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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's deeply meaningful to receive a 100% rating from @ppesacts.bsky.social/@ppgnyact.bsky.social. I learned political activism watching my mother fight for abortion access and hearing her stories of going to Albany to demand reproductive rights. I can't wait to take that fight to Albany myself.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Black voters are being diluted into powerlessness by MAGA states, as Trump tries to entrench GOP control of Congress permanently. New York MUST do more to fight back—but Democratic leaders have "no appetite" to treat this democratic crisis with the urgency required. Enough.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I remember when pizza, bagels, and coffee all cost a buck—and I'm no dinosaur. It's not just lunch. From housing to childcare to Con Ed. skyrocketing costs aren't just inflation—they’re the result of bad policy. We deserve better. Let's deliver lower costs for Lower Manhattan.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The grassroots @opennewyork.org community knows the rent is too damn high—and they've been working for years to change that. I've been proud to fight alongside them to legalize more homes, speed affordable housing creation, and protect tenants. Let's take the fight to Albany 💪

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 I'm deeply honored to have the support of my home club, @sdnyc.bsky.social, in this race. Stonewall works tirelessly to ensure queer folks can thrive in NYC, fighting for the housing, healthcare, and human rights we deserve. Let's keep up the fight in Albany—and win 💪🌈

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT! 🚨 Proud to have Council Member Shirley Aldebol in our corner. Shirley has spent decades winning for workers at @32bjseiu.bsky.social and City Hall. We both believe working people deserve more than promises—they deserve results. That's the kind of fight I'm taking to Albany 💪

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm thrilled to be endorsed by @chiosse.bsky.social 💪 Chi shows what true progressive leadership looks like in 2026—from connecting the dots between the housing shortage and landlord power to ending forced broker fees. I can't wait to collaborate with him as an Assembly Member.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 I am so proud to have earned the endorsement of @32bjseiu.bsky.social, the more than 80,000 essential building workers who are the backbone of this city. They show up every day to keep our state moving, and they deserve a fighter in Albany who shows up for them.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The lesson of Passover is to welcome the stranger, remembering that we were once strangers in Egypt. This Pesach, let’s recommit to making New York a place where everyone can be free. Chag Sameach!

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT! 🚨 It’s an honor to be endorsed by the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council 🏨✊ HTC’s 40,000 members make NYC run as the capital of the world—and HTC fights tirelessly to make sure they get what they deserve. I’m all in on that fight. Let’s get to work.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

City Council Majority Leader @shaunabreu.bsky.social is a courageous and effective legislator—delivering cleaner, safer streets and more abundant, affordable housing. He knows the old approaches aren't cutting it, and he's charting a new path forward. I'm honored to have him on our team.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I am thrilled to receive the endorsement of @citizenactionny.org of New York—we both run on grassroots support and want to see New Yorkers thrive. Let's keep fighting together for affordable housing and healthcare, bold climate action, an end to mass incarceration, and a stronger democracy 💪

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 From @sdnycidal.bsky.social to the Council, @justinsanchez17.bsky.social has long been an exemplary public servant. He knows no task is too small or too big for a leader—from cleaning up the damn streets to fighting for queer liberation. I’m so grateful for his support ✊🌈

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Billionaires are turning West Village apartments into $75M Frankenmansions. They're taking housing away from regular New Yorkers and driving everyone's rents sky-high. Housing should be a human right—not a trophy for the ultra-rich.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨 @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social is on the front lines of the fight for progressive values and lower costs. He knows what it means to organize neighbors to keep the communities that raised him affordable and accessible for everyone. I’m deeply grateful for his support.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It’s not the super-rich at risk of leaving NY—it’s you. That’s why thousands of folks rallied in Albany last week demanding the wealthiest pay their fair share. Let's stop the fear-mongering and fund childcare, housing, transit, and more—investments that keep *everyone* in NY.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 Comptroller @marklevinenyc.bsky.social exemplifies progressive leadership in 2026—fighting for our rights against the MAGA agenda, for more homes and transit, and for working people. I’m deeply grateful for his leadership, his mentorship, and his endorsement in this race.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

“We have an impossible task in the city right now, which is to shelter 60,000 homeless people,” he said. “Where would we be if every council member stood up and said, ‘Not in my backyard?’” 2/3

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🚨Endorsement Alert 🚨 I’m thrilled to have the backing of Assembly Member @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social in this race. In 2018, the @nytimes.com wrote about a “plucky” city council member who stood up when some residents wanted to block shelters for homeless New Yorkers across his district. 1/3

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Ever wonder why we keep building skinny glass towers for billionaires and not the kind of homes we need? It’s our laws. But we can choose differently. 👆 More midsized apartments 👇 Fewer ugly high-rises 👆 More homes New Yorkers can afford 👇 Less displacement and inequality

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I’m so proud to be endorsed by @nywfp.bsky.social! As costs rise and Trump attacks our communities, we need bold leadership—to deliver homes we can afford, universal healthcare and childcare, and protections for immigrant New Yorkers. WFP is leading that fight. Together, we’ll win it. 💪

