Liam Jeffries
@sorathecyclist.bsky.social
New Yorker and safe streets/urbanist activist. Freelance writer. Yeller at sports events. Eternal hater of New England sports teams. Bisexual curly hair haver. Let people off the train first!!
The one small hope I have here is the moment, the literal moment, she tries to stonewall popular parts of Mamdani's agenda she is going to hear it from angry NYers to an extent the council simply isn't used to. The election woke a lot of NYers up and it'd be foolish to think they'd sit this out.
The New York City Council speaker race seems to be over.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Julie Menin announces she has the support to be the next council speaker
The council member from Manhattan claimed to have 36 votes and the backing of four unions.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The one small hope I have here is the moment, the literal moment, she tries to stonewall popular parts of Mamdani's agenda she is going to hear it from angry NYers to an extent the council simply isn't used to. The election woke a lot of NYers up and it'd be foolish to think they'd sit this out.
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I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
Menin says she'll work with Mamdani "on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable."
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
Julie Menin claims victory in NYC Council speaker race with more than 65 percent support
Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin claimed victory Wednesday in the City Council speaker’s race after saying she’s secured commitments of support from a super majority of her colleague…
www.nydailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
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And this is why I fucking hate my liberal electeds indulging the BS that Zohran (a fucking humanist!) is an anti-Semite. Because if you have the full GOP caucus supporting you, then you have the support of anti-semites, racists, transphobes and people who flat out hate the city and everyone here.
I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
Menin says she'll work with Mamdani "on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable."
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And this is why I fucking hate my liberal electeds indulging the BS that Zohran (a fucking humanist!) is an anti-Semite. Because if you have the full GOP caucus supporting you, then you have the support of anti-semites, racists, transphobes and people who flat out hate the city and everyone here.
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Menin is “claiming“ victory- none of this is official until January. She has the support of gutter racist Vickie Paladino, who has called for Mamdani’s deportation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Menin is “claiming“ victory- none of this is official until January. She has the support of gutter racist Vickie Paladino, who has called for Mamdani’s deportation.
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When you look at this map, it's hard to justify the subway not going into Jersey City, Hoboken etc. Hudson County is closer to midtown than most of NYC, and yet trips there require 1-2 *separate* fares and often riding a commuter bus.
A prerequisite for regional housing plan.
A prerequisite for regional housing plan.
Major part of my transit wishlist: I'd love to see NYC embrace a regional map of 🚇 and 🚊 services.
NYC is part of a regional economy and community-- it would be a major win if commuters could visualize PATH, HBLR and Newark City subway alongside the NYC subway system.
NYC is part of a regional economy and community-- it would be a major win if commuters could visualize PATH, HBLR and Newark City subway alongside the NYC subway system.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When you look at this map, it's hard to justify the subway not going into Jersey City, Hoboken etc. Hudson County is closer to midtown than most of NYC, and yet trips there require 1-2 *separate* fares and often riding a commuter bus.
A prerequisite for regional housing plan.
A prerequisite for regional housing plan.
Can confirm being on a W train at full speed under the East River will teach you the meaning of life itself.
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Can confirm being on a W train at full speed under the East River will teach you the meaning of life itself.
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Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Do you want to learn more about through-running, and why it's the clear solution to improve service at Penn Station?
There are few better places to start than with this short documentary from the @jointtransit.bsky.social, featuring two of ETA's own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xR...
There are few better places to start than with this short documentary from the @jointtransit.bsky.social, featuring two of ETA's own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xR...
The Century Old Idea that Can Revolutionize NYC Commuter Rail
YouTube video by Joint Transit Association
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Do you want to learn more about through-running, and why it's the clear solution to improve service at Penn Station?
There are few better places to start than with this short documentary from the @jointtransit.bsky.social, featuring two of ETA's own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xR...
There are few better places to start than with this short documentary from the @jointtransit.bsky.social, featuring two of ETA's own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xR...
