Gaza Protests Continue on NYC Campuses + Mayor Adams Proposes Budget
No. 372 | Monday, April 29, 2024
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
The antiwar protests at Columbia University and NYU have continued despite mass arrests by the NYPD earlier this month, and encampments have now spread to CUNY campuses. City & State has aggregated what all New York elected officials have said about the protests.
Mayor Eric Adams released a budget proposal for New York City's fiscal year 2025. Like his previous budgets, it contains cuts to city services, like libraries, despite higher than anticipated tax revenue, although Adams has reversed proposed cuts to the NYPD.
The housing deal reached in this year's State budget is likely to fall far short of the targets for new housing construction.
After many, many delays, the MTA plans to implement congestion pricing tolls beginning on June 30.
NYC Council Members Justin Brannan and Kamillah Hanks wrote to Mayor Eric Adams pushing for ferry service to connect Staten Island and south Brooklyn.
The new Meta AI chatbot is making up fake claims of sexual harassment against certain New York State legislators, including at least one member of the Socialists in Office committee.
Election News
Governor Kathy Hochul’s approval ratings have hit a new low, according to a Siena College poll.
Democrat Peter Abbate, a former longtime Assembly Member trying to recapture the seat he lost to Republican Lester Chang in southern Brooklyn in 2022, is accusing Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn of working with Republicans to keep him off the ballot in November.
Recently expelled Congressmember George Santos suspended his campaign in New York’s 1st Congressional district.
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