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“The era of empty promises ends.” The mayor needs allies in Albany to secure his vision: ☑️ Universal childcare and healthcare ☑️ Lower energy bills and emissions ☑️ Better public transit ☑️ Affordable housing for all I’m running to be that ally—and deliver on those promises.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Washington Square Park used to be a parking lot. Then neighbors organized to change it. Today, homes that used to house working families are changing into mansions for billionaires. Change is inevitable—let's choose the kind that keeps our neighborhoods affordable and vibrant.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I’m incredibly proud to earn the endorsement of CUFFH Action. CUFFH has spent decades standing up for tenants and keeping New Yorkers in their homes. In the Assembly, I’ll be a relentless advocate for strong tenant protections, affordable housing, and putting people over profit.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"You mean I might have to leave New York City?!" My niece Isla’s only 8, but she knows our playgrounds are at risk of becoming a playground for the super-rich. It doesn’t have to be this way. I’m running for Assembly to tackle the affordability crisis and fight for our future.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Thank you for the support! ✅ $300K raised ✅ 400 grassroots donors (no corporate money!) ✅ Demand for bold progressive leadership We have big challenges, but the communities in this district are ready to rise to them. Join us at ryderfornewyork.com 🤝

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today, the neighborhoods where I played as a kid in the 80s and 90s are at risk of becoming a playground for the ultra-rich. My nephew and nieces won't be able to afford to stay here when they grow up. More than that, they may lose the freedoms we've fought so hard for.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When my parents moved to 11th Street in 1980, my father was a cab driver and my mother was an artist. Lower Manhattan was affordable to everyday New Yorkers. More than that, it represented freedom: to be where you wanted to be and live how you wanted to live.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’m a child of this district: a gay kid born at St. Vincent’s Hospital who played little league basketball at Tony Dapolito and got his Bar Mitzvah cake at Veniero’s. I’ve spent my life here—and my career working to expand opportunity, strengthen democracy, and serve this city.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’m running for Assembly in District 66! Why? Because I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future. It’s time for leaders who aren’t just progressive, but aggressive. Not just resisting, but rebuilding. Not just demanding, but delivering.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I genuinely don't know Hoffman's motivations, but what I can find suggests he's more motivated by a *rebuild the Democratic party from the ground up to take on fascism* sensibility—something closer to David Hogg—than a *take on the left* motivation. 2/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This from @brianbeutler.bsky.social is the perennial Dem problem: our leaders disbelieve that THEY CAN INFLUENCE what voters care about. Instead, they act like the a priori polling about any issue (eg who would be blamed for a shutdown) indicates positions that are deeply held and immutable

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Relieved to see them get it right in the next announcement 😂 (And, yes, I read the wedding announcements every week)

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

How did this make it past the @nytimes.com copy editors? If the paper of record doesn't hold the line on the TikTok-influencer-led degradation of proper neighborhood articles and prepositions, who will??

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

After Trump's first win, I jumped into the resistance—protecting democracy by helping Democrats beat Republicans. This time, pushing back against MAGA isn’t a purple-state project: it’s work that must start in New York. Thanks to @nydailynews.com for letting me explain why 👇

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

New York is letting children die. The Mayor, the Council, the Legislature—everyone is complicit. Daylight intersections. Expand sidewalks. Close more streets to cars. Get dangerous drivers off the streets. Enough is enough.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

I hope the council brings the same energy to cracking down on SUVs maiming and killing people on our streets that they seem to be bringing to e-bikes—which, unlike cars, don't have a citywide set of dedicated lanes they should be staying safely inside.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Utterly unsurprising—but still profoundly shocking—that New York's Finest will respond to complaints about their brazen behavior by harassing the folks simply asking them to follow and enforce, rather than repeatedly break, the law. Full story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/c...

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

eric_adams_sucks.gif, h/t @hellgateny.bsky.social (good news on the increased SYEP uptake, though)

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

A familiar NYC housing story. Fighting segregation gets sacrificed in order to win local electeds' approval. Without hyper-local back-scratching, no new housing gets built. Community preference must go. www.thecity.nyc/2023/8/21/23837720/…

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

This might be niche (((globalist))) observation, but reading the counts of Trump's Fulton County indictment is like an Al Cheyt for would-be authoritarians

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

Is there a way on this platform to just see original posts from people I follow, and not also their replies to accounts I don't follow...? Right now it feels like 90% of my feed is people arguing with randos in their own replies.

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 13/07/2023

THIS IS BIG. New York is one step closer to getting another crack at drawing Congressional maps—potentially undoing the damage of last year's debacle. Better maps could significantly improve Dems' chances of winning the five seats that stand between us and a House majority. Let's go!

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Just Google image searched Padam Padam for a song-related skeet (we're still saying skeet right?) but instead my skeet is gonna be about how this is a perfect Google image search result for Padam Padam

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

When people ask me to describe my management style

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Thanks to rate limiting, the toxic tweet smog has dissipated and it's once again safe to be online

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Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

Wait has El*n also taken over the LinkedIn algorithm??

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