNYC @DaveCoIon @dahvnyc @ndhapple @JessieSingerNYC @2AvSagas @_rebeccaclewis @SamMellins @saraklind @chabot_jackson and many others I’m forgetting.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Incredibly encouraging comments from @AndreaSCousins tonight: "I think the conference in general said months ago that they were looking for a candidate who would be more in line with our values and didn't want someone with more prosecutorial experience."

Senators return to Albany as pressure mounts on Court of Appeals nominee

Confirming a top judge is a priority.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

This morning I was accosted by someone in crisis who physically cornered me, put his hands on me, and demanded more money than I was eager to hand over. I wasn't physically hurt, but I'm still feeling a bit shaken, so I've been reflecting on "public safety."

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Peter F. Martin

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1 year

Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams, and so many others won't say that it was wrong for Jordan Neely to be killed because that they don't believe that it's wrong for people like them (and me) to kill people like Jordan Neely. It's as straightforward as it is horrifying.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Great new piece in @syracusedotcom today by @dispositive of @CornellLaw , detailing many of Justice LaSalle's harmful decisions—beyond the ones that have so far gotten most of the attention. Campanelli, Keanu, Aybar, Howell, and more cases are egregious.

It’s not just 3 cases: Broader record shows LaSalle is wrong for chief judge (Guest Opinion by...

Cornell Law professor cites rulings on rights for workers, immigrants, consumers and crime victims as more than enough to reject nominee.

www.syracuse.com

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

6 years

I love @CynthiaNixon so much. The positive effect she's already having on New York, by scaring @NYGovCuomo , is astonishing. Imagine the change she can bring if we elect her to office.

Shane Goldmacher

@ShaneGoldmacher

6 years

NEWS: Andrew Cuomo just announced that he's granting all parolees in New York the right to vote by executive order.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

In November, right-wingers led a coup of Bolivia, and Warren's first response was to validate and legitimate the leaders of the coup:

Elizabeth Warren

@ewarren

5 years

The Bolivian people deserve free and fair elections, as soon as possible. Bolivia's interim leadership must limit itself to preparing for an early, legitimate election. Bolivia's security forces must protect demonstrators, not commit violence against them.

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5 years

Around the same time, Warren said "We need ICE." I was quickly feeling let down on one issue after another.

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@peter_f_martin

2 years

I think it's genuinely and purely a good thing that some NYC Council members are apologizing for voting yes on the budget—and everyone should be completely clear that they're doing so because of the public outrage at "progressives" voting to cut funding from schools.

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2 years

The only Democratic senators who withstood fearmongering and arm twisting on bail were @JuliaCarmel__ @JabariBrisport @Biaggi4NY @NYSenatorRivera and @jessicaramos . Every other Democratic Senator just caved.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

So as 2019 ended, I found myself (maybe belatedly) feeling that Warren wouldn't fight for the things I think the U.S. most needs: an end to militarism and imperialism, an end to private health insurance, dramatic climate action above all else.

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@peter_f_martin

5 years

A few weeks later, Bernie had his heart attack, and I thought his campaign might implode. But then I started hearing #NotMeUs . I saw @AOC @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib endorse him. I saw more and more people say: We're a movement, and we support the candidate most aligned with us.

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@peter_f_martin

5 years

The @CPDAction endorsement was huge for me. The @Dreamdefenders endorsement was powerful. Today, @MaketheRoadAct adds its formal name to this movement. The organizing these groups are doing is the present and future. Their endorsements matter in a way so many endorsements don't.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

A whole lot of "progressive" NYC Council members are voting yes on a budget that slashes school funding but leaves the police untouched. @alexaforcouncil @tiffany_caban @OsseChi @SandyforCouncil @Kristin4Harlem and @CMbarron are standing for New Yorkers. Everyone else is not.

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5 years

The next week, Warren released her Medicare for All plan. I'm not a health policy expert, but I could tell she wasn't committing to fight for immediate universal health care with all her political capital. Her stated roadmap baffled me. I agreed with this:

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

The real movement we need won't and can't come through electoral politics. It must be independent of candidates and parties. It *will* be, as real movements always are, led by and primarily made up of people whom the electoral system inherently neglects.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

4 years

Election Day in New York is off to a bad start. Here's a running thread of problems voters are experiencing, which I'll update throughout the day.

