It doesn’t matter what meaning you have in your brain, it is not how the word is received. And when you use a word like ‘intifada,’ to many Jewish Americans and Jewish New Yorkers, that means you are permissive for violence against Jews.

This is something I care deeply about, and so I will be an advocate on these issues. These are things that I think are important to New Yorkers.

It is a serious word. It is a word that has deep meaning. It has been used for wars across time and violence and destruction and slaughter and murder against the Jews.

The decision is an unprecedented and terrifying step toward authoritarianism, a grave danger to our democracy.

a top priority of the Trump administration is to rid America’s food of the artificial dyes

Assemblyman Mamdani ran a strong campaign that relentlessly focused on the economy and bringing down the high cost of living in New York City.

He did not win because he is a democratic socialist.

I made a promise a long time ago. I made a promise to my son and to my husband. If there was anything that I could do to prevent one family from going through what I have gone through then I have done my job.

You can’t be calm about this! I’m a black man in America! The reason why heart disease and cancer and obesity and diabetes are bigger in the black community is because of the stress we carry from having to deal with being called the N-word…

If your colleagues would listen and try to learn and engage and grow, and stop being so hateful, we could have a better country, but unfortunately we’re still here.

We have cops beating black people to death.

I’m focused on affordability and raising taxes on anyone does not accomplish that.

As an assembly member, Mr. Mamdani knows that the state legislature and the governor has enormous say over decisions like those.

Obviously there’s areas of difference in our positions, but I also think that we need to have those conversations.

We’re six months away from inauguration day, and that will determine who I’m working with for the next four years.

keep their air conditioning set to 76 degrees and to reduce the use of appliances

It’s like a cancer in our society. And if we keep doing nothing to stop it, it’s only going to spread.

globalize the intifada is a call to kill all the Jews.