Senator for New York's 42nd District | The views expressed are strictly my own.
Nov 9 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
VP Harris lost my 300k-person State Senate district by 10%. I won by
almost 14%.
Here’s a 🧵on how.
Hint: it’s not rocket science, Dems.
1. Show up. Everywhere. My most substantial gains from two years ago were in deep red, rural towns that, while I didn't win (and no Dem has a chance in hell of winning), I significantly reduced the margin of loss. I brought back enormous resources to communities that are not used to Dems even showing up never mind doing anything for them.
Dec 27, 2021 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
1/12: For years, @FIT has been charging sub- & exurban counties to foot the bill for local students who attend this NYC college. Why? Despite 4yr & grad degrees + steep price tag, FIT is classified as a #communitycollege. 35 colleagues & I are urging @GovKathyHochul to fix this:
2. Dear Governor Hochul,
NYC's suburban and exurban taxpayers have long endured unfair and unjustifiable costs associated with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Despite offering very specialized and highly expensive four-year and graduate-level degrees...
Jan 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/5
I continue to see pushed the offensive, ridiculous notion that automatic voter registration opens the door to non-citizens voting.
Let’s run through the obvious for our demagogue friends:
2/5
1) first and foremost, it was illegal to vote as a non-citizen before; it’s illegal to vote as a non-citizen now. Absolutely nothing has changed.
