Carolyn Martinez-Class
@cmartinezclass.bsky.social
she/they, Co-Director @ Citizen Action of NY, Invest in Our New York Campaign + Communities United for Police Reform alum, older sibling, troublemaker.
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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
Baristas at a Starbucks on Broadway where workers went on strike in February.
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses
goth hours have descended upon me (its winter, the sun sets early, I’ve decided to read hamlet)
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
goth hours have descended upon me (its winter, the sun sets early, I’ve decided to read hamlet)
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Oh my god the absolute depravity of this.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Oh my god the absolute depravity of this.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
living my best inter borough express life (started my morning in sunset park, went to bed stuy for a hair cut, then ridgewood for breakfast, then Canarsie for an errand, then Flatlands/Farragut for back to back events, and now on my way back to sunset park)
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
living my best inter borough express life (started my morning in sunset park, went to bed stuy for a hair cut, then ridgewood for breakfast, then Canarsie for an errand, then Flatlands/Farragut for back to back events, and now on my way back to sunset park)
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Incredible, damning reporting by @ellenwapo.bsky.social and @alexhorton.bsky.social
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Incredible, damning reporting by @ellenwapo.bsky.social and @alexhorton.bsky.social
can’t believe I have loved someone so much that I feel nostalgic about ridgewood.
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
can’t believe I have loved someone so much that I feel nostalgic about ridgewood.
spent a couple of hours cooking and everything was delicious and truly few things as gratifying as cooking all day and then having an incredible meal.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
spent a couple of hours cooking and everything was delicious and truly few things as gratifying as cooking all day and then having an incredible meal.
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Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
my little sibling really wanted a four and twenty blackbirds pie for tomorrow but missed the pre order window so now I am rushing to four and twenty to get there at open to buy a pie.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
my little sibling really wanted a four and twenty blackbirds pie for tomorrow but missed the pre order window so now I am rushing to four and twenty to get there at open to buy a pie.
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Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
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Join us and fellow members of @peoplesplannyc.bsky.social on Dec. 3 for “Fall of Our Foes” — a joyful night to bid farewell to austerity Mayor Adams, celebrate the $1.5B+ we all won back for New Yorkers, and gear up for the next round of budget fights!
🎟️ Tickets: app.ribbon.giving/links/PaLU82
🎟️ Tickets: app.ribbon.giving/links/PaLU82
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Join us and fellow members of @peoplesplannyc.bsky.social on Dec. 3 for “Fall of Our Foes” — a joyful night to bid farewell to austerity Mayor Adams, celebrate the $1.5B+ we all won back for New Yorkers, and gear up for the next round of budget fights!
🎟️ Tickets: app.ribbon.giving/links/PaLU82
🎟️ Tickets: app.ribbon.giving/links/PaLU82
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We door-knocked + phone-banked a million votes to—
👉 freeze the RENT
👉 make buses fast and FREE
👉 deliver universal CHILDCARE
Now, to realize them all, we will do the work to—
🤜 tax the RICH
The Tax the Rich campaign's field op launches on Sat, Dec 13. Get in on the ground floor. taxtherichny.com
👉 freeze the RENT
👉 make buses fast and FREE
👉 deliver universal CHILDCARE
Now, to realize them all, we will do the work to—
🤜 tax the RICH
The Tax the Rich campaign's field op launches on Sat, Dec 13. Get in on the ground floor. taxtherichny.com
Tax The Rich - New York - Home
Together, we can Tax the Rich in New York State and create a better future for everyone, not just the ultra-wealthy. Join our movement.
taxtherichny.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We door-knocked + phone-banked a million votes to—
👉 freeze the RENT
👉 make buses fast and FREE
👉 deliver universal CHILDCARE
Now, to realize them all, we will do the work to—
🤜 tax the RICH
The Tax the Rich campaign's field op launches on Sat, Dec 13. Get in on the ground floor. taxtherichny.com
👉 freeze the RENT
👉 make buses fast and FREE
👉 deliver universal CHILDCARE
Now, to realize them all, we will do the work to—
🤜 tax the RICH
The Tax the Rich campaign's field op launches on Sat, Dec 13. Get in on the ground floor. taxtherichny.com
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"We know that air and water belong to all mankind and not merely to industrialists." - James Baldwin, 1970.
(The year the US EPA was created.)
(The year the US EPA was created.)
Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"We know that air and water belong to all mankind and not merely to industrialists." - James Baldwin, 1970.
(The year the US EPA was created.)
(The year the US EPA was created.)
I truly just love the action of sitting at a bar and having a drink so I spent $10 on soda & bitters to be able to sit at a bar with my thoughts. It was nice.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I truly just love the action of sitting at a bar and having a drink so I spent $10 on soda & bitters to be able to sit at a bar with my thoughts. It was nice.
my favorite band from my teenage years played a show in manhattan tonight celebrating 20 years of their debut album and I had like the dreamiest time but it was also very jarring.
(my favorite band growing up was The Academy Is…)
(my favorite band growing up was The Academy Is…)
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
my favorite band from my teenage years played a show in manhattan tonight celebrating 20 years of their debut album and I had like the dreamiest time but it was also very jarring.
(my favorite band growing up was The Academy Is…)
(my favorite band growing up was The Academy Is…)
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BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
did buy one of those Ithaca is gorges t-shirts in Ithaca.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
did buy one of those Ithaca is gorges t-shirts in Ithaca.
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DC absolutely needs statehood so that the people who live there aren't ruled by goons they never elected. A genuine ongoing scandal and absolute betrayal of the principles of the country.
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
DC absolutely needs statehood so that the people who live there aren't ruled by goons they never elected. A genuine ongoing scandal and absolute betrayal of the principles of the country.
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Active call to mobilize in response to confirmed ICE sighting in Bensonhurst. Belief is they’re waiting to grab someone.
“🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”
“🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Active call to mobilize in response to confirmed ICE sighting in Bensonhurst. Belief is they’re waiting to grab someone.
“🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”
“🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”
in a big hotel bed, reading a coming of age queer comic, after a 11-ish hour work day.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
in a big hotel bed, reading a coming of age queer comic, after a 11-ish hour work day.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
sitting at a rest stop on the thruway working - feeling very 2026 session.
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
sitting at a rest stop on the thruway working - feeling very 2026 session.
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I wrote about all the ways @governor.ny.gov is failing on climate in one place so it's easy to find.
She's no better than Trump. And no, it's not about "affordability."
citylimits.org/opinion-when...
Pic from when @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social & 200 NYers showed up at her office this week.
She's no better than Trump. And no, it's not about "affordability."
citylimits.org/opinion-when...
Pic from when @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social & 200 NYers showed up at her office this week.
Opinion: When it Comes to Climate, Hochul is No Better Than Trump - City Limits
"New York needs a governor who respects the will of the vast majority of voters who want climate action, and whose elected representatives already passed climate laws on their behalf."
citylimits.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I wrote about all the ways @governor.ny.gov is failing on climate in one place so it's easy to find.
She's no better than Trump. And no, it's not about "affordability."
citylimits.org/opinion-when...
Pic from when @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social & 200 NYers showed up at her office this week.
She's no better than Trump. And no, it's not about "affordability."
citylimits.org/opinion-when...
Pic from when @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social & 200 NYers showed up at her office this week.