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David Teeghman 🇵🇸 🌏🚴🏻🌹
@teeghman.bsky.social
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West Sider, YIMBY, biker and organizer. @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social‬ executive committee chair. Radicalized former public school teacher.
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Join me there tonight, friends!

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sierraclubchicago.bsky.social Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social · 9d
Join us for the 2026 Primary Election Cycle Kick-Off on Nov. 13! As Sierra Club members, help shape our endorsements and support climate leaders. Sign up: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

#SierraClub #ClimateAction #PrimaryElections #GetInvolved #VolunteerForClimate #EcoAdvocacy #VoteForThePlanet
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Chicago stands in solidarity with @catsharpforcook.bsky.social, @katmabu.bsky.social, @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and the rest of the Broadview 6!

#AbolishICE
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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sierraclubchicago.bsky.social
Join us for our PAC’s annual fundraiser on Tuesday, Nov. 18! Let’s elect environmental champions in 2026! 🌿🗳️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/sierra-soc... #PACFundraiser #EnvironmentalChampions #2026Elections #CommunityPower #SierraSocial
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Join me next Thursday to help @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social elect climate champs up and down the ballot

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November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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abundanthousingil.bsky.social
Our endorsement questionnaire – for people running for Cook County Commissioner, Illinois House, or Illinois Senate – is due Nov. 21. Please look for 'Abundant Housing Illinois' in your email, and email hello@abundanthousingillinois.org if you did not receive it. 🏘️
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November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
I finally became a Vogue Magazine-confirmed fashion icon, repping @sierraclub.org’s support for our socialist, anti-Zionist climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

www.vogue.com/article/how-...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
teeghman.bsky.social
Final Election Day canvass, and I’m back on the doors with the amazing @jib-ran.bsky.social putting on his best @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social smile
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Election Day canvass #3 for our climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social LET’S GO
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Literally the most beautiful Fall day you could imagine to be knocking doors in Bed Stuy for @sierraclub.org’s endorsed climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
🙌💚🌎🚪✊🏻
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d
When we launched this campaign, we said we wanted to knock on one million doors across the five boroughs by the June primary.

Some people laughed. You got to work. We hit 1.6 million.

In the general, we said let's do it again. Another million.

We just passed three.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Quick break for a chopped cheese in Herbert Von King Park before I grab my lit for my second @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Election Day canvass
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
First Election Day canvass for @sierraclub.org’s endorsed climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, and the vibes are IMMACULATE
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Fueled up and ready for the final 12 hours of door knocking for our socialist, anti-Zionist climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🥰
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
@jib-ran.bsky.social and I knocked out one last canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before polls open.

24 hours from now we get to retire Andrew Cuomo from public life FOREVERRR
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
teeghman.bsky.social
Wrapped up @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social canvass #4 in Bed Stuy with the BEST door-knocking newbie @jib-ran.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
teeghman.bsky.social
Canvass #4 for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in Bed Stuy was even bigger!

✊✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Shout out to my amazing friend @jib-ran.bsky.social who flew out to join me on the doors for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his FIRST EVER canvass!
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social canvass #3, this time in Bed Stuy. The campaign is trying to set a world record for doors knocked in a day, so let’s get this!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Back on the doors for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, this time with my new friend Akua.

This campaign and this movement are about solidarity, so I hope you will join me in donating to Akua’s gofundme she asked me to share with you all

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ne...
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social canvass shift #2 LET’S GO
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
First time knocking on doors in NYC and it feels AMAZING to be doing this for @sierraclub.org’s endorsed climate champ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
Ran straight from JFK to my first @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social canvass in Queens. Let’s win this, NYC!
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
teeghman.bsky.social
brb headed to nyc to canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social the next four days
November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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nomads.bsky.social
It's amazing to me that last night we got:

-More $$ for transit + avoid fiscal cliff
-Eliminated parking minimums
-RTA reform
-CTA board reform
-Transit agency development powers

All in one bill!
yonahfreemark.com Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 14d
SB2111 in Illinois also:
—Eliminates all parking requirements in areas within 1/2 mi of transit stations or 1/8 mi of frequent bus routes.
—Gives transit agencies the ability to undertake transit-supportive development, including through purchasing new land and developing joint development projects.
yonahfreemark.com Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 14d
Good morning!

Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.

The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM