Jonathan Heppner
@jonathanhepp.bsky.social
Deputy Communications Director for Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins + NY Senate Dem Majority. Former Majority Leader of the Ulster County Legislature. Rep. Rangel, Obama '12 & Sen. Gipson Alum. Avid fisherman + hopeful Mets + Knicks fan (+ a normal Jets fan)
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"This is the moment in history that we will look back on and say, 'Where were you when? Where were you when we were watching dictators take over?'"
@ariberman.bsky.social reports from New Paltz, NY where State Senator (D) Michelle Hinchey speaks.
@ariberman.bsky.social reports from New Paltz, NY where State Senator (D) Michelle Hinchey speaks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"This is the moment in history that we will look back on and say, 'Where were you when? Where were you when we were watching dictators take over?'"
@ariberman.bsky.social reports from New Paltz, NY where State Senator (D) Michelle Hinchey speaks.
@ariberman.bsky.social reports from New Paltz, NY where State Senator (D) Michelle Hinchey speaks.
Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social + @nysendems.bsky.social speak with press about today’s package of legislation to safeguard + aid survivors of domestic violence in New York.
May 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social + @nysendems.bsky.social speak with press about today’s package of legislation to safeguard + aid survivors of domestic violence in New York.
“The @nysendems.bsky.social budget is a fiscal battle plan to protect NYs from federal cuts while investing in the needs of everyday families. We prioritize affordability, economic opportunity & fairness to ensure NY remains a leader in smart governance & economic justice.”- @leaderasc.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The @nysendems.bsky.social budget is a fiscal battle plan to protect NYs from federal cuts while investing in the needs of everyday families. We prioritize affordability, economic opportunity & fairness to ensure NY remains a leader in smart governance & economic justice.”- @leaderasc.bsky.social
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"Our 2025 one-house budget is a targeted plan to meet these challenges head on and invest in a stronger future for our state."
March 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Our 2025 one-house budget is a targeted plan to meet these challenges head on and invest in a stronger future for our state."
This is the tough issue your New York GOP Federal Rep on Ways & Means is tackling while New Yorkers are having costs skyrocket thanks to GOP Tarif Taxes (20k more for a pickup truck!), massive looming Medicaid cuts & economists of all political strips warning of a recession.
Claudia Tenney says Al Green must not really need a cane because he shook it in the air
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is the tough issue your New York GOP Federal Rep on Ways & Means is tackling while New Yorkers are having costs skyrocket thanks to GOP Tarif Taxes (20k more for a pickup truck!), massive looming Medicaid cuts & economists of all political strips warning of a recession.
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“This legislative package cracks down on bad actors who take advantage of workers with little consequence ... it’s another way we can stand up and protect the working people of Westchester County and across New York State.” – via The River Journal
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Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins Leads State Senate Passage of Worker Protections and Wage Theft Legislation
This week, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins led the State Senate in passing a sweeping legislative package that strengthens workplace protections and combats wage theft, ensuring that har...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“This legislative package cracks down on bad actors who take advantage of workers with little consequence ... it’s another way we can stand up and protect the working people of Westchester County and across New York State.” – via The River Journal
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While Americans' retirement funds, college savings, and the economy are crashing - and economists across the political spectrum warn of a looming recession - Trump is focused on billionaire Elon Musk, whose companies receive $8 million a day in federal funding, selling more cars.
Trump says he’s going to buy a Tesla tomorrow because people are “illegally” boycotting Tesla.
March 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
While Americans' retirement funds, college savings, and the economy are crashing - and economists across the political spectrum warn of a looming recession - Trump is focused on billionaire Elon Musk, whose companies receive $8 million a day in federal funding, selling more cars.
Need a new pickup truck for work, your business, or the farm? Thanks to Trump/Musk economic policies & reckless trade wars, fully backed by the New York GOP and NY Senate GOP, prices have surged by $20,000! Even Fox Business can’t hide the damage to working people & the economy.
Fox Business interviewed the owner of a Pennsylvania auto dealership who says of Trump's tariffs, "nobody is gonna buy the truck, because it just had $20,000 price increase ... this is pretty radical."
The show then cut back to Maria Bartiromo, who threw a tantrum.
The show then cut back to Maria Bartiromo, who threw a tantrum.
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Need a new pickup truck for work, your business, or the farm? Thanks to Trump/Musk economic policies & reckless trade wars, fully backed by the New York GOP and NY Senate GOP, prices have surged by $20,000! Even Fox Business can’t hide the damage to working people & the economy.
