Sandy
@sandynurse.bsky.social
Alt Ego: @cmsandynurse.bsky.social
🗽NYC Council Member, District 37
⚖️ Criminal Justice Chair
👊🏽Organizer, Carpenter, Sister, Auntie
💯Retweets Endorsed
Email: district37@council.nyc.gov
Support: bit.ly/Sandy2025
🗽NYC Council Member, District 37
⚖️ Criminal Justice Chair
👊🏽Organizer, Carpenter, Sister, Auntie
💯Retweets Endorsed
Email: district37@council.nyc.gov
Support: bit.ly/Sandy2025
ICYMI: Buildings with rent stabilized units will soon have signage alerting tenants to the building's status! This is just a small, simple awareness tool to empower tenants.
Thanks #BrooklynPaper for covering the bill.
www.brooklynpaper.com/rent-stabliz...
Thanks #BrooklynPaper for covering the bill.
www.brooklynpaper.com/rent-stabliz...
‘Information is power’: New law empowers rent-stabilized tenants to fight overcharges • Brooklyn Paper
Landlords who own buildings with one or more rent-stabilized units are now required to post signs informing tenants that the building contains rent-stabilized
www.brooklynpaper.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ICYMI: Buildings with rent stabilized units will soon have signage alerting tenants to the building's status! This is just a small, simple awareness tool to empower tenants.
Thanks #BrooklynPaper for covering the bill.
www.brooklynpaper.com/rent-stabliz...
Thanks #BrooklynPaper for covering the bill.
www.brooklynpaper.com/rent-stabliz...
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Our Caucus Co-Chairs @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social and
@cmsandynurse.bsky.social, and Vice Co-Chairs @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social and @cndelarosa.bsky.social
issued a statement in response to a targeted shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.:
@cmsandynurse.bsky.social, and Vice Co-Chairs @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social and @cndelarosa.bsky.social
issued a statement in response to a targeted shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.:
May 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our Caucus Co-Chairs @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social and
@cmsandynurse.bsky.social, and Vice Co-Chairs @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social and @cndelarosa.bsky.social
issued a statement in response to a targeted shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.:
@cmsandynurse.bsky.social, and Vice Co-Chairs @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social and @cndelarosa.bsky.social
issued a statement in response to a targeted shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.:
The drone attack on the Freedom Flotilla, delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, is a blatant and transparent violation of international law and human decency. Targeting those bringing relief to civilians is indefensible. Solidarity with everyone at the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
A ship carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip sent out a distress signal overnight after it was bombed by drones in international waters near Malta. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the organizer...
www.democracynow.org
May 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The drone attack on the Freedom Flotilla, delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, is a blatant and transparent violation of international law and human decency. Targeting those bringing relief to civilians is indefensible. Solidarity with everyone at the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
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Eric Adams is despicable, never wanted to #CloseRikers and now that he is a total lame duck he floats this. @sandynurse.bsky.social says it best “ Any attempt to reverse the law that requires the city to close Rikers is a useless unproductive waste of f-king time” @nycprogressives.bsky.social
NEW: Mayor Adams is exploring a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island, and instead turn the borough-based sites intended to replace the notorious jail complex into housing.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/02/m...
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social
www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/02/m...
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social
NYC Mayor Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island
The mayor has asked top staffers to look into how many units of housing could be built at the borough sites in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, according to sources familiar with the matter.
www.nydailynews.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Eric Adams is despicable, never wanted to #CloseRikers and now that he is a total lame duck he floats this. @sandynurse.bsky.social says it best “ Any attempt to reverse the law that requires the city to close Rikers is a useless unproductive waste of f-king time” @nycprogressives.bsky.social
I wrote for @hammerandhope.bsky.social about why Black Leftists must take power in the streets and in elected office.
In this era, protest isn’t enough. We need Black Leftists in City Halls across America.
Stop ceding ground.
Take power at all levels.
Read: hammerandhope.org/forums/georg...
In this era, protest isn’t enough. We need Black Leftists in City Halls across America.
Stop ceding ground.
Take power at all levels.
Read: hammerandhope.org/forums/georg...
