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Rochester, NY
Joined June 2024
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Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
New York should be for ALL of us. Vote WFP.
Join us for our launch call on Sunday at 6:30pm. Sign up here: mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event/843…
Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
"Lawler wants to put millionaires over Medicaid — and slap the 7.7 million New Yorkers (nearly 40% of the entire state) who rely on Medicaid to get the care they need square in the face."
Read the full op-ed from @Jasgripper & @CMartinezClass
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Of course we will; it's a sure bet at least one of them will say something reprehensible about this...
Are we going to hear anything from the @RochesterChambr @BobDuffyROC @ROCLocustClub @Sheriff_Baxter regarding President Trump' pardoning all the attackers on America January 6th and the Law Enforcement who protected the capital? FYI @news10 @13WHAM @News_8 @DandC @WXXINews
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Prisons in NYS and the US are frequently violent, corrupt hellholes bereft of real transparency or accountability and we need to do everything in our power to ensure travesties like the beating death of Robert Brooks never happen again
Congratulations to Sarah and her team on her new leadership position in state assembly!
I am honored and excited to take on this new leadership position as Chair of our Majority Conference. I look forward to working with my colleagues as we roll ups our sleeves and get to work this legislative session. Thank you Speaker @CarlHeastie for this opportunity to lead.
Back from a brief holiday hiatus to deliver to you the BREAKING NEWS that shortly ago, Mayor Evans signed the Good Cause eviction protections into law. Rochester tenants now have, for the first time, basic protections against wrongful eviction and extortionate rent increases!!!
Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
Remember: Baristas are calling on YOU to honor our picket lines! Do NOT buy from ANY Starbucks through the 24th!
🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵
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Hey gang; come on down this Sat evening and hang out with the Rochester chapter of the NY WFP! The event is from 6-7 and is public/open to anyone who wants to learn more about us, meet our newly elected leaders etc. just click on the link and RSVP mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event/744…
Good thing our @WorkingFamilies -backed council members were there to make sure the strongest version of Good Cause passed over the objections of establishment politicians like Patterson and Harris
Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
.@NYWFP champions in action, doing the people's work!! – at Brooklyn, NY
This is outrageous
When Robert O'Shaughnessy retired in May, he had racked up over $100,000 in overtime pay. Coupled with two other top-paid-officer years, his pension outweighs his salary by more than $50,000.
This story explores the continued cost of RPD overtime.
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Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
When Robert O'Shaughnessy retired in May, he had racked up over $100,000 in overtime pay. Coupled with two other top-paid-officer years, his pension outweighs his salary by more than $50,000.
This story explores the continued cost of RPD overtime.
wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…
If you're going to kick Good Cause back for another MONTH and allow countless additional people who would've had protections get evicted (in Rochester, in DECEMBER) you better have a good reason. Council Pres. @MMelendez86 does not have anything approaching a good enough reason
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Even in the best of circumstances home care workers have one of the hardest jobs there is, and manageable caseloads are essential. Support Rochester's home care workers and the @1199SEIU as they fight for a fair contract!
For those who've forgotten, @PamBondi is the woman who shut down Florida's investigations into Trump's fraudulent business activities after he sent $25,000 her way
BREAKING: President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former Florida AG Pam Bondi to be the U.S. attorney general after his first pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew. apnews.com/article/gaetz-tru…
We're sharing this flyer direct from our allies at @RocTenantUnion to ask anyone free on November 26th at 5pm to come to Rochester City Hall, for a rally they're putting on supporting Good Cause eviction protections! Either way, please repost this on any feeds you have as well!
Perhaps @GovKathyHochul IS going to try to block Trump's deportations, and her plan is just secret. Because she realized, what's the point in having so much power if you can't use it for good?
(Or maybe she immediately called Trump to grovel and preemptively capitulate instead)
“local authorities are mostly free to deal with immigration issues as they see fit, including by helping feds facilitate deportations.”
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Rochester Working Families Party retweeted
RFK Jr is an absolute nightmare. People will die.
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We have a long, painful fight ahead. There will be time to figure out how we move forward nationally (and that probably can't happen til Americans realize that Republicans have no intention of ever allowing another free national election) But we have to start at the local level
So for folks in Rochester who are feeling a bit lost right now, there's a party here that isn't going to take your support for granted, and we have a big, big year ahead in local politics. The @NYWFP isn't giving up, neither is its Rochester chapter; and we've got work to do!