Elizabeth Marcello
@lizlikesbikes.bsky.social
bikes, cities, public authorities, good government. NYC. She/Her.
www.elizabethmarcello.com
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Louisiana has a Republican senator, John Kennedy, who yesterday called NYC a crime-ridden hellhole (paraphrase)
NYC: tough gun laws
Louisiana has almost no gun laws
NYC 8.5 million people
Louisiana 4.8 million people.
NYC 2024: 99 murders.
Louisiana (entire state) 2024: 862 murders
NYC: tough gun laws
Louisiana has almost no gun laws
NYC 8.5 million people
Louisiana 4.8 million people.
NYC 2024: 99 murders.
Louisiana (entire state) 2024: 862 murders
July 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Louisiana has a Republican senator, John Kennedy, who yesterday called NYC a crime-ridden hellhole (paraphrase)
NYC: tough gun laws
Louisiana has almost no gun laws
NYC 8.5 million people
Louisiana 4.8 million people.
NYC 2024: 99 murders.
Louisiana (entire state) 2024: 862 murders
NYC: tough gun laws
Louisiana has almost no gun laws
NYC 8.5 million people
Louisiana 4.8 million people.
NYC 2024: 99 murders.
Louisiana (entire state) 2024: 862 murders
“In the face of power, justice and equality are hopes, solidarity is a source of strength, and, however daunting the odds, there is freedom in the struggle” - John Forester
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“In the face of power, justice and equality are hopes, solidarity is a source of strength, and, however daunting the odds, there is freedom in the struggle” - John Forester
I thought we canceled Armstrong and Hincapie
July 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I thought we canceled Armstrong and Hincapie
Hello, Tisch is an unaccountable monster. Looking forward to Mayor Mamdani replacing her!
Read the decision and then tell me that Tisch should be commissioner in a Mamdani administration.
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-trial-j...
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-trial-j...
Read the NYPD Trial Judge's Decision to Fire the Cop Who Killed Allan Feliz—That Commissioner Tisch Just Tossed
The NYPD's top judge determined that Lieutenant Jonathan Rivera likely killed Feliz during a traffic stop because he was "tired" of fighting with him, and then gave "self-serving statements fabricated...
hellgatenyc.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hello, Tisch is an unaccountable monster. Looking forward to Mayor Mamdani replacing her!
For the sports fans out there -- consider throwing in some start up $$ for a new women's (!!) sports bar opening in my neighborhood!
givebutter.com/WilkasNYC
givebutter.com/WilkasNYC
Wilka's Sports Bar
Join Wilka's Wolfpack and help us to raise 75K to open the doors of NYC's most exciting sports bar!
givebutter.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
For the sports fans out there -- consider throwing in some start up $$ for a new women's (!!) sports bar opening in my neighborhood!
givebutter.com/WilkasNYC
givebutter.com/WilkasNYC
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The NYT's Zohran Mamdani hit piece crosses a line for me as a journalist. here's @lopatto.bsky.social's clear-eyed take on the genuine travesty of it all www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right
And blowing its credibility in the process.
www.theverge.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The NYT's Zohran Mamdani hit piece crosses a line for me as a journalist. here's @lopatto.bsky.social's clear-eyed take on the genuine travesty of it all www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
Greetings from Biarritz, France, where the town brought in a DJ to celebrate the repaving and opening of a downtown street (and closing to cars).
Clearly this community and its businesses are suffering bc driving is not allowed.
Clearly this community and its businesses are suffering bc driving is not allowed.
July 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Greetings from Biarritz, France, where the town brought in a DJ to celebrate the repaving and opening of a downtown street (and closing to cars).
Clearly this community and its businesses are suffering bc driving is not allowed.
Clearly this community and its businesses are suffering bc driving is not allowed.
I will never not be confused by the number of seemingly rational and normal people who lined up behind killing a 100% affordable housing development for low-income, LGBTQ seniors in favor of some privately run garden on city-owned property.
gothamist.com/news/inside-...
gothamist.com/news/inside-...
Inside the deal to kill housing at Elizabeth Street Garden
After a controversial deal to save the Elizabeth Street Garden, how long will it take to build new housing?
gothamist.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I will never not be confused by the number of seemingly rational and normal people who lined up behind killing a 100% affordable housing development for low-income, LGBTQ seniors in favor of some privately run garden on city-owned property.
gothamist.com/news/inside-...
gothamist.com/news/inside-...
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Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
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This will make you smile. It's spot on.
