Thread by @MarkLevineNYC

Amidst historic crisis, NYC is headed to elections in June.

This is our moment to go big. So we come back stronger, healthier, more just.

I'm running for Manhattan Boro Pres. to take on this fight.

We're days from a big fundraising deadline.

Join us. 1/secure.actblue.com/donate/mldeadl…

Many of you follow me here because of my battle against the pandemic in NYC. But you might not know my backstory.

I’ve been fighting on behalf of this city my entire adult life, since I graduated college w/ a physics degree & became a bilingual science teacher in the Bronx. 2/

I went on to found a community dev’t credit union (neighborhoodtrustfcu.org) in Washington Heights in uptown Manhattan, which has made $25m in micro-loans to low-income families to help them do everything from buy their first home computer to start a small business. 3/

I am proud to have been elected twice to the @NYCCouncil in one of the most diverse districts in NYC, representing West Harlem & parts of the Upper West Side & Washington Hghts—where I live w/ my family, including our two sons who are public school students (one HS, one @cuny) 4/

In my first term I chaired the City Council parks committee. I fought for the right of every neighborhood to have quality green space, and advanced #ParksEquity by securing millions of $ for neglected parks in low-income areas. 5/

In 2017 I defeated the landlord lobby and passed legislation (w/ @Vanessalgibson!) to make NYC the first place in America to establish a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction in housing court. Largely thanks to this, evictions in NYC dropped 40% prior to the pandemic. 6/

I am running to succeed the great @GaleBrewerNYC as the next Manhattan Borough President in order to take these fights to the next level--to protect tenants and small businesses, to advance economic and social justice, to stand up for science-based health policy. 7/

Here’s some of what I’m fighting for:
* Dramatic increase in the pace of construction of affordable housing
* Creation of a municipally-owned public bank to invest in economic, environmental, and racial justice
* Re-imagined street space which prioritizes people over cars
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* Integration in our public schools
* A long-overdue confrontation with racial inequity in our healthcare system
* A doubling down on investment in green space and public space
* An unprecedented effort to save our small businesses
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We are building a coalition in this campaign which is as diverse as our borough. I am honored to have the support of leaders like @CnDelarosa @pastoraltaylor @DianaAyalaNYC @CM_MargaretChin & @CatalinaCruzNY. 10/

Manhattan has been hit hard over the past year. But I'm absolutely confident that we can come back. It's what we've done again and again throughout our history.

Help us fight this fight on behalf of our borough. Your support means the world to me. 11/11 secure.actblue.com/donate/mldeadl…

Keep up with my amazing campaign team by following @TeamLevineNYC.