Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that wrote a blank check for ICE and CBP for the next two years, removing long-standing safeguards like bans on shackling pregnant women and protections for people who experience sexual assault in custody. (1/2)
Democrats are fighting to hold ICE agents to the same standards that all local and state law enforcement are already held to, but our colleagues across the aisle have abandoned even the most basic oversight. (2/2)
Thank you Council Member PhilWong for keeping a light shined on this planned battery facility in Middle Village. I continue to call for it to be in a commercial or industrial area instead of across from a school, daycare center and residential homes.
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Proud to secure $800,000 in federal funding for critical repairs at NYCHA’s Bland Houses. Every resident deserves safe, healthy housing, and these upgrades will help address long-standing issues like leaks and mold.
I introduced the Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act to repeal it. Taxpayer dollars should protect health and human rights—not political agendas.
Republicans called the Appropriations Committee back at 11 PM to jam through a partisan Homeland Security funding bill—but then couldn’t be bothered to show up on time. So I turned on the game! #AlwaysKnicks
Republicans are pushing a new policy to inject extreme, right-wing social policies into foreign aid.
This Expanded Global Gag Rule is already hurting women and girls, minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.