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@peter_f_martin

1 year

Magnolia Lydia Dennis raced into the world this weekend, just a few hours after we went to a kite festival, ate banh mis, and ran to catch a bus—and just 20 minutes after we got to the hospital. Magnolia and Katherine are doing wonderfully, and we're all so happy.

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

Some personal news. Katherine's mom married us last weekend in her parents' living room in Memphis. We're happy and excited for our future, looking forward to all that it brings and all that we make of it.

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5 years

Me and everyone I know knocking doors for Joe Biden a year from now.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Advocates and senators warned Hochul *for months* that they and we cared about this nomination and would engage seriously with it. Now that we've collectively followed through on that, Hochul is resorting to Cuomo-style bullying. Really discouraging from our governor.

Bernadette Hogan

@bern_hogan

2 years

New: @GovKathyHochul is personally lobbying key Dem state senators to back her controversial nomination of Judge Hector LaSalle for top New York jurist — warning at least one she will “remember” who’s with her. w/ @ZachReports

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

More importantly, the movement behind and with Bernie that I didn't see for so long has been undeniable in recent months. Not just individual people I admire—like @AOC @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib and, more recently, @ZephyrTeachout —but more and more groups doing critical organizing.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

So, through the daily ups and downs and all the sniping, I'm now solidly supporting a candidate, because that candidate is the standard bearer—but not the leader—of the movement we need in the decades to come. That candidate is far from perfect—like all the other candidates.

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Peter F. Martin

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1 year

Hochul is explicitly saying that poor people should be treated as if they’re guilty of anything they’re accused of, without evidence or trial, contradicting a critical foundation of American criminal law and endorsing differential justice for the rich and the poor.

Peter Sterne

@petersterne

1 year

Hochul just said that she believes judges need greater ability to send people to jail before trial because otherwise newspapers will write about how people accused of crimes "that shock the conscience" were not locked up.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

. @justicedems and its members are fighting for real people—all people—while @HouseDemocrats leadership is fighting to hold on to their power and settle personal grudges. We can’t replace the current leadership soon enough.

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Peter F. Martin

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1 year

All the media outlets that have reported on Jordan Neely's murder have known the identity of his killer for days. Many of them have reported that they've reached out to him for comment. Have any of them said why they're withholding that information from the public?

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

1 year

Every week, @HellGateNY , @nysfocus , and @THECITYNY publish reporting that runs laps around all the legacy media in New York. Independent, nonprofit or worker-owned media is the future of high-quality journalism, at least here in NY. Please support these outlets (links below).

john teufel

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1 year

@HellGateNY deserves all the awards for its Neely/aftermath coverage. The difference between their reporting (on the ground, talking to witnesses, providing context) and legacy media outlets (asking NYPD what to print) is astounding. Night and day.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Here is a new stinging expose of LaSalle's record. In @NYAmNews , @brooklynlaw professors @AHoagFordjour , @j_simonson , and Kate Mogulescu write about another so-far-underdiscussed aspect of LaSalle's record: ethics and transparency. Let's dig in:

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

3 years

Last week, Cuomo nominated a political ally and notoriously regressive prosecutor to New York's highest court. The nomination betrays commitments to racial justice. We need the State Senate to reject it. Please sign the letter and share it widely. (Thread)

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

4 years

Former Beto for Texas staffer here to say this hurts my heart.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

New York's highest court has lurched dramatically rightward, as @SamMellins details in this great new article for @nysfocus and @CityAndStateNY . Mellins is one of only a handful of NY-based reporters paying attention to the Court and naming what's obvious to anyone who looks.

