Dylan Flesch
@dylanflesch.bsky.social
Organizing with For the People Leftist Library Project and NYC PLAN. Day job in the archives at New York Public Radio. Views my own. He/him.
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Policy solutions to ICE are about defunding them, taking away their ability to arrest and detain and deport people, and about helping people, neighborhoods, cities who are vulnerable to any of those acts of violence to increase their ability to live without those acts of violence.
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Policy solutions to ICE are about defunding them, taking away their ability to arrest and detain and deport people, and about helping people, neighborhoods, cities who are vulnerable to any of those acts of violence to increase their ability to live without those acts of violence.
Here's the full committee as proposed:
-Dr. Nantasha Williams
-Crystal Hudson
-Farah N. Louis
-Virginia Maloney
-Chi Ossé
-Althea Stevens
-Sandra Ung
-Dr. Nantasha Williams
-Crystal Hudson
-Farah N. Louis
-Virginia Maloney
-Chi Ossé
-Althea Stevens
-Sandra Ung
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Here's the full committee as proposed:
-Dr. Nantasha Williams
-Crystal Hudson
-Farah N. Louis
-Virginia Maloney
-Chi Ossé
-Althea Stevens
-Sandra Ung
-Dr. Nantasha Williams
-Crystal Hudson
-Farah N. Louis
-Virginia Maloney
-Chi Ossé
-Althea Stevens
-Sandra Ung
Always appreciate City & State’s coverage of the council. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
NYC Council’s second stated meeting overshadowed by ICE detention of employee
Much-awaited committee assignments will be made public Thursday.
www.cityandstateny.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Always appreciate City & State’s coverage of the council. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
See who has already agreed to the demand here: nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
Library Funding Stances by City Council Members
nycplan.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 AM
See who has already agreed to the demand here: nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
Whoever ends up chairing this committee, it’s important to tell your local council member to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Whoever ends up chairing this committee, it’s important to tell your local council member to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
If I had it my way we’d see Hanif in this role. More likely we’ll see someone like Ung.
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
If I had it my way we’d see Hanif in this role. More likely we’ll see someone like Ung.