Peter Stuyvesant is my candidate for most over-named person in #NYC in terms of both his moral worth and historical significance. 1/ Stuyvesant was New Amsterdam's largest slave owner, a vicious anti-Semite, an opponent of religious freedom (arresting a farmer for harboring Quakers and banning Lutherans from praying in their homes), and an incompetent, corrupt governor widely hated by his own constituents. 2/

In 2013, I asked #ManhattanDA @CyVanceforDA at a forum to decline to prosecute non-violent protest arrests. He answered that he didn't have the authority.

That was a lie, of course. In fact, it was the same month he declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein. #ByeCy #ResignVance 1/

https://twitter.com/ManhattanDA/status/1269006032208084994

But what wasn't a lie is that Cy Vance aggressively prosecuted 1A arrests at every opportunity for over a decade. He did the same w/ marijuana arrests, gravity knives, etc. Every BS charge NYPD uses to incarcerate Black and Brown NYers, Vance threw the book at people. #ByeCy 2/

I am endorsing @BernieSanders for President and encourage my fellow @ewarren supporters to join me.
As a pledged delegate candidate for Warren, this was not an easy decision. But supporting Sanders is now the only path to the big, structural change that Warren champions, 1/ Warren is the best candidate for President I have seen. Her vision of substantive change is sweeping, detailed, & rigorous & responsive. I also believe she has a real plan for implementation. Her campaign has been clever, exciting, and nuanced. 2/