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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Man I resent the idea that New York needs to be unpleasant to live in to be authentic so much, it’s pervasive and it holds the city back in so many ways
left NIMBYism is a study in cognitive dissonance and paradoxes:
the homes are simultaneously vacant yet full of rich people
the homes are simultaneously “luxury” yet “shitholes”
the homes are simultaneously vacant yet full of rich people
the homes are simultaneously “luxury” yet “shitholes”
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Man I resent the idea that New York needs to be unpleasant to live in to be authentic so much, it’s pervasive and it holds the city back in so many ways
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Report: 94% of World’s Transit Lines Operated by One Person
Hochul Should Veto Bill Requiring Two
See our statement on the new, important report out from NYU Marron's Transit Costs Project
buff.ly/Umk9Dc0
Hochul Should Veto Bill Requiring Two
See our statement on the new, important report out from NYU Marron's Transit Costs Project
buff.ly/Umk9Dc0
Report: 94% of World’s Subways Operated by One Person. Hochul Should Veto Bill Requiring Two - Reinvent Albany
NYU Marron Center Report Shows 94% of the World’s Subway Systems Use One Person – Or Are Automated Gov. Hochul Must Veto Wasteful, Politically-Motivated Bill Requiring Two Train Operators An…
reinventalbany.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Report: 94% of World’s Transit Lines Operated by One Person
Hochul Should Veto Bill Requiring Two
See our statement on the new, important report out from NYU Marron's Transit Costs Project
buff.ly/Umk9Dc0
Hochul Should Veto Bill Requiring Two
See our statement on the new, important report out from NYU Marron's Transit Costs Project
buff.ly/Umk9Dc0
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November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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“I don’t even know anyone in my neighborhood who would want to go to Brooklyn."
"“We did not request IBX. We had no interest in getting a train to Brooklyn,” one Queens resident said. “I don’t even know anyone in my neighborhood who would want to go to Brooklyn." -- www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“I don’t even know anyone in my neighborhood who would want to go to Brooklyn."
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idk which possibility is more damning for Schumer
either
A) he helped orchestrate the fold
OR
B) he genuinely opposed the fold but was so incompetent that he was unable to stop the splinter group from folding
either
A) he helped orchestrate the fold
OR
B) he genuinely opposed the fold but was so incompetent that he was unable to stop the splinter group from folding
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
idk which possibility is more damning for Schumer
either
A) he helped orchestrate the fold
OR
B) he genuinely opposed the fold but was so incompetent that he was unable to stop the splinter group from folding
either
A) he helped orchestrate the fold
OR
B) he genuinely opposed the fold but was so incompetent that he was unable to stop the splinter group from folding
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We are being led by absolute cowards
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are being led by absolute cowards
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this “deal” is embarrassingly bad and every Dem who supports it deserves to be primaried
Trump is reeling right now, his popularity is crumbling, and he keeps flailing and making stupid decisions. bailing him out now is fucking insane
Trump is reeling right now, his popularity is crumbling, and he keeps flailing and making stupid decisions. bailing him out now is fucking insane
Welp, that’s the Senate side of the shutdown over, it seems.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this “deal” is embarrassingly bad and every Dem who supports it deserves to be primaried
Trump is reeling right now, his popularity is crumbling, and he keeps flailing and making stupid decisions. bailing him out now is fucking insane
Trump is reeling right now, his popularity is crumbling, and he keeps flailing and making stupid decisions. bailing him out now is fucking insane
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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And I mean both resign as minority leader AND resign from the Senate. You're done, pal. Let someone else do the work.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
And I mean both resign as minority leader AND resign from the Senate. You're done, pal. Let someone else do the work.
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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This is literally where I am.
I can understand the ACA decision, but the core goal of this shutdown was to try and assert some manner of "the executive branch will follow the goddamn law"
We didn't get that, at all.
I can understand the ACA decision, but the core goal of this shutdown was to try and assert some manner of "the executive branch will follow the goddamn law"
We didn't get that, at all.
Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is literally where I am.
I can understand the ACA decision, but the core goal of this shutdown was to try and assert some manner of "the executive branch will follow the goddamn law"
We didn't get that, at all.
I can understand the ACA decision, but the core goal of this shutdown was to try and assert some manner of "the executive branch will follow the goddamn law"
We didn't get that, at all.
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The Democrats who voted for surrender should be hounded out of office asap. But the responsibility for this disaster runs much deeper than that. Any Democrat who does not vote for new leadership to prevent this endless replay of failure does not deserve your support.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Democrats who voted for surrender should be hounded out of office asap. But the responsibility for this disaster runs much deeper than that. Any Democrat who does not vote for new leadership to prevent this endless replay of failure does not deserve your support.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
Congrats to Schumer and the centrist Dems who, after tonight, will be known mainly as cowardly pariahs willing to sell out the health and well being of their constituents for the sake of absolutely nothing. You are about to be some of the most hated people in America and you fucking deserve it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Congrats to Schumer and the centrist Dems who, after tonight, will be known mainly as cowardly pariahs willing to sell out the health and well being of their constituents for the sake of absolutely nothing. You are about to be some of the most hated people in America and you fucking deserve it.