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Andrew Fine retweeted
NY Voters: This is Important!
Vote NO on the Mamdani power grab charter revision amendments on your ballot and spread the word.
These amendments will take away community input and voices, as well as reasonable checks and balances and oversight, in so many areas—street sheds, tall towers, street usage, architectural preservation, contract review and so much more. It’s a power grab.
This is the first time a mayor convened a commission so quickly after taking office . Other mayors wait until they have the experience to see what we really need . Then he picked someone to head it who like him has no municipal government experience. The result is a gift to special interests and lobbyists.
The summary below is from the @OneCityRisingNY voter guide which was prepared by Independant, Dem and GOP volunteers who looked at the facts objectively.
Vote No!!!
@OneCityRisingNY @nyc_evsa @Shebbie4nyc @AFineBlogger @dylanypyen @gtjco @bronxilla @stick_dynamite @katiewr31413491
Andrew Fine retweeted
Please vote NO on all five New York City Charter amendments.
The stakes could not be higher. These proposals if passed would fundamentally change how decisions are made in our city, with consequences that could last for generations.
This is a power play by the mayor to concentrate power in the executive branch, and cut out opportunities for the public, and even our community boards and city council representatives, to dissent. It is authoritarian and must be rejected.
At stake is the future of community input, accountability, and the checks and balances that protect New Yorkers from bad policies. If these amendments pass, we believe the city will lose important safeguards, community boards will be substantially weakened, and ordinary New Yorkers will have fewer meaningful opportunities to influence decisions affecting their neighborhoods and their lives.
Andrew Fine retweeted
Vote NO on all ballot proposals! Here is why for #3 Streets for the People or Big Tech & Corporate E-Bikes? @SpeakerMenin @ShaunAbreu @dylanypyen @nyccommonsense ourtownny.com/voices/streets…
Andrew Fine retweeted
Calling community input "red tape" should worry everyone.
If these proposals, drafted heavily by @openplans, @TransAlt , become law @nyc_dot could close streets, restrict access, movement — hand public space to real estate interests, with no community voice in the process.
Andrew Fine retweeted
please pay attention: @NYCCFB @NYSCOELIG and address this clear violation of election law.
There is nothing neutral or educational about this. The administration is using taxpayer funds to get people to vote yes by saying this will deliver a faster government.
It’s also a big fat lie. What they really want to do is eliminate the possibility of any dissent on any of their plans. They want to be able to give gifts to their special interests without anyone in the community objecting , just like they do in authoritarian regimes.
Every community board president, every city council representative, every community leader, district leader or elected should be objecting to this flagrant misuse of taxpayer funds.
We say : VOTE NO ON ALL FIVE.
@OneCityRisingNY @nyc_evsa
Andrew Fine retweeted
"As long as e-bikes and e-scooters are unregistered, as long as their operators do not have proper licensing to use them, we will see the grim consequences of irresponsibility on the streets of the city."
amny.com/editorial/editorial…
Andrew Fine retweeted
.@TransAlt lobby group is funded by @uber @lyft @VerraMobility
They want private vehicles removed from NYC streets to benefit their funders. Nothing to do with safety.
Andrew Fine retweeted
Here are the violent crime rates for the NYC subway as compared to 2019:
Violent crime: +53.74%
Murder: +228.27%
Rape: +162.62%
Felony assault: +129.70%
Robbery: +0.29%
Violent crime is down an anemic ~3.5% YTD in 2026.
Andrew Fine retweeted
E-bike-related emergency room visits soar 760% in three years- and 1,810% for kids: study trib.al/U5IF44l
Andrew Fine retweeted
US policy toward Russia & Ukraine is, in a word, shameful. Trump continues to do things FOR Russia & TO Ukraine. But where are the others, from @SecRubio to Republican senators? Do they really want to be seen by history as accomplices to appeasement? richardhaass.substack.com/p/…
Andrew Fine retweeted
Central Park's car-free loop is busier than ever. Crashes keep piling up. - Gothamist. Blame @Centralparknyc @Nyc_Dot @TransAlt @ShaunAbreu gothamist.com/news/central-p…
Andrew Fine retweeted
Central Park Conservancy @CentralParkNYC and @NYC_DOT to blame for deaths on Central Park Drives! Blood on YOUR hands. #centralparkspeedway
Andrew Fine retweeted
Mamdani and Menin’s deal to kill Central Park carriage trade is all about privileged prejudice trib.al/NvbkEM6
Andrew Fine retweeted
Join us on October 30 for a virtual E-Bike Safety Info Session on the City Council’s legislative package to make our streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and all New Yorkers.
Oct. 30 | 12–1 PM
Virtual Webinar
🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/EbikeRSVP
Andrew Fine retweeted
VOTE NO ON ALL 5 PROPOSALS
(Look on back of the ballot)
Five Charter questions are on the back of your ballot this year. Do you know what they’d change? Executive Director @gracerauh broke them down with @BrianLehrer on @WYNC today.
Catch up before you vote: wnyc.org/browse/shows/episod…
Andrew Fine retweeted
A MUST WATCH!
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