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Syed Ali

@syed.nyc
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New Yorker working towards a future in which where one lives does not determine one’s health + wealth. Philanthropy, urban planning, community organizing. syed.nyc

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 13/09/2026
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a "Low-Traffic Neighborhood," would be a model for the world, says the area's Council member.
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CM Marte: Pedestrianizing Lower Manhattan Is A Fitting Memorial To Sept. 11 - Streetsblog New York City
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a "Low-Traffic Neighborhood," would be a model for the world, says the area's Council member.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 21/08/2026
Thanks to HR 1, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers could lose SNAP + Medicaid. Grace Bonilla and I went on NY1 to talk about how United Way NYC + Trinity Church NYC are partnering on a new effort to make sure as few people as possible lose these vital benefits. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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United Way of New York City partners with Trinity Church
Advocates said they fear that many more New Yorkers could also be at risk of losing their benefits.
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
rent for about a million stabilized apartments is frozen — it’s the first time for two-year leases www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...
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Rent Freeze Approved By Mamdani-Era Board, Impacting 1 Million NYC Apartments
Thursday’s vote marked the first rent freeze ever for two-year leases.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/06/2026
Nithya Raman, a progressive member of the Los Angeles City Council, has pulled ahead of the reality TV star Spencer Pratt in the city’s mayoral primary.
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Nithya Raman Overtakes Spencer Pratt in Race for L.A. Mayor
Ms. Raman, a progressive lawmaker, pulled into second place in the race to see who will face Mayor Karen Bass in November. There are more votes to be counted.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 27/05/2026
From since before she was elected, @aoc.bsky.social has stood firmly with the Muslim community in Parkchester. Thank you for joining us for Eid Jamaat, @ocasio-cortez.house.gov!
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 27/05/2026
The first-ever Muslim NYC Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, celebrating Eid al-Adha with us in Parkchester. Zohran relates the story of sacrifice that Eid al-Adha is centered on back to solidarity and affordability.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 24/05/2026
Final day for Wesleyan alumni to vote for trustee! I’d like to bring my experience from urban planning, community organizing, and the nonprofit sector to the board, and I’d be honored to have your vote. Please vote by 5 PM today: www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/assoc...
Wesleyan University Alumni Trustee Election 2026 - Vote for Syed Agmal Ali ‘13 - 24 Years or Fewer Past Graduation
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 18/05/2026
What’s the deal with the plan to Close Rikers now that there’s a receptive administration in office? Join @freedomagendany.bsky.social + @nywfp.bsky.social’s Brooklyn Chapter tomorrow at 7 PM to find out ahead of the City budget deadline: www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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Close Rikers Briefing with Freedom Agenda · New York Working Families Party
In response to grassroots organizing, New York City passed a plan in 2019 to close the jails on Rikers Island. The plan presents a historic opportunity to end mass incarceration, advance racial justic...
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 16/05/2026
Friends, there’s just one week left. Please make sure any Wesleyan alums you know vote for me for the Board of Trustees this week! The Wesleyan community is so well-poised to meet this moment in our civil society. Let’s build towards that: www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/assoc...
Wesleyan University Alumni Trustee Election 2026: Syed Agmal Ali ‘13 — 24 or Fewer Years Past Graduation
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/04/2026
It is DEEPLY important to get non-millionaires, non-tech-industry-hacks, and non-Wall-Street people onto Boards of Trustees of Colleges and Universities. I've seen @syed.nyc in action in the Working Families Party and hope you'll vote for him if you're a Wesleyan grad.
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 21/04/2026
If you happen to be a Wesleyan alum, please vote for @syed.nyc to serve on the Board of Trustees! My brief attestation in support: Syed has been an exemplary leader of NY WFP's Brooklyn Chapter, navigating the complexities of coalition dynamics with both moral integrity and intellectual nuance.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 20/04/2026
Progressives of Brooklyn! Brooklyn WFP has a chapter meeting this Thursday at 7 PM. We’ll run through this year’s slate of endorsed candidates, hear from a couple directly, and talk through priorities. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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Brooklyn WFP Chapter Meeting · New York Working Families Party
Now that petitions have been filed, it's time to get our endorsed candidates elected! Join us to learn about which candidates were endorsed by the Working Families Party in Brooklyn in 2026 and how yo...
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 17/04/2026
I’m running — for the Board of Trustees at Wesleyan University. If you’re a Wes alum, please check your inbox for an emailed ballot. I humbly request your vote. Wesleyan was a transformative experience for me. I feel an obligation to pay it forward. Here’s why: www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/assoc...
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Alumni-Elected Trustees - Wesleyan University
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 05/12/2025
This is hard work built on volunteer labor, but so grateful for competent and committed people like Dylan for making it possible. Proud of what we accomplished yesterday!
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 11/11/2025
Last week, @workingfamilies.org won big. No where bigger than Brooklyn. What exactly did we accomplish? And what are we going to do next? Join the Brooklyn Chapter of @nywfp.bsky.social on Wednesday at 7 PM to find out! www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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Brooklyn WFP Chapter Meeting · New York Working Families Party
How did we do on Election Day? What's next for ensuring that the elected candidates enact the progressive agendas of our dreams? Join the Brooklyn Chapter of the Working Families Party for our first c...
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 17/07/2025
Hey Brooklyn! We won big this spring. Join the Brooklyn Chapter of @nywfp.bsky.social tonight to debrief + talk about where we go from here. We’ll be joined by Kayla Santosuosso, who we are sending to City Hall this November to represent Bay Ridge + Coney Island! www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
Brooklyn WFP Chapter Meeting: From the Primaries to the General
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 29/06/2025
It always seems impossible until it is done. Proud of New York’s entire progressive movement for leaving it all on the field. For @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for @shahanafrombk.bsky.social, for @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social. Through pouring rain and extreme heat. Beating big money. Love you all.
Me with Zohran Mamdani in front of his new office-to-be on Eid. We are holding signs that say Working Families Party.Posters for Shahana Hanif and Zohran Mamdani hang side-by-side on top of onions in the window of a Bangladeshi grocery store in Kensington, Brooklyn.The Brooklyn Chapter of the Working Families Party gathers in Prospect Park to celebrate our hard-earned victories.Elected officials like Zohran Mamdani, Tish James, Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, Nydia Velázquez, Chi Ossé, Crystal Hudson, Sandy Nurse, Justin Brannan, Monique Chandler-Waterman, and Rita Joseph stand hand-in-hand championing the New York Working Families Party’s mayoral slate on stage in front of an exuberant cheering crowd in a theater.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 25/06/2025
New Yorkers are demanding a city they can afford, where their children can live their dreams. They are demanding courageous leadership & defense of their community institutions. Today, @trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social is announcing $16.3M in grants supporting that. trinitychurchnyc.org/stories-news...
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Trinity Church Awards $16.3 Million in Community Grants in Spring 2025 Distribution
The latest grants highlight Trinity’s commitment to improving student outcomes, supporting affordable housing, and addressing the continuing migrant crisis in our city.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 05/06/2025
@aoc.bsky.social joins @nywfp.bsky.social in ranking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 for mayor! “This time, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s ranked slate mostly aligns with that of the @WorkingFamilies Party, a bulwark of the left.” #RankTheSlate www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/n...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Working Families Party has fought for a more affordable New York for decades. I am honored to lead their slate as their first choice for Mayor. Our city is done with the corrupt politics of the past and ready for a new generation of leadership. Let’s win it together.
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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
As NYWFP works to consolidate support around its slate of candidates, we're proud to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 🥳 To give voters clear guidance, we're ranking a full slate of 5 candidates. When we unite, we can defeat Cuomo & elect a mayor who fights for us. Let's get this done!
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 11/05/2025
Incredible Progressive Day of Action for @shahanafrombk.bsky.social today! Dozens gathered at Carroll Park alongside @workingfamilies.org @nywfp.bsky.social @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social to knock on doors. You too can get in on the fun: www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
32 people stand in beautiful, shady Carroll Park holding signs and lit for Shahana Hanif for City Council District 39 and Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn Borough President.Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Council Member Tiffany Cabán pump up the crowd to knock on doors for a true progressive champion, Shahana Hanif.Dozens of volunteers listen carefully in Carroll Park as Antonio Reynoso and Tiffany Cabán tell them why it’s vital to re-elect Shahana Hanif to represent City Council District 39.A piece of lit tucked into a doorway asks voters to vote to re-elect Brooklyn-born and raised City Council Member Shahana Hanif on June 24. A large logo notes she’s endorsed by the Working Families Party.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 08/05/2025
This Saturday, join the Brooklyn Chapter of @workingfamilies.org alongside champs like @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social, @tiffanycaban.bsky.social, & @juliasalazar.bsky.social for a Progressive Day of Action to re-elect @shahanafrombk.bsky.social! Brooklyn needs Shahana! www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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Canvass for Shahana Hanif · New York Working Families Party
Council Member Shahana Hanif has been fighting to building a progressive New York City rooted in care, justice, and equity for all for her entire life. As Council Member, she's delivered constituent s...