April 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I wrote for @hammerandhope.bsky.social about why Black Leftists must take power in the streets and in elected office.
In this era, protest isn’t enough. We need Black Leftists in City Halls across America.
Stop ceding ground.
Take power at all levels.
Read: hammerandhope.org/forums/georg...
In this era, protest isn’t enough. We need Black Leftists in City Halls across America.
Stop ceding ground.
Take power at all levels.
Read: hammerandhope.org/forums/georg...
Our campaign is endorsed by workers who build, run and care for this city. Our team fights everyday for a city where every worker, every family, and every neighborhood thrives. I’m proud to be a candidate backed by labor! 💪🏽
April 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our campaign is endorsed by workers who build, run and care for this city. Our team fights everyday for a city where every worker, every family, and every neighborhood thrives. I’m proud to be a candidate backed by labor! 💪🏽
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Kinda insane and shows how afraid the networks are of upsetting this administration that a guy who killed 7 people and wounded 48 with “47” literally tattooed on his face has all but been forgotten like there’s still not a very serious threat emanating from every pore of this pathetic cult
April 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Kinda insane and shows how afraid the networks are of upsetting this administration that a guy who killed 7 people and wounded 48 with “47” literally tattooed on his face has all but been forgotten like there’s still not a very serious threat emanating from every pore of this pathetic cult
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✏️ Today, our members penned an open letter to NYC college and university presidents:
We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions.
We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions.
April 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
✏️ Today, our members penned an open letter to NYC college and university presidents:
We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions.
We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions.
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My universal child care plan isn't built on feel-good rhetoric or empty promises. It's a real, actionable plan that leverages the full power of the comptroller’s office to address our city's child care crisis with strategic audits, smart investments & a commitment to families.
April 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My universal child care plan isn't built on feel-good rhetoric or empty promises. It's a real, actionable plan that leverages the full power of the comptroller’s office to address our city's child care crisis with strategic audits, smart investments & a commitment to families.
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The 12,000-acre Jones Road Wildfire has already destroyed multiple buildings, vehicles, and at least one commercial property: bit.ly/4480PyC
April 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The 12,000-acre Jones Road Wildfire has already destroyed multiple buildings, vehicles, and at least one commercial property: bit.ly/4480PyC
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🌎Happy Earth Day! Today, our team is celebrating some of the climate justice wins for our district and across the city!
In 2024, The @council.nyc.gov unanimously passed my bill Local Law 99 putting NYC on a path to install 150 MW by 2035 using union labor.
In 2024, The @council.nyc.gov unanimously passed my bill Local Law 99 putting NYC on a path to install 150 MW by 2035 using union labor.
April 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🌎Happy Earth Day! Today, our team is celebrating some of the climate justice wins for our district and across the city!
In 2024, The @council.nyc.gov unanimously passed my bill Local Law 99 putting NYC on a path to install 150 MW by 2035 using union labor.
In 2024, The @council.nyc.gov unanimously passed my bill Local Law 99 putting NYC on a path to install 150 MW by 2035 using union labor.
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Thank you Rep. Nydia Velazquez, BK Boro President Antonio Reynoso, @juliasalazar.bsky.social, Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, Councilmember Jen Gutiérrez, @sandynurse.bsky.social and Councilmember Lincoln Restler.
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you Rep. Nydia Velazquez, BK Boro President Antonio Reynoso, @juliasalazar.bsky.social, Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, Councilmember Jen Gutiérrez, @sandynurse.bsky.social and Councilmember Lincoln Restler.
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The law, intro by Council Member @sandynurse.bsky.social and passed unanimously by the NYC Council, commits the city to install 100 MW of solar energy by 2030 & 150 MW by 2035, which will bring solar energy to approx 700 bldgs, with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
nycclc.org/news/new-law...
nycclc.org/news/new-law...
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The law, intro by Council Member @sandynurse.bsky.social and passed unanimously by the NYC Council, commits the city to install 100 MW of solar energy by 2030 & 150 MW by 2035, which will bring solar energy to approx 700 bldgs, with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
nycclc.org/news/new-law...
nycclc.org/news/new-law...
