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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

We cannot risk making groceries even more expensive for the families who can least afford them. Our administration will always fight for a fairer, more affordable future for all New Yorkers, full stop.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

We must always work to strike the right balance between delivering fair wages and making our city affordable for everyone and for that reason, I am vetoing both of these bills at this time.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

Grocery delivery is fundamental for many New Yorkers, including some of our most vulnerable residents.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

Grocery prices are already too high, so now is not the right time to do anything to drive these prices even higher.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

I will not let it dissuade me from continuing to come to Staten Island — no matter what politics they have, because I know just as there are Republicans who feel that way, there are Republicans who are sincere in their questions.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 13, 2025

We will continue to uphold that status and ensure that we do not allow ICE agents entry into New York City properties — be they schools, hospitals, or even the properties of New York City contractors — unless they can provide a judicial…

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 13, 2025

DEMOCRATS WILL DESTROY GREG ABBOTT'S 'TOTALLY RIGGED MAPS.' TREMENDOUS WORK IS BEING DONE.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 13, 2025

But if the other states call off their redistricting efforts, we will happily do the same. And American democracy will be better for it.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 13, 2025

If you will not stand down I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Aug 12, 2025

Well, it absolutely is. But flex, dosing, to me, they’re trying to see how much are we going to tolerate?

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2025

And while this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

That’s the thing about Andrew Cuomo: Once you think you’ve learned all the scandals, you find out there’s another. And another. And another.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

His excuse? The stocks were technically owned by Innovation Strategies LLC — where Cuomo is the sole member.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

Not feeling like you’re part of a community, not feeling like you’re part of a group, it actually has an impact on your physical health.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

Under our administration, the Department of Probation is using new, innovative ways to get our probation clients on the right path.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

This policy is indicative of so much of Andrew Cuomo’s politics, where it works backwards from a petty vindictiveness, and it does not care who it harms in the process.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 12, 2025

We must remember that Andrew Cuomo has spent more time talking about my apartment than asking why so many New Yorkers are being forced out of theirs.

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 11, 2025

I don’t want to minimize what was said and I don’t want to minimize the intrusion on our autonomy.

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 11, 2025

Nothing about our organizational chart has changed.

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 11, 2025

Violent crime in the District is at the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years.

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 11, 2025

We’re not satisfied. We haven’t taken our foot off the gas, and we continue to look for ways to make our city safer.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 11, 2025

This success would not be possible without our historic investments.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 11, 2025

More work remains, but it’s clear that the years of walking by New Yorkers in need are over, and this milestone is further proof that we’re continuing to make New York City a safer, more affordable city.

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