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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 4h

Laws meant to protect survivors, without survivor input, can be flimsy and even dangerous. We saw what happened in 2018. But @hfny.bsky.social stepped in and demanded public hearings, which successfully informed future legislation. College students deserve to be heard, too.

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Harassment-Free New York @hfny.bsky.social · 4h

NY lawmakers are scrambling to enact reforms based on Jane Doe's experience at Cornell. But no survivors have been invited to the table to tell their story. We've seen what happens when laws are enacted for us, WITHOUT us. We need public hearings. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

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Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No more.

ICE SHOT A MAN IN THE BRONX
abolish ice now

We have seen the proof time and again in blood. When violent, masked agents come into our communities, people are hurt and killed. This incident marks the 37th ICE or CBP-related shooting since January. We do not need any more.

These agents shot with the intention to put this man’s life — and the life of a child — at risk. This is the direct consequence of allowing a lawless federal agency to operate with impunity, secrecy, and unchecked, deadly force.

We demand that DHS release all footage of the shooting and aftermath tonight. We insist on an independent investigation led by the NYS Attorney General in collaboration with the NYPD and Bronx district attorney. The agent who shot the individual must be publicly named and face serious consequences for his recklessness.

ICE’s violence is not welcome in New York City. We urge Bronx businesses Kingbridge Associates and Target to close parking lots to ICE effective immediately. We need ICE out of New York now.

- Rebecca Rodriguez, Co-Director of Hands Off NYC

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026

I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/06/2026

Another good reason to vote for @bradlander.bsky.social. (This wasn't planned - we just passed it on the street and Lander noticed, grinned, stopped, and clicked.)

Brad Lander smiles at the camera while touching the green "yes" button on an ad on a wall on the street. The ad says "Should the rich pay more?" and there are yes and no buttons.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Jay Jacobs unilaterally decided the State Party wouldn't endorse the then-Dem. nominee for NYC Mayor, Mamdani, and refused to hold the Fall full state committee meeting until after the November election, so we couldn't force the issue through a vote. That's not defending Democracy.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Jay Jacobs created the corrupt party environment that lets people like Bichotte act the way they do. It's not just Brooklyn. Look at Suffolk County. That's not defending democracy.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm a big fan of y'all's reform work ...but thanking Jay Jacobs - who cultivated the environment that Bichotte has taken advantage of - is not the way to go. Especially when he refuses to allow the democratic process to play out at the State Party level. We deserve more than the bare minimum.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cornell and LSU protecting rapists...and they're probably not the only schools www.wwltv.com/article/spor...

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To be sure — but what blows my mind is that the leadership of the state prison system that was in place when these murders occurred (we're still waiting for resolution in the suit brought by the family of Messiah Nantwi) is still in place. Zero accountability at the top.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

100% agree! The lack of accountability (not just for the direct actors but as you said, the gate keepers, leadership, the system) is typical and still astounding.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Should’ve included that we’ve paid $20M+ for this assholes defense. And still counting.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’d rather my tax dollars help make a family whole after state employees beat their son to death than my tax dollars help defend a serial sexual- harassing state employee who continues retaliating against his victims. And yes, ICYMI, New Yorkers are still paying for Andrew Cuomo’s defense.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m gonna need to watch that Taylor Swift/SVU bit like eighteen more times.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The subtext: it’s time to make New York’s wealthy pay what they owe in taxes. And that means right-siding an upside down NYS tax code.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:

data4democracy.substack.com

The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side

This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Most who vote Democratic this November are voting for opposition. For someone to put more of a check on a lawbreaking, rights violating, power abusing White House. They are *not* voting for compromise to rescue Trump from his mistakes, and some will be disillusioned if that's what their vote gets.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Dan is one of my favorite reporters, hands down. But #1 on this list (A reorganized state Democratic Party) is wrong. Sure, it has more money, but it goes to HER campaign, w/ little down-ballot coordination & disappears once campaign season is over. It's Cuomo's state party, just w/ more funding.