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🧵Today I chaired the @council.nyc.gov Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the Independent Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers.
Alongside my colleagues, we're pushing for urgent action and investments to close Rikers and improve public safety as outlined by the Commission's findings.
Alongside my colleagues, we're pushing for urgent action and investments to close Rikers and improve public safety as outlined by the Commission's findings.
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🧵Today I chaired the @council.nyc.gov Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the Independent Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers.
Alongside my colleagues, we're pushing for urgent action and investments to close Rikers and improve public safety as outlined by the Commission's findings.
Alongside my colleagues, we're pushing for urgent action and investments to close Rikers and improve public safety as outlined by the Commission's findings.
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This Wednesday, I'll be hosting an oversight committee hearing examining the Independent Rikers Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers.
Join us in person, watch the livestream at council.nyc.gov/livestream, or submit testimony at council.nyc.gov/testify
Join us in person, watch the livestream at council.nyc.gov/livestream, or submit testimony at council.nyc.gov/testify
April 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Wednesday, I'll be hosting an oversight committee hearing examining the Independent Rikers Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers.
Join us in person, watch the livestream at council.nyc.gov/livestream, or submit testimony at council.nyc.gov/testify
Join us in person, watch the livestream at council.nyc.gov/livestream, or submit testimony at council.nyc.gov/testify
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VICTORY!
The New York City Council, thanks to @cmsandynurse.bsky.social, just passed #FreeToPee legislation that would create, maintain, & report on 2,000+ public restrooms by 2035. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go — and now people in NYC won't have to purchase anything to meet their basic needs!
The New York City Council, thanks to @cmsandynurse.bsky.social, just passed #FreeToPee legislation that would create, maintain, & report on 2,000+ public restrooms by 2035. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go — and now people in NYC won't have to purchase anything to meet their basic needs!
April 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
VICTORY!
The New York City Council, thanks to @cmsandynurse.bsky.social, just passed #FreeToPee legislation that would create, maintain, & report on 2,000+ public restrooms by 2035. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go — and now people in NYC won't have to purchase anything to meet their basic needs!
The New York City Council, thanks to @cmsandynurse.bsky.social, just passed #FreeToPee legislation that would create, maintain, & report on 2,000+ public restrooms by 2035. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go — and now people in NYC won't have to purchase anything to meet their basic needs!
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Progressive Caucus Council Members at CM Shahana Hanif canvass launch. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
🎉☂️ @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @chiosse.bsky.social @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @newkingsdems.bsky.social @bkforge.bsky.social & BK Young Dems
🎉☂️ @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @chiosse.bsky.social @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @newkingsdems.bsky.social @bkforge.bsky.social & BK Young Dems
April 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Progressive Caucus Council Members at CM Shahana Hanif canvass launch. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
🎉☂️ @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @chiosse.bsky.social @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @newkingsdems.bsky.social @bkforge.bsky.social & BK Young Dems
🎉☂️ @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @chiosse.bsky.social @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @newkingsdems.bsky.social @bkforge.bsky.social & BK Young Dems
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Big one tomorrow!
Join us Sat, April 12 to support @shahanafrombk.bsky.social!
Feat. @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, @sandynurse.bsky.social, @chiosse.bsky.social, BK Young Dems, @bkforge.bsky.social, @bkindivisible.bsky.social and more!
12 pm in Park Slope, RSVP here:
Join us Sat, April 12 to support @shahanafrombk.bsky.social!
Feat. @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, @sandynurse.bsky.social, @chiosse.bsky.social, BK Young Dems, @bkforge.bsky.social, @bkindivisible.bsky.social and more!
12 pm in Park Slope, RSVP here:
Progressive Day of Action with #TeamShahana–Council Members and More! · Shahana Hanif For City Council
Join six members of the Council Progressive Caucus–Chi Ossé, Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, Julie Won, Amanda Farias, and Jennifer Gutierrez–alongside the Brooklyn Young Democrats, Indivisible Brooklyn, N...
www.mobilize.us
April 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Big one tomorrow!
Join us Sat, April 12 to support @shahanafrombk.bsky.social!