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It was a pleasure to speak at the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Rights Rally this morning at the State Capitol in the Legislative Office Building. There is an army in this capitol fighting with and for you! We are not going back. There is "no freedom without access." #StandWithPP
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It was a pleasure to speak at the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Rights Rally this morning at the State Capitol in the Legislative Office Building. There is an army in this capitol fighting with and for you! We are not going back. There is "no freedom without access." #StandWithPP
🧵GOP budget is a disaster for working NYers:
$2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ripping healthcare & food assistance from millions
$4.5 trillion in tax breaks-handouts for billionaires & big corporations
Looming cuts to education, infrastructure & essential services
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$2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ripping healthcare & food assistance from millions
$4.5 trillion in tax breaks-handouts for billionaires & big corporations
Looming cuts to education, infrastructure & essential services
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February 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🧵GOP budget is a disaster for working NYers:
$2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ripping healthcare & food assistance from millions
$4.5 trillion in tax breaks-handouts for billionaires & big corporations
Looming cuts to education, infrastructure & essential services
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$2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ripping healthcare & food assistance from millions
$4.5 trillion in tax breaks-handouts for billionaires & big corporations
Looming cuts to education, infrastructure & essential services
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NY Republicans scream that "Democrats made NY unaffordable!" but their GOP fed budget taxes a $50K worker at 15-17% federally while Dem-led NY only taxes them 5.5% at the state level. More than 2x the rate & guts services taxpayers rely on. Hypocrisy that hurts real people in NY.
February 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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NY Republicans scream that "Democrats made NY unaffordable!" but their GOP fed budget taxes a $50K worker at 15-17% federally while Dem-led NY only taxes them 5.5% at the state level. More than 2x the rate & guts services taxpayers rely on. Hypocrisy that hurts real people in NY.
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NY Republicans scream that "Democrats made NY unaffordable!" but their GOP fed budget taxes a $50K worker at 15-17% federally while Dem-led NY only taxes them 5.5% at the state level. More than 2x the rate & guts services taxpayers rely on. Hypocrisy that hurts real people in NY.
NY Sen @leaderasc.bsky.social w @nysendems.bsky.social Sens @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social @jamesskoufis.bsky.social @zellnor.bsky.social & Nathalia Fernandez speak w/press about legislation passing today to lower costs in NY & ensure greater transparency in pricing across essential goods & services
February 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NY Sen @leaderasc.bsky.social w @nysendems.bsky.social Sens @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social @jamesskoufis.bsky.social @zellnor.bsky.social & Nathalia Fernandez speak w/press about legislation passing today to lower costs in NY & ensure greater transparency in pricing across essential goods & services
Yet another chilling consequence of Republican leadership. Meanwhile, the New York GOP and NY Senate GOP are celebrating as the Musk/Trump White House recklessly puts New Yorkers' lives at risk. A month in, we are far past irresponsible—it's downright dangerous.
My latest: DOGE canceled a CDC contract for FDNY
research work, part of a study of the links between firefighters' cancers and their response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
research work, part of a study of the links between firefighters' cancers and their response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
February 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yet another chilling consequence of Republican leadership. Meanwhile, the New York GOP and NY Senate GOP are celebrating as the Musk/Trump White House recklessly puts New Yorkers' lives at risk. A month in, we are far past irresponsible—it's downright dangerous.
New York State Senate Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social joined by #HigherEducation Chair Toby Stavisky, Sen. Jackson, Sen. Liu and @agounardes.bsky.social to highlight @nysendems.bsky.social legislation passing today to make higher education more affordable and accessible for all New Yorkers.
February 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New York State Senate Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social joined by #HigherEducation Chair Toby Stavisky, Sen. Jackson, Sen. Liu and @agounardes.bsky.social to highlight @nysendems.bsky.social legislation passing today to make higher education more affordable and accessible for all New Yorkers.
Republicans would rather New York families be burdened $65k a household than have ultra-wealthy corporations pay for the pollution they produce. #climatechange
The climate crisis worsens the affordability crisis everywhere. Health care costs, insurance premiums, property taxes, emergency response, infrastructure repair and proactive defenses, all add up to hundred of billions in NY alone. The Climate Superfund is $75 billion of relief.
