Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens. Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays. Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.

“Misty” with Sarah Vaughan ✨ Live from Mercury Records, Sweden, 1964. #SarahVaughan #Misty #JazzIsDead

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What is Code Blue? During Code Blue, outreach teams check on people who live on the streets & in the subway more frequently. When temps are 32 degrees or lower, including wind chill values, the City follows Code Blue procedures from 4 PM to 8 AM. more: on.nyc.gov/HomelessAssist…

More Perfect Union Elizabeth Warren put out a video on this recently. I learned a lot from it on this topic. Private equity seems demonic. A way to make a business pay an outside entity until it is fully cannibalized and no longer exists. youtu.be/8_A_Th4aj_0?si…

Republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never covered in MSM. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on “antisemitism”. I wrote about this obscene double standard

Border Patrol has been targeting the elderly heavily. Today in Santa Ana, that’s almost all they took, including this man and his cane.

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“Her decision could provide an early indication of how she and the incoming Mamdani administration will handle police accountability cases, particularly those involving jurisdictional disputes that have allowed cases to languish for years.” gothamist.com/news/disciplin…

With every resume we receive, we get closer to a better future for New York City—one where excellence in public services is the norm, not an anomaly. This is how we shape a politics that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.

The Studio Museum in Harlem reopens at last gothamist.com/arts-entertain…

The Trump administration is burning down our country’s most important health agencies from the inside and pushing out anyone who dares to pull the fire alarm. Standing up for science is not a fireable offense. I won’t let this get swept under the rug. murray.senate.gov/senator-murray…

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They bought cheap health insurance promoted by the Trump administration. Then they needed surgery. Peter Whoriskey washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11…

New Yorkers deserve to know whether their personal information is being used to set the prices they pay, and if businesses are charging customers different prices for the same products. patch.com/new-york/newro…

🚨BREAKING: ICE and Border Patrol agents are already assaulting U.S. citizens in Charlotte, NC… and pretending it’s “routine.” A man was stopped TWICE by agents. He showed his ID the first time, and they left. Then ANOTHER group rolled up, smashed his window, ripped him out

We don’t yet know the long-term effects of AI — and we need to put up guardrails today to ensure it doesn’t spiral out of control tomorrow.

The COVID-19 vaccines now available are designed to protect against newer variants. They also boost your protection against the virus, which is important as protection lessens over time after vaccination. Find a vaccine near you: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated

Lots of powerful words from PBS CEO Paula Kerger at this panel I moderated today. "We're the only place that's actually thinking about our viewers as citizens, not consumers. And there has to be a place for that"

The shutdown may be over, but I'm still fighting to protect SNAP and ensure every New Yorker gets the support they need from our government. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/n…