Feat. @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, @sandynurse.bsky.social, @chiosse.bsky.social, BK Young Dems, @bkforge.bsky.social, @bkindivisible.bsky.social and more!
12 pm in Park Slope, RSVP here:
Join us Sat, April 12 to support @shahanafrombk.bsky.social!
Feat. @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, @sandynurse.bsky.social, @chiosse.bsky.social, BK Young Dems, @bkforge.bsky.social, @bkindivisible.bsky.social and more!
12 pm in Park Slope, RSVP here:
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HUGE VICTORY! Thank you to Picture the Homeless for starting this work, @vocal-ny.bsky.social for carrying it forward, and @sandynurse.bsky.social for championing it in the city council!
#Free2Pee
#Free2Pee
This day has been a swirl!🥁
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
April 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
HUGE VICTORY! Thank you to Picture the Homeless for starting this work, @vocal-ny.bsky.social for carrying it forward, and @sandynurse.bsky.social for championing it in the city council!
#Free2Pee
#Free2Pee
This day has been a swirl!🥁
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
April 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This day has been a swirl!🥁
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
Thank you to everyone who organized for years and to my colleagues who supported the cause. 1000+ new public bathrooms are on the way.
Today, we actually got some 💩 done!
Up early to talk about 1000+ more public toilets coming to NYC! 🚽
Thanks @patkiernan.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social for having me on #Morningson1!
Tune in for the @council.nyc.gov vote on our Bathroom Bill later today ⬇️
council.nyc.gov/livestream/
Thanks @patkiernan.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social for having me on #Morningson1!
Tune in for the @council.nyc.gov vote on our Bathroom Bill later today ⬇️
council.nyc.gov/livestream/
April 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Up early to talk about 1000+ more public toilets coming to NYC! 🚽
Thanks @patkiernan.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social for having me on #Morningson1!
Tune in for the @council.nyc.gov vote on our Bathroom Bill later today ⬇️
council.nyc.gov/livestream/
Thanks @patkiernan.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social for having me on #Morningson1!
Tune in for the @council.nyc.gov vote on our Bathroom Bill later today ⬇️
council.nyc.gov/livestream/
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Me, wary, to my hissing cat, with a medication syringe in my hand.
April 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Me, wary, to my hissing cat, with a medication syringe in my hand.
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Both Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have become experts at dodging hard questions and avoiding accountability. Voters shouldn’t accept that, writes Errol Louis.
New Yorkers Deserve a Mayor With Good Character
Both Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have become experts at dodging hard questions and avoiding accountability. Voters shouldn’t accept that, writes Errol Louis.
nymag.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Both Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have become experts at dodging hard questions and avoiding accountability. Voters shouldn’t accept that, writes Errol Louis.
🗣️Tomorrow! Join the #FreetoPee coalition for a rally ahead of the Council vote on our Bathroom Bill!
We need a citywide public bathroom network of 2100+ restrooms. Why?
💩 We all gotta go
🩸 For menstruators
🤰🏿 For the pregnant
👵🏽 For older adults
👶🏻 For the babies
🚴🏽♀️ For workers
🧑🤝🧑 For everyone!
We need a citywide public bathroom network of 2100+ restrooms. Why?
💩 We all gotta go
🩸 For menstruators
🤰🏿 For the pregnant
👵🏽 For older adults
👶🏻 For the babies
🚴🏽♀️ For workers
🧑🤝🧑 For everyone!
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🗣️Tomorrow! Join the #FreetoPee coalition for a rally ahead of the Council vote on our Bathroom Bill!
We need a citywide public bathroom network of 2100+ restrooms. Why?
💩 We all gotta go
🩸 For menstruators
🤰🏿 For the pregnant
👵🏽 For older adults
👶🏻 For the babies
🚴🏽♀️ For workers
🧑🤝🧑 For everyone!
We need a citywide public bathroom network of 2100+ restrooms. Why?
💩 We all gotta go
🩸 For menstruators
🤰🏿 For the pregnant
👵🏽 For older adults
👶🏻 For the babies
🚴🏽♀️ For workers
🧑🤝🧑 For everyone!
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.