Sam Mellins

@SamMellins

2 years

New York's top court is even more sharply divided than the U.S. Supreme Court. And four of its seven judges are using their power to make New York's laws more favorable to law enforcement, corporations, and landlords:

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

I could see I wasn't alone. The replies here included a number of people like me: . And here's one person most recent account articulating a similar evolution:

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

First, background: In 2016, I voted for Bernie in the New York primary because I objected to a coronation and thought his voice in the race was critical. But I never took him all that seriously and internally rolled my eyes at friends who were actually into him.

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@peter_f_martin

2 years

So much can be said about this, but I'm feeling special anger right now toward Senate Democrats, who last year alone confirmed three of the five judges who gave New York's conservative chief judge a dominant majority on the Court of Appeals.

Nicholas Fandos

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2 years

BREAKING: The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, has voided congressional and State Senate maps drawn by Democrats that would have benefited their candidates. Story TK. Decision here:

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Hector LaSalle will not be our next Chief Judge because of the leadership of @AndreaSCousins , @SenGianaris , and @bradhoylman . The Majority Leader, the Deputy Majority Leader, and the Judiciary Committee Chair have shown how powerful the Senate can be when it unites.

Michael Kink

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2 years

This dynamic is something ⁦ @AndreaSCousins ⁩ understands and works with effectively—the Governor, maybe not so much… “Opposition to Mr. LaSalle has bound together some left-wing and more moderate, but still pro-union members, of the Legislature.”

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2 years

"As public interest law students in New York, we hope the state Senate rejects this conservative nominee in favor of a judge with a record of defending the rights of the powerless rather than protecting the privileges of the powerful."

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2 years

The decision LaSalle signed onto in Bridgeforth should be disqualifying—legally, morally, and politically. And look who said as much in 2015: @korematsu , @ADL , @AAAJ_AAJC , @aaldef , @NAACP_LDF , @nationalbar , @latinojustice , @napawf , and many others—including even the @HNBANews !

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

It's hard to pick a "most troubling" decision in LaSalle's record, but Bridgeforth is a contender. In Bridgeforth, LaSalle held that discrimination based on skin color didn't violate the U.S. or New York constitutions. The Court of Appeals unanimously overturned—thankfully.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

I've never been happier to get a fundraising email than I was to get the @justicedems email about this. And I was excited to send JD some money, because we need a lot more representatives like @AOC , @IlhanMN , @AyannaPressley , and @RashidaTlaib . Let's make it happen. Let's go.

Josh Jamerson

@joshjame

5 years

Speaker Pelosi says ⁦⁦ @AOC ⁩, ⁦ @IlhanMN ⁩, ⁦ @AyannaPressley ⁩ and ⁦⁦ @RashidaTlaib “have their public whatever and their Twitter world. But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”

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1 year

Jordan Neely's murder yesterday has made me remember this—not the (small) harm I suffered, but the fact that year after year, decade after decade, our society would rather that Jordan Neely and so many like him be killed than have us care for each other. Sickening and depressing.

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

This morning I was accosted by someone in crisis who physically cornered me, put his hands on me, and demanded more money than I was eager to hand over. I wasn't physically hurt, but I'm still feeling a bit shaken, so I've been reflecting on "public safety."

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5 years

That narrative doesn't ask why someone else's survival needs were going unmet, what he needed to be safe today, or how to help *everyone* avoid being on either end of similar interactions in the future. It says that only one person this morning counted as "the public."

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@peter_f_martin

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@jalexa1218 @SenSchumer @GovKathyHochul Thanks! I’ve called his office about this a bunch.

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@peter_f_martin

1 year

Exactly this. The people who promote “law and order” don’t mean “We should enforce all laws against all people to maintain order for all.” They mean “We should enforce the law as we see fit in order to maintain the social order and hierarchies we believe in.”

Peter Sterne

@petersterne

1 year

People who support "law and order" aren't focused on enforcing statutory law – as in, what is literally written in the penal law. They're focused on enforcing the social order they believe the law protects, regardless of whether it's strictly legal.

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"This state Senate is committed to repairing the mistakes of the past, not using them as a guidebook. The Senate Democratic conference rose to prominence (and a historic supermajority) as an antidote to old-style, backroom Albany politics." — @SenGianaris

Opinion: LaSalle’s rejection was a defeat for Albany backroom politics

State Senate Democrats showed a new way to lead that puts people before power.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

Some personal news. Katherine's mom married us last weekend in her parents' living room in Memphis. We're happy and excited for our future, looking forward to all that it brings and all that we make of it.

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5 years

If I could make one wish coming out of what happened, it would be that we dismantle the existing systems that purport to protect public safety, and replace them with systems that care about and for everyone equally, that actually think about the whole public, and true safety.

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2 years

Jonathan Lippman is discrediting himself when he says that LaSalle was "vilified." LaSalle has a record. We read that record and judged him on it. Senators got to ask him about it. He stood by it. If anyone has vilified LaSalle, it's himself, through his harmful decisions.

Hugh Baran

@hughbaran

2 years

In case there was any doubt, Justice LaSalle confirmed during the hearing, responding to @JamesSkoufis , that he "stand[s] by" his Cablevision decision, which allowed state court lawsuits to be brought against union officials in their 'individual capacity' for union activity (1/x)

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5 years

Through all of 2017 and 2018, I wanted a field of 2020 presidential candidates who hadn't run before, weren't in their 70s, and otherwise didn't have baggage that I didn't like. I also very much wanted the nominee to be a woman for many reasons.

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. @RevDrBarber : The asylum seekers at our southern border are not the lawbreakers. The president and our other elected officials and ICE are the lawbreakers—and if we are silent, we are also the lawbreakers, breaking both man’s law and the law of the divine. #EndChildDetention

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2 years

Can someone explain the point of having a Progressive Caucus if it’s going to roll over to legislative leadership on the most important aspects of budget negotiation and then put out empty statements about “continuing to fight”?

NYC Progressive Caucus

@NYCProgressives

2 years

Last night's vote on the budget was a difficult one for our members. We secured important wins on child care, immigrant rights, and sanitation. We will continue to fight to shift funding away from the NYPD + DOC and towards housing + education. This budget is just the beginning.

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The rally was great, and she was great, but I found myself mostly uncomfortable with what felt like hero worship all around me—not just hero worship for Warren, but hero worship for any candidate.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

So when the campaign kicked off last year, I was inclined to support Warren. I even sent my resume to her campaign. And for months, she blew me away. I thought she was doing everything right. This is exactly how I felt for most of 2019:

Jamil Smith جميل كريم

@JamilSmith

5 years

I look at presidential candidates as job applicants. As someone with hiring power, I want someone to show me what they would do in that job. In this respect, @ewarren is lapping the field. Her latest proposal, addressing public lands and the environment.

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6 years

@MikeFrankelSNJ No good apology contains the words, “I am the furthest thing from a racist” or asserts that others can vouch for you. That’s not what apologizing is about.

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"LaSalle has signed his name to only six full opinions. That’s less than once a year on average since joining the 2nd Department. Part of the reason the battle over his record is so hard-fought is that he seems to have avoided penning much of anything."

New York’s Courts Need a New Kind of Leader. That’s Not LaSalle. | New York Law Journal

LaSalle has not shown any particular innovation in judicial administration, nor the kind of intellectual clout, that would justify his elevation to this important role at a time when New York’s...

www.law.com

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2 years

The thing that has made me most grateful and heartened about the outrage to @GovKathyHochul 's nomination of LaSalle for Chief Judge is what a big tent the opposition is. @tomwatson , whose politics differ from mine, has been driving this point home for days. Thank you, Tom.

Tom Watson

@tomwatson

2 years

Deploying Republican votes when it's an openly fascist party in this state - and when Dems have a supermajority - is unacceptable. I supported the Governor. It's time for her to pull this nomination.

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Peter F. Martin

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4 years

I've been remotely monitoring elections around the country since the pandemic started in March. Of all the primaries held since then, New York has featured the greatest number of barriers to voting and the most disenfranchisement, probably followed by Georgia.

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@peter_f_martin

5 years

"Too urban."

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@peter_f_martin

2 years

Senate leadership has good reasons to fight back against the governor telling the Senate what it must do. Fear that LaSalle will be confirmed is no longer one of them.