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 26/04/2025
Know any rising urban leaders? Tell them to apply for @nextcity.org Vanguard by May 9th! 40 such leaders will join us in Philadelphia this October and join an incredible community of change-maker alumni. nextcity.org/vanguard/apply
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Apply for Vanguard — Next City's Urban Leadership Conference
The Vanguard conference welcomes anyone committed to improving cities. Apply for this opportunity to connect with rising urban leaders working to create better cities.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 17/04/2025
Immigrants are New York, so no wonder that every issue showed up at tonight’s mayoral forum: worker protection + business permitting, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, schools + safe streets. Shoutout to @thenyic.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @thecity.nyc @documentedny.bsky.social for a great forum.
Mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Michael Blake, Scott Stringer, Brad Lander, and Zellnor Myrie sit on stage with a purple background banner with the shapes of a city skyline and that says “Mayoral Candidate Forum on Immigrant NYC.”
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 16/04/2025
Now reading THE BANKS WE DESERVE: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy by @oscarthinks.bsky.social of @nextcity.org. Get your copy: bookshop.org/p/books/the-....
A fresh copy of THE BANKS WE DESERVE, the bright yellow cover of the book against the backdrop of Wall Street in New York City
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 14/04/2025
NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
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Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan
"Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 30/03/2025
Eid Mubarak from me + @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + @nywfp.bsky.social!
Two Desi boys standing shoulder to shoulder at City Hall on Eid, holding a purple Working Families Party sign.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 23/03/2025
Whose city is it? Great to hear from seven mayoral candidates at today’s @workingfamilies.org x @thenation.com forum, as the @nywfp.bsky.social endorsement decision looms large over the race. Friends, the next mayor of New York City is on this stage.
A moderator and seven candidates sit in a row on stage at BRIC: Christina Greer, Zellnor Myrie, Jessica Ramos, Scott Stringer, Michael Blake, Adrienne Adams, Zohran Mandani, and Brad Lander.
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Trinity Church NYC @trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Attention NYC nonprofits! This year, the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is doing a special analysis of the NYC nonprofit sector, and your response is needed to tell that story. Please take the #NFFSurvey and ensure your organization is heard. ow.ly/5lnU50UY44O
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 08/02/2025
The City is asking nonprofits to provide essential human services on its behalf. It’s criminal that payments are delayed for so many, by so much.
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Jake Steisel @jsteisel.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I was stuck on the F train for 1.5 hours on Wednesday and now I’m forced to take a Lyft home from Broadway-Lafayette because the F isn’t running. Kathy Hochul has screwed New Yorkers.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/12/2024
As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
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Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 03/12/2024
This #GivingTuesday, @nextcity.org needs $40K to continue providing solutions journalism to inspire cities across the country. We’re already halfway. Chip in tonight to make it happen: nextcity.org/appeal/sow-t...
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Sow the Seeds of Innovation & Social Justice
Help us raise $40,000 to help Next City thrive. Pitching in shows your appreciation and preserves free access to solutions journalism for all readers who work to liberate cities.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 02/12/2024
What happens at the local level matters now more than ever. @nextcity.org elevates those place-based solutions so we can all learn from them. It is the most important publication for urbanists today. Join me in supporting @nextcity.org this #GivingTuesday: nextcity.org/appeal/sow-t...
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Sow the Seeds of Innovation & Social Justice
Help us raise $40,000 to help Next City thrive. Pitching in shows your appreciation and preserves free access to solutions journalism for all readers who work to liberate cities.
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Syed Ali @syed.nyc · 22/11/2024
Our young people are our future. Here's $12.6 million to keep kids housed, keep them out of trouble, and keep them on track to graduate college. trinitychurchnyc.org/stories-news...
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Trinity Church Awards $12.6 million in Community Grants in Fall Distribution
Latest grants highlight Trinity’s commitments to addressing racial justice in childhood education, economic vitality and housing affordability.
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