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get that OUT of my face posted:good news and bad news about the New York Health Act. bad news is that its primary sponsors don't think it'll pass this session, and given that momentum is around renewing rent laws, i don't think so either. there will be hearings by the end of the month. good news is that Tim Kennedy of Buffalo and Andrew Gounardes of south Brooklyn have signed on, bringing it to 31 sponsors. DSA members will be going to Diane Savino's office to talk about it. i also encourage calling Todd Kaminsky, who supported it before and is on the health committee. James Skoufis voted for it in the Assembly and two freshmen senators on Long Island supported it on the campaign trail. burn those phones up Little late to follow up on this but I’m not super hopeful for kaminsky to move on NYHA- he’s pretty slick and in all my interactions with him he’s been very proficient in deflecting to the “single-payer isn’t the best way, we need to look into alternatives” narrative. James Gaughran (SD5) pretty solidly supported NYHA during his candidacy, and I know a lot of constituents who are pissed that he’s reneged on that support. I’m hosting a phone bank thursday and I think we’ll be focusing on his district. Also going to be rallying at kaminskys local office later today for universal rent control. he has a TON of tenants in his district but of course he’s been lovely about the bills. gently caress, long island sucks so much
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# ? Jun 11, 2019 13:50 |
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long island's senate delegation is also very skittish on legal weed. gotta love that suburban mentality. Kevin Thomas seems all right though and yeah, all the scummy lobbying groups that have had the run of things until recently are running real scared. in particular, real estate has been making GBS threads their pants about the rent laws. there's been no new news, and in this case, no news is bad news get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 14:02 on Jun 11, 2019 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:LOL, all these grifters are making GBS threads their pants at this competent Dem trifecta. I've been getting "won't somebody please think of the landlords and contractors" fliers in the mail every few days.
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# ? Jun 11, 2019 14:31 |
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another group to keep an eye on is "Responsible Rent Reform," which is a landlord lobby front
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# ? Jun 11, 2019 15:06 |
get that OUT of my face posted:another group to keep an eye on is "Responsible Rent Reform," which is a landlord lobby front I think this is the group who is inundating me with "won't someone think of the poor landlords" TV commercials.
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# ? Jun 11, 2019 15:14 |
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LegionAreI posted:I think this is the group who is inundating me with "won't someone think of the poor landlords" TV commercials. well they got rid of the good cause eviction bill
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# ? Jun 12, 2019 02:13 |
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yeah I just heard about that, it’s a big fuckin bummer. I also think MCI reform is out too. we got some good press today though: https://twitter.com/NassauDSA/status/1138617750644019203 also kevin thomas seems cool but given his pedigree and the makeup of his district he should be way better than he is. unless something has changed he only signed on to the ETPA expansion bill, which doesn’t effect his district as far as I know. honestly I don’t think he was expecting to win in the first place. he seems like a good guy though, but we need good guys that are actually gonna be vocal about supporting good legislation. Wells has issued a correction as of 02:37 on Jun 12, 2019 |
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https://www.thegreenespace.org/watch/ Queens DA debate is on WNYC right now.
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# ? Jun 12, 2019 16:09 |
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the thing about Thomas is that he's on Long Island where the cowardly suburban mentality is strong, and by virtue of backing (if not vocally so) some good legislation, that makes him better than every other freshman dem senator from LI. it'd be nice if he were louder about it the finalized rent package is decent. unfortunately no good cause eviction, but expanding rent regulations statewide via local opt-in will be great moving forward. IAIs and MCIs have been restricted but not eliminated
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# ? Jun 12, 2019 16:14 |
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who the gently caress does this rear end in a top hat think he is https://twitter.com/TweetBenMax/status/1138477884518088704 bonus tweet that illustrates how cucked NY political media is. when it's deblasio they foam at the mouth and attack a story with gusto, but with cuomo they will always report a story as is, with no editorializing, and let it die on the vine in a matter of days. completely worthless access chasing whores is what they are https://twitter.com/TweetBenMax/status/1138496439980572672
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# ? Jun 12, 2019 20:58 |
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sorry for the triple post but this is a small rundown of the rent laws that have passed. it's not a complete one, though. i got an email from the Crown Heights Tenants Union that's a more thorough breakdownquote:Extends the Rent Regulations Laws and Makes them Permanent:
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 05:19 |
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lmao https://twitter.com/georgiakromrei/status/1138966537275084800
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 12:46 |
Not quite yet, Chicken Little, but I can dream.
