Tony Alfieri
@tonyalfieri.bsky.social
architect, New Yorker, practicing homosexual
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
As a dual-citizen Italian-American I recognize Andrew Cuomo's gutter racism as an extension of the same racism my family faced after arriving in the U.S.
I just called Senators Gillibrand (212/688-6262) and Schumer (212/486-4430) to ask if they also question dual-citizens' loyalty to the U.S.
I just called Senators Gillibrand (212/688-6262) and Schumer (212/486-4430) to ask if they also question dual-citizens' loyalty to the U.S.
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
As a dual-citizen Italian-American I recognize Andrew Cuomo's gutter racism as an extension of the same racism my family faced after arriving in the U.S.
I just called Senators Gillibrand (212/688-6262) and Schumer (212/486-4430) to ask if they also question dual-citizens' loyalty to the U.S.
I just called Senators Gillibrand (212/688-6262) and Schumer (212/486-4430) to ask if they also question dual-citizens' loyalty to the U.S.
Dan Goldman, TV Lawyer, can't make a declarative statement that serial sexual harassment is disqualifying for public office.
Daniel Goldman went onto CNN earlier *TODAY* and said
1) He isn't sure if he'll vote for Andrew Cuomo
2) And that he won't endorse Mamdani because Mamdnai has not done enough condemnations of anti-Israel violence
1) He isn't sure if he'll vote for Andrew Cuomo
2) And that he won't endorse Mamdani because Mamdnai has not done enough condemnations of anti-Israel violence
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Dan Goldman, TV Lawyer, can't make a declarative statement that serial sexual harassment is disqualifying for public office.
What a fantastic and effective message. It centers the humanity of trans New Yorkers, it reminds us of the debt we owe for not adequately supporting those that came before us, and clearly identifies steps we can take in the short term to provide that support to current and future generations.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What a fantastic and effective message. It centers the humanity of trans New Yorkers, it reminds us of the debt we owe for not adequately supporting those that came before us, and clearly identifies steps we can take in the short term to provide that support to current and future generations.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
This took less than two minutes and the person answering the call seemed to genuinely register the positive comment. My impression is that they are tallying feedback.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This took less than two minutes and the person answering the call seemed to genuinely register the positive comment. My impression is that they are tallying feedback.
Looking forward to all the titans of industry and "respected leaders" calling out the Republican party's attack on New York City.
@nybuildingcongress.bsky.social, the ball is in your court.
@nybuildingcongress.bsky.social, the ball is in your court.
LET'S GET READY TO LITIGATE
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Looking forward to all the titans of industry and "respected leaders" calling out the Republican party's attack on New York City.
@nybuildingcongress.bsky.social, the ball is in your court.
@nybuildingcongress.bsky.social, the ball is in your court.
One concrete thing folks can do that are outraged by this is to call @governor.ny.gov Hochul at 518-474-8390 and demand she recall the legislature to pass the New York for All Act (A3506/S2235) that would prevent state and local agencies across the state from coordinating with ICE.
September 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
One concrete thing folks can do that are outraged by this is to call @governor.ny.gov Hochul at 518-474-8390 and demand she recall the legislature to pass the New York for All Act (A3506/S2235) that would prevent state and local agencies across the state from coordinating with ICE.
It sounds like there's really no need then to for Democrats to participate in budget negotiations if the President can nullify any agreement he wants after the fact.
@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should pull their caucuses away and let the Republicans pass their budget.
@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should pull their caucuses away and let the Republicans pass their budget.
BREAKING: Supreme Court majority backs Trump on withholding billions in foreign aid, over dissent
Supreme Court backs Trump on withholding billions in foreign aid
Chief Justice John Roberts previously temporarily backed the administration while the full court considered the issue.
www.msnbc.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It sounds like there's really no need then to for Democrats to participate in budget negotiations if the President can nullify any agreement he wants after the fact.
@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should pull their caucuses away and let the Republicans pass their budget.
@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should pull their caucuses away and let the Republicans pass their budget.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
I don't know how to make it clearer to Dems that the more you waffle on this and invite debate, the more it's a political vulnerability. The more Dems equivocate the more they invite these types of heinous ads. You either stand up for trans folks proudly or you get hit with these ads.
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I don't know how to make it clearer to Dems that the more you waffle on this and invite debate, the more it's a political vulnerability. The more Dems equivocate the more they invite these types of heinous ads. You either stand up for trans folks proudly or you get hit with these ads.
I didn't realize that the Disney B&M stores were still a thing.
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I didn't realize that the Disney B&M stores were still a thing.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce New York’s involvement in the initiative on Thursday morning. The effort is similar to the West Coast Health Alliance — a bloc of four Democratic-controlled Western states, including California — that issued its own vaccine guidance this week.