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2 years

No one has a right to due process in being considered for a judgeship. Either Senator Bailey doesn’t know what due process is or—much more likely since he’s smart and a lawyer—he wants to mislead people about the dynamics and stakes of what’s going on right now.

Jamaal T. Bailey

@jamaaltbailey

2 years

My statement on the nomination of Justice Hector LaSalle to the Court of Appeals:

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Peter F. Martin

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A law, government program, social norm, or cultural narrative that sees me as the one victim this morning, or even the main victim, gets public safety exactly backward.

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Peter F. Martin

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5 years

Most of American culture, law, and political discussion says that "public safety" means preventing people like me from having interactions like the one I had earlier today—and almost never means thinking about the person whose needs this morning were vastly greater than mine.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

I also wasn't very impressed by Bernie and his campaign for a lot of last year. He advocated for most of the positions I support, but I didn't believe that he'd make an excellent president. I heard a lot about how Bernie was building a movement, but I didn't see it.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

@carterforva Because he's been running for president for 30 years.

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@peter_f_martin

2 years

The only retweets of this are from Hochul staffers.

Denis Slattery

@slatterydenis19

2 years

Former judges praise Hector LaSalle, Gov. Hochul’s pick for top judge, pan criticisms of conservatism as "casting a political light on an apolitical position."

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Peter F. Martin

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I also know that, if the media, most elected officials, or the legal system knew about what happened, almost no one's reaction would be that we need to make changes to protect him. But we do—far more than we need to make changes to protect me.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

This is LaSalle's record on victims' rights, which his supporters *really* don't want to talk about.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

Remembering this today, for no reason.

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

3 years

We desperately need Democrats in the New York State Senate—led by @AndreaSCousins @SenGianaris @bradhoylman —to understand that if they confirm Singas to the Court of Appeals, they'll be setting the court up to overturn the very legislation they're currently working to pass.

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Peter F. Martin

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@AlanaSivin @ewarren @BernieSanders I was on the fence for months, because each has strengths and weaknesses, and each would make the best president in decades. But I recently came down solidly behind Bernie. Warren's response to the coup in Bolivia reminded me that she has no critique of American militarism. (1/2)

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@peter_f_martin

2 years

I'm begging elected officials to stop misrepresenting what due process means.

Roxanne J. Persaud

@SenatorPersaud

2 years

As someone who has advocated for fairness and due process for my constituents, I feel that the nominee should be allowed the same. He should be allowed to go through the established process and appear before the Judicial committee to answer all questions. 2/3

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

I appreciate @AOC amplifying that @NYCSpeakerAdams did this, but I wish the call to action had been that we contact the speaker and demand that she restore the funding to this and all the affected districts and entities.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

2 years

Ok all. We need your help. To punish a councilmember for objecting to cuts in education & housing, NYC leaders are defunding a local Boys & Girls Club as “punishment.” If you have a few dollars, let’s send a message of support these kids & her courage.⤵️

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It is so huge that @Gonzalez4NY is going to be joining @JuliaCarmel__ and @JabariBrisport in the Senate next year.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

1 year

Yeah, why don't progressives just have events every night with free drinks and eats? Why didn't you think of that one, leftists?

Bruce Bartlett

@BruceBartlett

1 year

When I worked at the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation, they had events almost every night--a lecture or panel followed by free drinks and eats. I don't remember ever being invited to a similar event by a progressive group and they probably had a cash bar.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

@AlanaSivin @ewarren @BernieSanders Further, and more importantly, Bernie's theory of change is entirely rooted in social movements, and Warren's isn't. If you believe that social movements can achieve more than great individual elected officials can, I think Bernie is the elected official you want in office. (2/2)

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

It's hard to pick a "most troubling" decision in LaSalle's record, but Bridgeforth is a contender. In Bridgeforth, LaSalle held that discrimination based on skin color didn't violate the U.S. or New York constitutions. The Court of Appeals unanimously overturned—thankfully.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

4 years

In this new year, here's a thread of organizing that @nycDSA is doing, which gives me a lot of hope. Each of these efforts could use more people to help power them, and each offers opportunities to plug in right away and start organizing for a better city, state, and world.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

1 year

Today is a very good day for New York. Thank you to everyone who has taken action with #TheCourtNYDeserves . We did it.

Center for Community Alternatives

@CCA_NY

1 year

BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed Judge Rowan Wilson for Chief Judge. Since August, we have called for a Chief Judge committed to protecting vulnerable people: tenants, incarcerated people, and workers. This is a victory for New Yorkers and for the #TheCourtNYDeserves .

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

LaSalle's defenders want people to forget that labor is committed to making sure the Senate does not confirm him. New York's labor unions and their leaders know how much his confirmation would hurt New Yorkers—and they're going to be fighting until his nomination is defeated.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

I'd really like not to experience the same thing again anytime soon—but I also know that, right now, I'm largely fine, and another New Yorker definitely isn't fine. I could suffer the same thing, or much worse, and continue experiencing a lot more public safety than he has today.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

As late as the WFP endorsement of Warren, I was into it. When I went to Warren's rally in Washington Square Park in September, I was uncommitted—but I hoped to see the next president in person. I wanted to be pulled off the fence and solidly into her camp.

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

Stepped out of class and into Washington Square Park. It’s full and, as the sun sets, beautiful.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

5 years

@lissiethomas I’m imagining “very full” as a clown car.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

9 months

Starting tomorrow, I'll be on parental leave for a couple months. To spend that time the way I'd like to—fully present with this pumpkin—I plan to be off social media. If you have my number and want to catch up by phone sometime we're out walking, feel free to call or text.

Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

1 year

Magnolia Lydia Dennis raced into the world this weekend, just a few hours after we went to a kite festival, ate banh mis, and ran to catch a bus—and just 20 minutes after we got to the hospital. Magnolia and Katherine are doing wonderfully, and we're all so happy.

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Peter F. Martin

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2 years

Newest reminder that prominent leftist media and celebrity personalities aren't in it for movements but rather just for themselves. If @NomikiKonst believed what she claims to, she wouldn't join a race that already has an @nycDSA -, @DemSocialists -, and @NYWFP -endorsed candidate.

Harvey J Kaye

@harveyjkaye

2 years

My friend Nomiki Konst ⁦ @NomikiKonst ⁩ is a democratic-left activist running for NY State Senate in the new District 59! She is an organizer, creator of coalitions, & fighter who’ll truly advance the interests of working people and never defer to special interests!

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

Unions I'm in touch with are noting that some of these firms are well known union busters. The fact that the lawyers involved with this thought this would help them shows how politically out of touch they are.

Molly Coleman

@molly_coleman

2 years

Partners at 19 NY law firms support LaSalle. The people who have spent their entire careers ensuring the law works for corporate interests at the expense of working people support LaSalle. This tells you everything you need to know about this nominee.

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Peter F. Martin

@peter_f_martin

2 years

I called @NYCSpeakerAdams / @AdrienneToYou office to call on her to restore the funding cut from seven Council districts, a move that appears to be retaliation for "no" votes on the budget. I spoke to Kate Mooney, her budget director. I encourage others to call: 718-206-2068.

Jeff Coltin

@JCColtin

2 years

SCOOP: Adrienne Adams cut seven members out of her Speaker's Initiative to fund needs in their districts: progressives Tiffany Cabán, Sandy Nurse, Alexa Avilés, Chi Ossé, Charles Barron and Kristin Richardson Jordan, and conservative Democrat Kalman Yeger.

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Peter F. Martin

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"The insistence by some establishment Democrats that judicial appointments are nothing more than political chits, to be played for short-term advantage, never ceases to amaze me." The LaSalle fight showed this clearly—but it's much bigger than him.

Does Kathy Hochul Really Want to Go Down With Hector LaSalle’s Sinking Ship?

The governor’s stubborn embrace of her pick for chief judge has already revealed some troubling truths about her political instincts—and beliefs.

www.thenation.com

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