Upstate localities have struggled to prove there's a housing emergency even when it's obvious there is one, because the proof we require is arbitrary and unnecessary, which is, of course, the vacancy study. Our bill would change that. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Amazon helped fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The retail giant and the insurer UnitedHealth waited less than a day to start begging the new administration to shut down their shareholders’ calls for transparency.
#Boston #Protest #50501Protest #Democracy
That's my city! #Columbus #Ohio #50501protest
#Albany #NewYork #Protest #50501Protest #50states #democracy
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
2025 coming in hot with the next pandemic 🫠
@govkathleenhochul.bsky.social New York needs a huge investment in Public Health before the bird flu gets here!
A short story on income inequality in the United States:
More unions = more money in the pockets of the middle class, and less money in the pockets of the already wealthy.
The end.
BREAKING: In just two months, an unprecedented 5322 New Yorkers sent public comment demanding the New York Power Authority build 15 gigawatts of public renewable energy by 2030.
Public Power NY will present to NYPA's board later today.
publicpowerny.org/press-releas...
📖 New @unesconow.bsky.social report on digital content creators: Content creators play a growing role in the information sector, but most fail to properly check the accuracy of the content they share. The report highlights the urgent need for media literacy training 👇
Join me for a Rhinebeck screening of UNION and Q&A with ALU organizers who successfully beat Amazon in Staten Island—and learn about the fight in Hudson Valley! mhvdsa.org/unionfilm
Godzilla and King Kong are such great ambassadors for their respective cultures, one is like “what if our atomic hubris called forth an agent of our destruction from the very seas that birthed us” and one is like “what if monsters wanted our white women”
Orcas have started wearing dead salmon as hats again, just fyi
www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-sa...
The image is a promotional flyer with a cream background. At the top is the text "NEWBURGH CANVASS & SOCIAL" in red. Below, in large black letters, appears "TAKING OVER CENTRAL HUDSON!" accompanied by a graphic of a rose and a handshake. A partial black and white image of a woman holding a sign that reads "ENERGY is a PUBLIC GOOD" emerges from the bottom left corner. At the bottom right, the date and time "DEC 7 • SAT • 1PM" are in black, next to a yellow bar with the URL "bit.ly/newburgh-public-power." The IND Hudson Valley DSA logo, featuring a rose and text, is in the bottom left corner.
Want to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned utility with NO profit motive? 👀
US TOO!
Our Newburgh canvass kicks off on Dec 7th at 1pm, to collect names in support of the bill that replaces Central Hudson with a people’s utility. mhvdsa.org/newburgh-hvpa
