Simon V Kostelanetz
@simonkostel.bsky.social
Comms at @council.nyc.gov. Adjunct at @cuny.edu. Proud union member. All views my own, reposts≠endorsements.
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The Hochul campaign is out with a statement regarding President Trump's disagreement with Rep. Elise Stefanik calling Zohran Mamdani a "jihadist." Comms Director Sarafina Chitika says Trump "nuked her opening argument" in Stefanik's bid for governor
Kathy Hochul out of nowhere with a steel chair
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The NYPD confirmed its involvement in a counterterrorism investigation that spied on a private Signal chat of volunteer observers monitoring ICE activity inside NYC’s immigration courthouses.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
www.thecity.nyc
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in a counterterrorism investigation that spied on a private Signal chat of volunteer observers monitoring ICE activity inside NYC’s immigration courthouses.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
Kathy Hochul out of nowhere with a steel chair
The Hochul campaign is out with a statement regarding President Trump's disagreement with Rep. Elise Stefanik calling Zohran Mamdani a "jihadist." Comms Director Sarafina Chitika says Trump "nuked her opening argument" in Stefanik's bid for governor
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kathy Hochul out of nowhere with a steel chair
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politics ain’t beanbag www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Mayor-elect Mamdani plans to attend DSA forum on Chi
Mamdani is pulling out all the stops to block City Council Member Chi Ossé’s run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
politics ain’t beanbag www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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🎉🎉 NEW MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Following an internal vote, Council Member-Elect Harvey Epstein will join our caucus!
Harvey will become the Caucus’s 18th member the same day he’s sworn in later this year
Following an internal vote, Council Member-Elect Harvey Epstein will join our caucus!
Harvey will become the Caucus’s 18th member the same day he’s sworn in later this year
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🎉🎉 NEW MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Following an internal vote, Council Member-Elect Harvey Epstein will join our caucus!
Harvey will become the Caucus’s 18th member the same day he’s sworn in later this year
Following an internal vote, Council Member-Elect Harvey Epstein will join our caucus!
Harvey will become the Caucus’s 18th member the same day he’s sworn in later this year
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Thank you to District 1's Council Member Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion, who also participated in @nycplan.org 's People's Assembly last month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
District 1
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thank you to District 1's Council Member Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion, who also participated in @nycplan.org 's People's Assembly last month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
This is disappointing.
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is disappointing.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the Chambers Street subway station.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the Chambers Street subway station.
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did anyone see this irl? (I’m guessing cause this website is for 38 year olds, everyone here was watching baseball or sleeping, but doesn’t hurt to ask!!!)
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
did anyone see this irl? (I’m guessing cause this website is for 38 year olds, everyone here was watching baseball or sleeping, but doesn’t hurt to ask!!!)
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We got our 2nd "YES" - this time from District 1's Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion who also participated in @nycplan.org's People's Assembly earlier this month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/ - Let's GO!
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We got our 2nd "YES" - this time from District 1's Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion who also participated in @nycplan.org's People's Assembly earlier this month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/ - Let's GO!
Omg fml I was so focused on a photo shoot for this sticker on the train that when I got off I left it on the seat 😭😭😭
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Omg fml I was so focused on a photo shoot for this sticker on the train that when I got off I left it on the seat 😭😭😭
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The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost about mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/c...
Islamophobia Takes Center Stage in Final Days of New York’s Mayoral Race
The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost about mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city...
www.thecity.nyc
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost about mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/c...
I can’t wait for both of them to move out of New York
Eric Adams, endorsing Cuomo: "New York can't be Europe, folks ... Those Islamic extremisms that are burning churches in Nigeria, that are destroying communities in Germany, that have taken over the logical thinkings. And that's what I'm fighting for."
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I can’t wait for both of them to move out of New York
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I'm old enough to remember when Eric Adams stood up at Gracie Mansion and said “Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar."
I am a two month old baby
I am a two month old baby
Mayor Adams Endorses Cuomo, Who He Once Called a ‘Snake and a Liar’
Outgoing mayor backs former rival, joins him courtside at MSG.
www.thecity.nyc
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Eric Adams stood up at Gracie Mansion and said “Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar."
I am a two month old baby
I am a two month old baby
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The Art of the Deal.
Breaking News: Mayor Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City to try to stop the momentum of Zohran Mamdani. nyti.ms/4nfliHv
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Art of the Deal.
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Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?
Vending enforcement is not ICE’s job. Rather, it is the job of Eric Adams’ agencies, but they prefer to shirk responsibility. We’ve been sounding the alarm for months, yet this administration’s inaction has practically invited ICE to come in and wreak havoc in our community. Shameful.
“You will see an increase in ICE arrests because there are so many criminal illegal aliens that have been released … and especially are being harbored in New York City,” Lyons said in an interview with Fox News.
“You will see us making the criminal arrests to make New York safe again,” he added.
“You will see us making the criminal arrests to make New York safe again,” he added.
Trump admin official promises more raids like Canal St. on the way
The head of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency Wednesday warned New Yorkers to expect more Canal St-style crackdowns as President Trump expands his mass deportation push to NYC.…
www.nydailynews.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Vending enforcement is not ICE’s job. Rather, it is the job of Eric Adams’ agencies, but they prefer to shirk responsibility. We’ve been sounding the alarm for months, yet this administration’s inaction has practically invited ICE to come in and wreak havoc in our community. Shameful.
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“The amount of weapons that they had on the street pointed at bystanders, something I’ve never seen in my life,” said local City Council member Christopher Marte. “I haven’t seen this much military action in lower Manhattan since the days after 9/11.” via @thecity.nyc
Military-Style Immigration Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“The amount of weapons that they had on the street pointed at bystanders, something I’ve never seen in my life,” said local City Council member Christopher Marte. “I haven’t seen this much military action in lower Manhattan since the days after 9/11.” via @thecity.nyc
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A NY demolition company agreed to pay $1.4 million after the AG's office found it systematically denied workers compensation, and harassed and intimidated workers who did file claims for their injuries -- even offering $5,000 bounties for any leads. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/a...
AG Tish James Secures Settlement for Hundreds Denied Workers Comp
Alba Services Inc. cut insurance costs by telling workers to lie to doctors about job injuries, the attorney general’s probe concluded — and offered cash rewards to turn in workers who did try to file...
www.thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A NY demolition company agreed to pay $1.4 million after the AG's office found it systematically denied workers compensation, and harassed and intimidated workers who did file claims for their injuries -- even offering $5,000 bounties for any leads. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/a...
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This is such a terrible and anti-democratic idea. The mayor of NYC should not need the support of the NYPD. There are pragmatic reasons why the mayor needs to have a working relationship with the police, but the NYPD doesn't get a veto over what voters want. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
September 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is such a terrible and anti-democratic idea. The mayor of NYC should not need the support of the NYPD. There are pragmatic reasons why the mayor needs to have a working relationship with the police, but the NYPD doesn't get a veto over what voters want. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
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another story years in the making
Good morning. Today, we have a new episode: Stefano. omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
another story years in the making