My favorite Zohran moment of this campaign. And why, more generally, he won:
June 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This will make you smile. It's spot on.
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“Why I’m leaving New York. (Because I never lived here.)” by Andrew Cuomo.
June 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Why I’m leaving New York. (Because I never lived here.)” by Andrew Cuomo.
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A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
June 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
Interesting that Chris Marte volunteers find it effective to argue with me while I’m walking into my poll site.
Very happy to cast my ballot for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
Very happy to cast my ballot for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Interesting that Chris Marte volunteers find it effective to argue with me while I’m walking into my poll site.
Very happy to cast my ballot for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
Very happy to cast my ballot for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
My NIMBY city councillor Chris Marte announced he "saved" the Elizabeth Street Garden this morning, one day before Election Day.
Thanks for saving an antique dealer's storage space that sits on city-owned land from an apt complex for elderly poor people!
Pls vote for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
Thanks for saving an antique dealer's storage space that sits on city-owned land from an apt complex for elderly poor people!
Pls vote for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My NIMBY city councillor Chris Marte announced he "saved" the Elizabeth Street Garden this morning, one day before Election Day.
Thanks for saving an antique dealer's storage space that sits on city-owned land from an apt complex for elderly poor people!
Pls vote for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
Thanks for saving an antique dealer's storage space that sits on city-owned land from an apt complex for elderly poor people!
Pls vote for @jesskcoleman.bsky.social
Your semi regular reminder that the governor controls the MTA: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
And another reminder that Cuomo is dishonest, unaccountable, corrupt, and creepy. And a sexual predator.
And another reminder that Cuomo is dishonest, unaccountable, corrupt, and creepy. And a sexual predator.
Cuomo’s management of the MTA was fraught — and offers a look into how he would lead NYC
The former governor both micromanaged and downplayed responsibility for the sprawling transit system.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Your semi regular reminder that the governor controls the MTA: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
And another reminder that Cuomo is dishonest, unaccountable, corrupt, and creepy. And a sexual predator.
And another reminder that Cuomo is dishonest, unaccountable, corrupt, and creepy. And a sexual predator.
Reposted by Elizabeth Marcello
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Timeline cleanse from Drew
June 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Timeline cleanse from Drew
We really need to think about what it means to live in a community and in a city.
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
A popular bar in Chinatown got an Open Streets permit. Then came the backlash.
“Every time I walk past that area, I have to navigate huge crowds of people who do not care for the community,” said Karen Liu, a longtime Chinatown resident and business owner.
gothamist.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We really need to think about what it means to live in a community and in a city.
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
This is very good:
defector.com/andrew-cuomo...
"Meanwhile, in the third decade of the 21st century, Andrew Cuomo, and the moneyed powers and political insiders rallying around him, can't be sure that it's worth the trouble to put the trash in trash cans so the rats can't eat it."
defector.com/andrew-cuomo...
"Meanwhile, in the third decade of the 21st century, Andrew Cuomo, and the moneyed powers and political insiders rallying around him, can't be sure that it's worth the trouble to put the trash in trash cans so the rats can't eat it."
Andrew Cuomo Is Garbage | Defector
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter. As a voter in the New York City mayoral race, I keep thinking about the rats and the garbage cans. Th...
defector.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is very good:
defector.com/andrew-cuomo...
"Meanwhile, in the third decade of the 21st century, Andrew Cuomo, and the moneyed powers and political insiders rallying around him, can't be sure that it's worth the trouble to put the trash in trash cans so the rats can't eat it."
defector.com/andrew-cuomo...
"Meanwhile, in the third decade of the 21st century, Andrew Cuomo, and the moneyed powers and political insiders rallying around him, can't be sure that it's worth the trouble to put the trash in trash cans so the rats can't eat it."
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Among contributors to Fix the City, super PAC backing Andrew Cuomo's mayoral candidacy, is... Bruce Ratner, original #AtlanticYards developer
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/amon...
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/amon...
Among contributors to Fix the City, super PAC backing Andrew Cuomo's mayoral candidacy, is... Bruce Ratner
So, original Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner is helping--a bit--to "Fix the City," the super PAC backing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for ...
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Among contributors to Fix the City, super PAC backing Andrew Cuomo's mayoral candidacy, is... Bruce Ratner, original #AtlanticYards developer
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/amon...
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/amon...
tell me your elected officials don’t care about public transportation without telling me your elected officials don’t care about public transportation
May 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
tell me your elected officials don’t care about public transportation without telling me your elected officials don’t care about public transportation