February 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Republicans would rather New York families be burdened $65k a household than have ultra-wealthy corporations pay for the pollution they produce. #climatechange
New York State Senate Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social joined by Housing Chair Brian Kavanagh & Sen. Cooney to speak with press on #affordablehousing & #Homeowner affordability initiatives passing the NY State Senate today.
February 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New York State Senate Leader @leaderasc.bsky.social joined by Housing Chair Brian Kavanagh & Sen. Cooney to speak with press on #affordablehousing & #Homeowner affordability initiatives passing the NY State Senate today.
Since 2008 USAID programs have helped save 4.6 million children & 200,000 women, not including the 10s of millions of children it helps feed annually. Yet NY Republicans continue to either coward in in silence or cheer the Musk/Trump Administration's actions.
DOGE staffers took over USAID offices as senior officials and other employees placed on leave, sources tell ABC News
Turmoil inside USAID: DOGE reps take over offices, senior officials placed on leave
Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices.
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February 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Since 2008 USAID programs have helped save 4.6 million children & 200,000 women, not including the 10s of millions of children it helps feed annually. Yet NY Republicans continue to either coward in in silence or cheer the Musk/Trump Administration's actions.
Still silence from New York State Senate Republicans as their party’s nationalist power grab locks out service providers from helping hungry kids, veterans, seniors & farmers. Almost makes you forget they’re still taking $12B more per year from NYers in federal taxes thanks to Trump’s tax policies.
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Still silence from New York State Senate Republicans as their party’s nationalist power grab locks out service providers from helping hungry kids, veterans, seniors & farmers. Almost makes you forget they’re still taking $12B more per year from NYers in federal taxes thanks to Trump’s tax policies.
Stephen Miller's face will be immortalized in history, which is unfortunate, but I'm certain history will associate his face with those of the most evil of men whose own pathetic insecurities harmed countless of lives.
STEPHEN MILLER: Does anyone believe that an unaccountable career bureaucrat should be able to approve vast sums of money for the projects that they personally agree with?
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Stephen Miller's face will be immortalized in history, which is unfortunate, but I'm certain history will associate his face with those of the most evil of men whose own pathetic insecurities harmed countless of lives.
Republicans locking NY out of Medicaid system is a huge problem. Est 46% of births in NY are covered by Medicaid—that's est 283 babies born daily relying on it. This critical system can't afford disruptions for families. Silence from "pro-life" NY Senate GOP who endorsed these actions.
January 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Republicans locking NY out of Medicaid system is a huge problem. Est 46% of births in NY are covered by Medicaid—that's est 283 babies born daily relying on it. This critical system can't afford disruptions for families. Silence from "pro-life" NY Senate GOP who endorsed these actions.
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"This package includes legislation that will demand transparency and rate setting processes ... there are also measures to expand flexible payment plans and provide more options for families to manage their bills." - @leaderasc.bsky.social
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State Senate approves measures to make utilities more affordable
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—-On Monday, New York State Senators voted on nine bills relating to utility affordability. “This package includes legislation that will demand transparency and ra…
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January 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"This package includes legislation that will demand transparency and rate setting processes ... there are also measures to expand flexible payment plans and provide more options for families to manage their bills." - @leaderasc.bsky.social
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Reminder: NY workers and Organized Labor
This is also the agenda that the NY Senate GOP endorsed and said would be best for us and New York.
This is also the agenda that the NY Senate GOP endorsed and said would be best for us and New York.
Remember when Trump’s campaign team denied ties to Project 2025? Now he’s signing directives straight from its pages - gutting antidiscrimination protections and silencing workers who speak out. This agenda targets the very people who keep our country running.
January 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reminder: NY workers and Organized Labor
This is also the agenda that the NY Senate GOP endorsed and said would be best for us and New York.
This is also the agenda that the NY Senate GOP endorsed and said would be best for us and New York.
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Affordability on the agenda today in the NYS Senate! The Democratic Majority is passing a package of bills to lower utility rates and make billing more predictable and transparent.
January 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Affordability on the agenda today in the NYS Senate! The Democratic Majority is passing a package of bills to lower utility rates and make billing more predictable and transparent.
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NYS Senate approves measures to make utilities more affordable
State Senate approves measures to make utilities more affordable
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—-On Monday, New York State Senators voted on nine bills relating to utility affordability. “This package includes legislation that will demand transparency and ra…
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January 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
NYS Senate approves measures to make utilities more affordable