New York and Other States Form Health Bloc as Answer to Trump’s Policies
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce New York’s involvement in the initiative on Thursday morning. The effort is similar to the West Coast Health Alliance — a bloc of four Democratic-controlled Western states, including California — that issued its own vaccine guidance this week.
Coming soon in the Chronicle: "Len Gutkin's exclusive dialogue with Secretary Linda MacMahon on the pros and cons of faculty being rendered without trial to El Salvador's CECOT or merely detained indefinitely in Alligator Alcatraz."
Opinion | Depending on whom you ask, "viewpoint diversity" is the solution the university needs, or a right-wing plot.
Is Viewpoint Diversity a Solution, or a Tool of Political Oppression?
Join me for a conversation with Steven Pinker and Sian Beilock.
www.chronicle.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Coming soon in the Chronicle: "Len Gutkin's exclusive dialogue with Secretary Linda MacMahon on the pros and cons of faculty being rendered without trial to El Salvador's CECOT or merely detained indefinitely in Alligator Alcatraz."
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
WASH POST: “Trump has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks… including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
September 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
WASH POST: “Trump has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks… including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
One of the biggest cultural issues we have is that no major media or journalistic institutions have been reinforcing norms of what things *should* look like. That corruption isn’t normal, that cronyism isn’t normal, that lies and scandals should be punished, that incompetence is disqualifying.
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One of the biggest cultural issues we have is that no major media or journalistic institutions have been reinforcing norms of what things *should* look like. That corruption isn’t normal, that cronyism isn’t normal, that lies and scandals should be punished, that incompetence is disqualifying.
The icing on the cake will be when NYPD declares they didn't find any cash in the envelope.
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The icing on the cake will be when NYPD declares they didn't find any cash in the envelope.
Tell me your Board of Trustees are made up of folks that never step foot on mass transit without telling me....
Heads up!
We’re proposing major changes to our ticket policy and fares for next year:
🟩 No more ticket activation. One-way tickets will now auto-activate upon purchase. Both paper and mobile tickets will expire after four hours.
We’re proposing major changes to our ticket policy and fares for next year:
🟩 No more ticket activation. One-way tickets will now auto-activate upon purchase. Both paper and mobile tickets will expire after four hours.
August 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tell me your Board of Trustees are made up of folks that never step foot on mass transit without telling me....
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
If you concede young progressives were right about Gaza then you might have to acknowledge they’re right about Mamdani, and who knows where it goes from there? Totally slippery slope.
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you concede young progressives were right about Gaza then you might have to acknowledge they’re right about Mamdani, and who knows where it goes from there? Totally slippery slope.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
As a fellow alum, I am also dismayed with the capitulation of Columbia. To what end is power, privilege, or money if not brought to bear in a moment of crisis which threatens the very identity & values of the institution?
Another institution in our country caves to Trump. Again. Sad to see, especially as an alum. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
As a fellow alum, I am also dismayed with the capitulation of Columbia. To what end is power, privilege, or money if not brought to bear in a moment of crisis which threatens the very identity & values of the institution?
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
If they actually cared about the law, they wouldn't be endorsing a mayor who breaks it regularly and in high-profile ways. But they don't care about the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/n...
13 Law Enforcement Unions Endorse Eric Adams in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If they actually cared about the law, they wouldn't be endorsing a mayor who breaks it regularly and in high-profile ways. But they don't care about the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/n...
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi slams Zohran Mamdani as "a bad example" who made "lofty, utopian promises: free public transit, free college tuition, more public housing"
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
@bradlander.bsky.social please primary this guy in NY-10.
Here's something you might want to use in your campaign.
Here's something you might want to use in your campaign.
June 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@bradlander.bsky.social please primary this guy in NY-10.
Here's something you might want to use in your campaign.
Here's something you might want to use in your campaign.
Maybe the real explanation is that Cuomo is a terrible manager and what everyone said about his poor management of the COVID response, CUNY/SUNY, the MTA and countless other state matters were right all along.
‘This wasn’t Andrew Cuomo in his prime’ — how an ex-governor fell flat
The former governor was on track to win the New York City mayoralty but focused on the past and struggled against Mamdani’s digital skills.
www.politico.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Maybe the real explanation is that Cuomo is a terrible manager and what everyone said about his poor management of the COVID response, CUNY/SUNY, the MTA and countless other state matters were right all along.
Reposted by Tony Alfieri
the democratic stance on immigration should be neil diamond and statue of liberty not trump lite
Becoming apparent every day how the elites in DC/NY's media/political bubble - drunk on right-wing media fed rhetoric - are completely out of touch with rest of the country on its nuanced perspective on immigration.
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
June 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the democratic stance on immigration should be neil diamond and statue of liberty not trump lite