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Highly do not recommend being a teacher right now. 🫠

Statement from Speaker Julie Menin on Recent Events in Her District New York, NY - Speaker Julie Menin today issued the following statement on the recent attempted act of terrorism and other police activity in her district, Council District 5: "I'm relieved that today's report of a suspicious device in Carl Schurz Park has been cleared by the NYPD. Over the past four days, our district has endured an alarming series of incidents: multiple suspicious devices and an attempted act of terrorism outside of Gracie Mansion. This has been an incredibly difficult and unsettling time for our community. New Yorkers deserve to feel safe in their homes and on their streets. I am deeply grateful to the members of the NYPD for their professionalism and tireless work to protect our community and keep New Yorkers safe."

Statement from Menin about “recent events in her district” mentions failed terrorist attack and false alarm suspicious device at Carl Schurz. Makes no mention of the islamophobic extremist rally as part of those events, a curious omission given it is what incited everything else.

Temperature hits 70 and everyone loses their gd minds

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Failed to add context here: This phrase is an ISIS slogan.

This situation does not smell like a hoax or an op. It does smell like teens radicalized online and groomed into wanting to commit a legitimate act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS.

This few weeks where it’s dark leaving for work once again are the worst and I feel like we should skip them.

NYPD confirms IEDs thrown at white supremacist rally and counterprotest contained explosives.

Incompetent assembly ensured it did not become a mass casualty event.

If I don’t have admin powers to pin damnit I’m gonna let people know.

I think this rain may defeat the most stubborn ice pile remnants.

I used it today! 😎

No. One of my kids taught himself when he was 4. The other one will go to swim camp.

Makes more sense to shell out for adult swimming/lifesaving class.

I don’t think most people know it exists!

“Can’t talk, babe! New number station just dropped!”

I forgot to look at the moon, but now that I’m outside, it’s all cloudy so did anyone see the eclipse?

This sounds like a truly horrific idea. No pun intended.

Anyone know a journalist at NYC City Council right now? Trying to get news about what’s going on.

It’s at least 2” in South Brooklyn already.

LOL it’s snowing, NYC. Good luck.

MEDIA ADVISORY: (2/25, 9AM) Grassroots Coalition to Rally and Testify Against Anti-Protest Bills at City Hall WHAT: New York City organizations will be holding a rally and press conference prior to City Council's "Committee to Combat Hate" hearing. The groups oppose proposed bills that would ban protests near places of religious worship and buildings affiliated with educational facilities. These anti-protest bills are intended to suppress dissent on campuses and against illegal sales of stolen Palestinian land, but they would impact protests and speech rights much more broadly. WHO: Over forty local organizations and their allies from Palestine solidarity and antiwar activists to reproductive rights, civil liberties, Jewish organizations, students, and labor unions. WHEN: Wednesday, February 25 @ 9 AM WHERE: City Hall Steps

WHY: In January, City Council Speaker Menin proposed bill 001-2026, followed by Councilmember Dinowitz's proposed bill 175-2026, which would task the NYPD Commissioner with creating buffer zones blocking protests around places of religious worship and buildings affiliated with educational institutions. The proposals come after Gov. Kathy Hochul included language in the Executive Budget to establish 25-foot buffer zones around religious institutions and healthcare facilities. If passed, the bills would greatly limit the areas available for demonstrations, given the density of places of worship and educational institutions, thereby severely undermining the free speech rights of New Yorkers. Grassroots organizations at the rally are demanding that city and state officials reject proposed buffer zones around healthcare facilities, places of worship, and educational facilities, and take tangible steps to stop the sale of stolen Palestinian land in New York, in violation of state and federal fair housing and civil rights acts and international law.

A coalition of +40 organizations are mobilizing tomorrow morning against proposed legislation in NYC Council to create protest “buffer zones” that activists and legal scholars say will stifle and criminalize protest and seems focused on stopping pro-Palestine demos against illegal land sale events.

This thread is wild. There are so many PSAs about subway surfing that I guess those in charge forgot to make ones about “hey, don’t hijack a subway car.”

Snowy expanse of Prospect Park with a slightly plowed road with snow-covered trees on either side. Two people one with a sled visible in the distance.

Prospect Park was really stunning earlier.

Do you think Zohran says that when he has to make his videos? 😂

Deliveristas ending their shift and about to head home over the Williamsburg Bridge, though the blizzard. One of them, Salvador,tells me he’s happy for the cutoff by the city.

“This is more dangerous than last snowstorm, harder to move in,” he tells me in Spanish.

I cannot overemphasize how thrilled I am about tomorrow’s snow day.

Every single teacher I know is thrilled. Every single kid I know is thrilled.
I haven’t heard any parents complaining.

Let’s never do a remote school day again.

A street light behind a snow laden tree makes a ratty street tree look ethereal

Even more ethereal close-up of the tree

The snow is doing some beautiful things

I’m just saying . . . what if you made a video . . .

Well at least now it will be covered by snow? Or a snowy river?

Uhhhhh.

2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Charged With Covering Up a Colleague’s Drunken Crash

The officers started texting each other instead of talking out loud, so their conversation would not be recorded by their body-worn cameras, prosecutors said. And when the driver left the scene without permission, they did not try to stop him or report that he had left, prosecutors said.

LMAO this is not real life.