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Kim Moscaritolo @kimmosc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A disgusting effort to subvert the will of the voters just to hold on to her leadership position. All Democratic elected officials in Brooklyn should speak out against this blatant power grab by Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“We have a leader that we believe in. Who has a spine. Who is going to make the right choices – or we’re going to make sure he makes the right choices because he has a movement behind him." Great story about how @juliopenabk.com is going to transform the party chair role in Brooklyn

cityandstateny.com

Meet the new kingmaker who could lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party

What would reform look like, if Julio Peña III takes over for Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn?

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Celeste has kept us informed & shares tangible ways to take action for years…all while navigating life, trauma, & health issues. Now it’s our turn to give her a tangible way to get the care & rest she needs. Donate $5, $10, $20, whatever you can. Less than $1k to go. gofund.me/0e89ff96a

gofund.me

Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter

Hi everyone — I was encouraged to update this, since I didn't fully explain the scope … C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis

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The real impasta @therealimpasta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

The effort to repeal the income tax in Missouri losing 80-20

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/08/2026

people could respond to this framing around reporting deaths—"had significant underlying health conditions"—with more confidence if we weren't also living through a pandemic in which we have been told only people who have "underlying health issues" are "vulnerable" or "at risk"

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This article significantly diminishes the findings against Rep. Edwards: he’s a serial sexual harasser and created a hostile work environment. I won’t pretend that I have all the answers here, but I do know a censure is not enough for accountability purposes.

Taken individually, many of Representative Edwards' actions were at minimum inappropriate; a Member of Congress should not single out a staffer and isolate them from other staff, make frequent comments regarding that person's appearance and weight, send messages in the middle of the night, text staff deeply personal and seemingly romantic thoughts, intrude on personal occasions without invitation, pay for personal vacations, and spend thousands of dollars on gifts for staffers. That Representative Edwards did all these things to two young staffers, repeatedly over a sustained period, was beyond inappropriate. In his interview with the Committee, the Congressman repeatedly asserted that he knows well what constitutes "sexual harassment," and seemed to believe that by avoiding inappropriate physical touch, explicitly sexual comments, and occasionally telling the staffers that they were free to put up boundaries with him, he had immunized himself from such a charge. That is not the case. Despite the absence of an explicit proposition, a reasonable person could interpret Representative Edwards' intimate and effusive attentions, where he prioritized the personal over the professional, as thinly veiled advances. There is also contemporaneous evidence and testimony that Staffer 1 and Staffer 2 perceived the conduct as abusive. Even under the exacting standards of federal employment law, Representative Edwards' conduct at minimum exposed his office to the litigation risk of a viable sexual harassment lawsuit. 108

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Rich O’Malley @richomalley.com · 02/08/2026

This truly is the most delightful story you’ll read this year. And as mentioned in the comments below, yes, that is a “raise yourself a banner to the rafters” type line for a writer. I want to be friends with everyone involved in this story! (Except the wiki ed who called the pix a waste of space!”

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I was just called an "authentic Cuomo-hater" in a meeting and I've never felt so cool...

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Harassment-Free New York @hfny.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HFNY is shocked to see the Mayor reverse course after campaigning against the sexual misconduct by Cuomo & his enabling team. It's time to stop working with Katz, who deployed many of the same Team Cuomo-style tactics on behalf of Platner. Our statement:

Today, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed his plans to continue working with “top advisor” Morris Katz, whose counsel helped the now-Mayor call out on the campaign trail Andrew Cuomo’s repeated abuse of staff and power. Katz is currently a member of disgraced Maine Senatorial candidate Graham Platner’s inner circle, and rather than take responsibility for Platner’s actions and his own role in covering up and excusing sexual misconduct, Katz doubled down on victim-blaming and public smears of survivors.
We believed the Mayor actually understood the harm that stems from an advisory team enabling and excusing a sex pest. Now, his willingness and eagerness to continue working with Katz in light of recent reporting becomes all the more distressing. Worse, in doing so, Mayor Mamdani is sending a terrible message to the workforce he leads: that he is willing to overlook egregious conduct when it concerns members of his inner circle.

To that end, Katz:
1) Threatened the campaign’s political director – Genevieve McDonald – demanding that she lie to the Wall Street Journal, after she raised serious concerns about Platner’s fitness for office. Katz then smeared her on Twitter: “There should be no place in our politics for incompetent, opportunistic operatives who violate privacy, betray trust, and prioritize vengeance over decency.” McDonald, a long time political professional with deep roots in Maine, was telling the truth. Has Katz ever similarly bullied anyone on Mayor Mamdani’s behalf?
2) Dismissed Lindsay Fyfied, whose claims include that Platner twisted her arm and locked her in a room among other abuses, with a campaign statement calling her claims “categorically false and politically motivated.” This mistreatment spurred Jenny Rancicot to come forward.
3) Denied Jenny Racicot’s allegations of rape with an official statement from the campaign calling them “coached and coordinated by out-of-state establishment operatives,” a particularly hypocritical smear against a survivor-led network of women, given that Katz is not from Maine. Does Mayor Mamdani believe Racicot, and condone the smearing of survivor-led networks?

Mayor Mamdani ran for office against Andrew Cuomo, often citing his repeated violations of the New York State Human Rights Law and subsequent attempts to evade accountability as disqualifying. The Mayor routinely invoked Cuomo’s abuse of staff and power in contrast to his own principles, even inviting Charlotte Bennett as his guest at a debate and claiming to speak for her: “She cannot speak up for herself because you lodged a defamation case against her. I, however, can speak.”
When it was convenient for him, Mayor Mamdani campaigned not only against the sexual misconduct by Cuomo, but also against his enabling team and the entire system of abuse that fed the former Governor’s administration. The Mayor directly benefited from the work of the many women who spoke out against their own abuse and inadvertently helped pave the way for his successful candidacy.

Harassment-Free New York is shocked and disappointed to see the Mayor reverse course now when it relates to one of his own advisors. Principled leadership requires that he apply the same standard to himself and his team as he did to his opponent.
We now ask the Mayor to reconsider his decision to continue working with Katz, by reflecting on his own words: “What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.”

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not directly related to this (interesting & important) thread- but I wanted to point out that most of the 11-min video is DARVO in action. As @charlotteclymer.bsky.social mentions here, Platner Denies, Attacks his “alleged” victim, and Reverses Victim & Offender by claiming he’s being set up.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

if you got taken in by Platner: 1) center the experiences of those he hurt 2) admit you were wrong 3) spend the next few days figuring out how to not get taken in by a guy doing *exactly* the same thing next time, because there will be guys doing *exactly* the same thing for the rest of your life

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hi, rape should not be the floor when supporting a candidate for office. Anyone who stood by Platner after the first round of credible allegations needs to not only rescind their support now but also make amends for the damage they’ve caused by sticking with him beforehand. That is all…for now.

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Amanda Wallwitch @wallwin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Reminder that accusers don’t actually “press charges,” that’s a choice made by prosecutors, that it is far from a sure bet that a prosecutor will do so even if that’s what a survivor wants and that most rape survivors choose not to report because of the legal system’s hostility to survivors.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Look, this is a fair article when it comes to legitimate questions about Schumer's leadership. But how do you write about the DSCC failures and only mention Gillibrand once, and in passing? Not even a mention that Schumer appointed her, and she's clearly failing at her job.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Three days in of taking just warm showers and it’s already helping but showering is now miserable.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I finally decided to do something about the keratosis pilaris on my arms which apparently includes not taking scalding hot showers and let me tell you I am DEVASTATED.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Seeing BP Hoylman-Sigal and Commish Shimamura in bathing suits next to him makes it even funnier.

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Doc Hammertime @dochammertime.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Spurs told ESPN that Jalen Brunson is going to have patch things up with San Antonio following last weeks finals victory

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

@alexbores.nyc always talks about how Congressmembers call him about his AI legislative proposals and how badly they’re needed. He urges them to take the idea and RUN with it NOW - he won’t be in office for a while!…and they never do.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Watching the parade to see Mariska Hargitay just as much as the Knicks team

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

How about affordability AND impeaching Trump (+admin officials) Affordability AND prosecuting ICE officers The name of the game needs to be “Affordability AND…” If Jeffries doesn’t want to walk and chew gum at the same time (bc let’s be clear- we know he can), we need a Dem leader who will.

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Erica Vladimer @ericaforny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Not allegations. He was found liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll. Name it, use up your skeet characters, your lede word count, whatever. Just please stop minimizing sexual violence.

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