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 13:43 |
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Eat poo poo, fuckers.
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 13:49 |
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mmmm-mmmm, delicious salt
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 13:54 |
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get that OUT of my face posted:sorry for the triple post but this is a small rundown of the rent laws that have passed. it's not a complete one, though. i got an email from the Crown Heights Tenants Union that's a more thorough breakdown thanks fo rthe run down!! I'd agree that this is generally a victory, I'd say 70%+ happy. love 2 see comrades in print
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 14:50 |
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so if my apartment was previously rent stabilized but crossed that threshold to become market rate a few years ago does it go back to being stabilized ?
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# ? Jun 13, 2019 19:07 |
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Lactose Is Wack posted:so if my apartment was previously rent stabilized but crossed that threshold to become market rate a few years ago does it go back to being stabilized ? Unlikely that any of this would be retroactive I cannot begin to fathom how that would be carried out Legal goons could tell me more
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Lactose Is Wack posted:so if my apartment was previously rent stabilized but crossed that threshold to become market rate a few years ago does it go back to being stabilized ?
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 00:46 |
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Panel at LIA meeting knocks state single-payer health care billquote:The New York Health Act, which would launch state-financed single-payer health care in New York, would lead to higher taxes and deep revenue cuts at area hospitals, experts said at a Long Island Association breakfast panel held Thursday in Melville. TEN PERCENT OF REVENUE OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 01:15 |
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lmfao “sorry over one million people, 93 hospitals would only be making 88% as much money, so unfortunately you need to keep dying of treatable causes”
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 04:45 |
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Cuomo said he'd sign the rent bills today, right? I'm petrified that he'll flip at the last minute like the capitalist bootlicker he is when another enormous sack of cash is left in his driveway or whatever.
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 14:20 |
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This is just an aside, I'm for single payer as issue #1 or maybe tied with climate change, but in the battle of the megacorps to gently caress and then corpsefuck patients, hospitals do kind of suck hind tit. Pharma/medical devices and insurance make money hand over fist, but most "normal" hospitals (i.e. ones that aren't pure money making ventures that only do high-profit procedures, though line is blurring) are genuinely financially strapped OR are living off weathy donors.
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pangstrom posted:This is just an aside, I'm for single payer as issue #1 or maybe tied with climate change, but in the battle of the megacorps to gently caress and then corpsefuck patients, hospitals do kind of suck hind tit. Pharma/medical devices and insurance make money hand over fist, but most "normal" hospitals (i.e. ones that aren't pure money making ventures that only do high-profit procedures, though line is blurring) are genuinely financially strapped OR are living off weathy donors. How much of that "revenue" they would "lose" is projected revenue from overcharging patients and never collecting, I wonder.
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 14:40 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:How much of that "revenue" they would "lose" is projected revenue from overcharging patients and never collecting, I wonder.
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 14:54 |
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God drat it legalize ebikes statewide already, I am mildly inconvenienced having to go up hills when I'm in the catskills
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 14:55 |
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NYHA isn't passing this session and its sponsors know it. the real fight was with the rent laws and now that we've got something and they made it permanent, they can focus on other far-reaching stuff in the next session working in the industry only made me more dedicated to single payer because dealing with private insurance is a tremendous pain in the rear end for the provider as well. those fuckers don't pay. hospitals will get used to it and wonder why we haven't had this sooner. i'm gonna make my move out of this industry at some point Gunshow Poophole posted:Cuomo said he'd sign the rent bills today, right? I'm petrified that he'll flip at the last minute like the capitalist bootlicker he is when another enormous sack of cash is left in his driveway or whatever. get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 15:03 on Jun 14, 2019 |
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Hey yall, there's a bill in the state legislature that would require insurance companies to cover mental health services provided by professionals licensed under Article 163 of the Education Law, which would include Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Creative Arts Therapists and Licensed Psychoanalysts -- basically everyone other than psychologists. If you think that more people having access to affordable therapy and other mental health treatment is a good thing, take a few minutes to call your state senator and assembly member and let them know that you're in favor of the amended Assembly Bill 670 (Bronson) and Senate Bill 6212 (Senator Kennedy). If you don't know who your representatives are, you can find them by entering your address here: https://www.elections.ny.gov/district-map/district-map.html The Senate Switchboard is 518-455-2800, and the Assembly Switchboard is 518-455-4100. Full disclosure: I'm a social worker
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 15:22 |
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an interesting group of people voted against the vaccination bill. Simcha Eisenstein, who holds Dov Hikind's old seat, voted no. Joe Lentol, Diana Richardson, and Rodneyse Bichotte- all gentiles who have a fair amount of Orthodox Jews in their district- also voted no. Charles Barron voted no, he can be a bit nuts. the weirdest no vote was Richard Gottfried, who was speaking out for it just hours before
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 16:22 |
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It worked, he did it! Yes! The fight isn't over but holy poo poo is this some good rear end news for tenants
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 22:21 |
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Gunshow Poophole posted:It worked, he did it! Yes! speaking of other things, legal weed and restoring drivers' licenses for undocumented immigrants is going down to the wire. the Senate, and specifically the Long Island delegation, will be to blame if they don't pass
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# ? Jun 17, 2019 15:10 |
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Cea is great but that seems like an odd concern. There's only so much energy to go around and we should be thinking harder about m4a and public banking imho.
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# ? Jun 17, 2019 15:25 |
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get that OUT of my face posted:on saturday, a bunch of people went to have drinks with Cea Weaver, one of the people at the forefront of pushing for the laws. she's conflicted about making the laws permanent, because she thinks it would allow the movement to get complacent. i kinda see the point but imo, it's better to not go through this song and dance every four years. now that we have them in place as well as a list of things to go for next, we can focus on other things cuomo's also being a ghoul about the driver's license bill https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/1140700722167713792
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# ? Jun 17, 2019 20:22 |
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he also used the chair of the NY Dems that he absolutely doesn't completely control, not one bit, to threaten the LI senators into not supporting it, while also saying it needs to be passed by the legislature. it speaks to how loving stupid our voters are that they are willing let that scummy oval office stay in power as long as he wants to my friend is speculating that Jumaane is prepping for a primary challenge in 2022, and you know what? good for him. get that poo poo started. cuomo is trump if he were halfway competent speaking of primary challenges: eastern Bronx assemblyman Michael Bendetto is officially facing a primary challenge in a self-described socialist whose last name is Soto (can't remember his first name). that district has changed a lot since Bendetto took over 15 years ago, in that it's minority white instead of majority white. i also heard that Joe Lentol in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, who's been there since the '80s, will be getting one from Emily Gallagher. she narrowly lost the primary for 50th AD female district leader as an anti-machine candidate. i think that's a more winnable seat- outside of Coop City, Bendetto's district is fairly suburban get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 20:36 on Jun 17, 2019 |
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hell yeah https://twitter.com/JackieVimo/status/1140778400388399104 edit: https://twitter.com/J__Velasquez/status/1140778287049969664
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# ? Jun 18, 2019 01:32 |
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yall think weed'll pass? cuomo was on npr up here saying that he thinks it'll get done but idk
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# ? Jun 18, 2019 01:48 |
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uncurable mlady posted:yall think weed'll pass? cuomo was on npr up here saying that he thinks it'll get done but idk Sanders has pointed out that there's effectively no opposition to it at all. The anti-weed groups have just ghosted over the last few years.
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# ? Jun 18, 2019 02:05 |
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the news is all about LI having cold feet but they said that about licenses and why would they kill themselves with the racists and then pull back on a less controversial bill. licenses were polling like 65 against and weed has a majority
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# ? Jun 18, 2019 02:14 |
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uncurable mlady posted:yall think weed'll pass? cuomo was on npr up here saying that he thinks it'll get done but idk
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Holy loving poo poo https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/opinion/tiffany-caban.html#click=https://t.co/FzTyhOofNT
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