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The petition was filed Saturday morning by Will Sweeney, a community activist and filmmaker from Jackson Heights following a town hall meeting Friday night where Peralta was grilled by residents after joining the Independent Democratic Conference.

By Monday evening, it had received more than 450 signatures.

Peralta and his team said Monday that the petition doesn't accurately represent his constituency, which includes Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Corona, and is filled with signatures of people from elsewhere.

"Regardless of what people in South Korea and Florida might think, I will continue to defend the people of my district," he said in a statement. "I stand by my decision to join the Independent Democratic Conference more than ever, and know we’re going to have a productive legislative session."

Shageletic posted:

The march on 2/17 (National Strike Day I think?) seems to be the next big protest (if anyone knows of any others, especially with a immigrant/refugee focus, please let me know).

Hope to see as many of you guys and gals out there as possible.

Verisimilidude posted:

Any other unironic commies in the area? HMU

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Dr. Premilla Nadasen, Associate Professor of History at Barnard College, will lead a panel discussion on contemporary activism in the Corona/East Elmhurst area. Issues to be explored include the organizing of domestic workers and recent immigrant communities.

goose willis posted:

I'm sorry friend but change.org petitions are more or less worthless and are solely used for virtue signalling via Facebook shares

Also good luck getting Cuomo to change his mind on that because he probably wants to appear "tough on crime" for his planned 2020 run

Richard Beck posted:

With the inadequacies and cruelty of a privately run health insurance system now obvious to nearly everyone, what’s left in New York is the work of organizing. If no senator can be persuaded to change his vote to yes, then somebody will have to be voted out. On the bus home from Albany, one of the day’s organizers described the lay of the land. Senators from upstate are being scrutinized for vulnerabilities, chief among which might be the fact that political categories are currently quite unstable with respect to health care. Republican legislators should not expect their constituents to vote against a challenger who can realistically promise cheap health care for everyone. Organizers are also canvassing for potential candidates to challenge Republicans in the Long Island suburbs. One woman, a resident of Sunset Park, suggested organizing a campaign of community leaders to “essentially shame” her state senator. Though Simcha Felder was elected as a Democrat in the so-called “Super Jewish” 17th District—so called because it encompasses the Orthodox neighborhoods of South Brooklyn—he caucuses with the Republicans, robbing the Democratic Party of a Senate majority they earned at the polls.
Some, all, or none of these tactics might work, but I’m betting against “none.” Everything I saw and heard in Albany suggests that single payer’s moment has arrived in New York. It’s true that the state’s private insurers have yet to begin mounting their opposition to the bill, and when they do it will certainly make things difficult. But low turnout and a general lack of interest means that organizers and activists can have an outsize impact on state-level politics. Having never participated in state-level politics before, this seemed to me like a good time to start.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following weeks of service failures in New York City's subways, told reporters Thursday that his responsibility for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority merely consists of appointing a few people to its board, a responsibility shared by Mayor Bill de Blasio and county executives across the state. The state-run authority, he said, is a "regional transportation system."

"I have representation on the board,” the governor said. “The City of New York has representation on the board, so does Nassau, Suffolk, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, other counties, okay?”

But in reality, the governor controls the MTA nominating process and has more board representatives than anyone else in the state. He appoints its chairman and CEO.

get that OUT of my face posted:

i can't imagine people outside of westchester and long island really feel one way or another about de blasio. i don't much care for him myself because he's a doofus and has completely abandoned his progressive economic vision for a couple of years now, but for some reason cuomo is obsessed with making sure he gets nothing and likes it

looking at where he represents, i'm not sure how a white guy like him got elected there. other than that i have zero idea about him

CaptainPsyko posted:

P. Sure that post was about Dromm not BdB?

the black husserl posted: