Michael Sisitzky
@msisitzky.bsky.social
Assistant Policy Director @nyclu.org. Probably listening to Carly Rae Jepsen as you read this. Personal account, views my own.
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A promise is a promise
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A promise is a promise
Big day for waiters who started off as haters
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he is ending his reelection campaign.
Legal problems, a lack of funds and ties to Trump hampered his re-election bid.
Legal problems, a lack of funds and ties to Trump hampered his re-election bid.
Eric Adams ends reelection campaign
The beleaguered New York City mayor’s bid was hampered by legal problems, a lack of money and unshakable ties to President Donald Trump
www.politico.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Big day for waiters who started off as haters
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Don’t be fooled by NYPD Commissioner Tisch’s cynical take: Bail reform is proven to protect and improve public safety.
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Don’t be fooled by NYPD Commissioner Tisch’s cynical take: Bail reform is proven to protect and improve public safety.
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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch promised to strengthen discipline, embrace accountability, and ensure that officers who engage in misconduct face consequences.
But at the first opportunity to follow through on this promise, Tisch has let NYers down.
www.nyclu.org/why-we-shoul...
But at the first opportunity to follow through on this promise, Tisch has let NYers down.
www.nyclu.org/why-we-shoul...
September 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch promised to strengthen discipline, embrace accountability, and ensure that officers who engage in misconduct face consequences.
But at the first opportunity to follow through on this promise, Tisch has let NYers down.
www.nyclu.org/why-we-shoul...
But at the first opportunity to follow through on this promise, Tisch has let NYers down.
www.nyclu.org/why-we-shoul...
All NYC corruption scandals are now required to involve Turkey (🇹🇷) or turkey (🦃) going forward
A top Manhattan NYPD commander is accused in a new lawsuit of together with a prominent Mayor Adams donor pressuring businesses to donate to a turkey giveaway event, raising potential ethics law concerns.
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/09/n...
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/09/n...
NYPD chief pressured nightspots to donate to his turkey giveaway: lawsuit
A top Manhattan police commander with an ambitious plan to give away 2,000 turkeys to New Yorkers for Thanksgiving may have bumped up against city conflict of interest rules, according to a good go…
www.nydailynews.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
All NYC corruption scandals are now required to involve Turkey (🇹🇷) or turkey (🦃) going forward
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Five years after the repeal of 50a - the statute that concealed the disciplinary records of police officers - we are still fighting for true police transparency and accountability.
Join us next week for a panel on the impact of repealing 50a, and the road ahead. RSVP: nyclu.org/50a-panel
Join us next week for a panel on the impact of repealing 50a, and the road ahead. RSVP: nyclu.org/50a-panel
September 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Five years after the repeal of 50a - the statute that concealed the disciplinary records of police officers - we are still fighting for true police transparency and accountability.
Join us next week for a panel on the impact of repealing 50a, and the road ahead. RSVP: nyclu.org/50a-panel
Join us next week for a panel on the impact of repealing 50a, and the road ahead. RSVP: nyclu.org/50a-panel
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The CCRB and the Deputy Commissioner for Trials agree that NYPD Officer Rivera committed fireable misconduct when he shot and killed Allan Feliz. Now, NYPD Commissioner Tisch wants to override the decision to fire Rivera.
This is not justice. We call on Tisch to hold abusive officers to account.
This is not justice. We call on Tisch to hold abusive officers to account.
July 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The CCRB and the Deputy Commissioner for Trials agree that NYPD Officer Rivera committed fireable misconduct when he shot and killed Allan Feliz. Now, NYPD Commissioner Tisch wants to override the decision to fire Rivera.
This is not justice. We call on Tisch to hold abusive officers to account.
This is not justice. We call on Tisch to hold abusive officers to account.
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We call on Commissioner Tisch to uphold the recommendation to fire Officer Rivera.
Anything less is unacceptable.
Anything less is unacceptable.
On 7/3 @nypdpc.bsky.social released a *preliminary* decision to FLIP the guilty verdict against Lt. Rivera for killing #AllanFeliz- after her own Deputy Commish said FIRE HIM. Tell Tisch and Mayor Adams this is unacceptable. Email them now! action.justicecommittee.org/a/fire-rivera
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We call on Commissioner Tisch to uphold the recommendation to fire Officer Rivera.
Anything less is unacceptable.
Anything less is unacceptable.
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This is only the 2nd time that the Deputy Commissioner of Trials has agreed with a recommendation to fire an officer after a CCRB-prosecuted trial - the other was Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.
Tisch's planned rejection + override is a betrayal of NYers, especially Allan Feliz's family.
Tisch's planned rejection + override is a betrayal of NYers, especially Allan Feliz's family.
NYPD commissioner won't fire officer who killed a man during traffic stop
New York City’s police commissioner has declined to fire a police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop
abcnews.go.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is only the 2nd time that the Deputy Commissioner of Trials has agreed with a recommendation to fire an officer after a CCRB-prosecuted trial - the other was Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.
Tisch's planned rejection + override is a betrayal of NYers, especially Allan Feliz's family.
Tisch's planned rejection + override is a betrayal of NYers, especially Allan Feliz's family.
Charlotte: Did you see that Cuomo just conceded to Mamdani?
Miranda: I read that Cuomo’s bagel order lost him at least 15 points on the Upper West Side
Samantha: Frankly, I’m glad to see NYers finally adopt my strategy of voting for the hottest candidate
Carrie: Zohran is moving to Gracie Mansion
Miranda: I read that Cuomo’s bagel order lost him at least 15 points on the Upper West Side
Samantha: Frankly, I’m glad to see NYers finally adopt my strategy of voting for the hottest candidate
Carrie: Zohran is moving to Gracie Mansion
June 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Charlotte: Did you see that Cuomo just conceded to Mamdani?
Miranda: I read that Cuomo’s bagel order lost him at least 15 points on the Upper West Side
Samantha: Frankly, I’m glad to see NYers finally adopt my strategy of voting for the hottest candidate
Carrie: Zohran is moving to Gracie Mansion
Miranda: I read that Cuomo’s bagel order lost him at least 15 points on the Upper West Side
Samantha: Frankly, I’m glad to see NYers finally adopt my strategy of voting for the hottest candidate
Carrie: Zohran is moving to Gracie Mansion
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Arresting a public official for asking questions is dangerous intimidation and sends an unmistakably authoritarian message – that ICE doesn’t care about the rule of law, and that anyone exercising their right to challenge ICE and speak up for immigrants will be punished.
BREAKING: Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Arresting a public official for asking questions is dangerous intimidation and sends an unmistakably authoritarian message – that ICE doesn’t care about the rule of law, and that anyone exercising their right to challenge ICE and speak up for immigrants will be punished.
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A Muslim candidate for mayor of the nation's largest city, defending the rights of a Jewish candidate for mayor, who was arrested for defending the rights of immigrants not to face detention without warrants.
This is the kind of solidarity Trump and his goons fear.
This is the kind of solidarity Trump and his goons fear.
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is now here calling for the release of Lander (his fellow mayoral candidate)
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A Muslim candidate for mayor of the nation's largest city, defending the rights of a Jewish candidate for mayor, who was arrested for defending the rights of immigrants not to face detention without warrants.
This is the kind of solidarity Trump and his goons fear.
This is the kind of solidarity Trump and his goons fear.
The Andor scenes of Mon Mothma trying to persuade senators to support her policy positions by citing actual facts and statistics and just being completely brushed off hit a little too close to home
April 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Andor scenes of Mon Mothma trying to persuade senators to support her policy positions by citing actual facts and statistics and just being completely brushed off hit a little too close to home
*NYC.GOV/FAILS
Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.
April 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
*NYC.GOV/FAILS
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I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
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we all know where Schumer got his strategy from
![Milhouse [thinking to himself]: "When she sees you'll do anything she says, she's bound to respect you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreih6acofjg4ig2wzj2oqggkphxdtg2prguvk6ezhrdqx45ez3jfmdy@jpeg)
March 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
we all know where Schumer got his strategy from
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Mayor Adams has reportedly given a revamped anti-crime unit carte blanche to carry out his harmful policing agenda, from targeting pro-Palestine protestors to unlawfully stopping Black & Brown NYers.
We must dismantle this unit and stop wasting resources on ineffective and harmful policing tactics
We must dismantle this unit and stop wasting resources on ineffective and harmful policing tactics
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Mayor Adams has reportedly given a revamped anti-crime unit carte blanche to carry out his harmful policing agenda, from targeting pro-Palestine protestors to unlawfully stopping Black & Brown NYers.
We must dismantle this unit and stop wasting resources on ineffective and harmful policing tactics
We must dismantle this unit and stop wasting resources on ineffective and harmful policing tactics
Reporting in from intermission at the first Smash preview (it’s great!) and so far the line that has tragically resonated with me most is: “Who goes to Albany? - Monsters, Jerry. Monsters go to Albany.”
March 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Reporting in from intermission at the first Smash preview (it’s great!) and so far the line that has tragically resonated with me most is: “Who goes to Albany? - Monsters, Jerry. Monsters go to Albany.”
I need someone to do an in-depth analysis of just how much traffic Eric Adams personally drives to The Onion's website by making sure that this article is relevant literally every time he opens his mouth
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I need someone to do an in-depth analysis of just how much traffic Eric Adams personally drives to The Onion's website by making sure that this article is relevant literally every time he opens his mouth
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NEW INVESTIGATION from me:
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
March 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
NEW INVESTIGATION from me:
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
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This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
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The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
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For those who don't know this history, Cuomo personally empowered a breakaway Democratic caucus in the State Senate that called themselves IDC and voted for a Republican to lead the Senate even when Democrats held more seats. This blocked Democratic policy priorities for YEARS.
It's the second point where the most forgotten/most important quantum is the worst. He actively cut corrupt deals precisely to empower Republicans over Democrats. It took massive mobilization and strategy to break it. That is the VERY LAST thing we need to bring back right now. Look around you!!!
Hi, I would like a mayor who understands the current political moment & didn’t have a well known history as Governor of giving institutional control to Republicans preventing his own party’s agenda from being implemented. Also it would help if he didn’t harass women. Thanks.
March 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For those who don't know this history, Cuomo personally empowered a breakaway Democratic caucus in the State Senate that called themselves IDC and voted for a Republican to lead the Senate even when Democrats held more seats. This blocked Democratic policy priorities for YEARS.