Tareq Saghie
@tareqsaghie.bsky.social
Freelancer with articles in @theguardian.com @citylimitsnews.bsky.social @labornotes.bsky.social @elpais.com
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NYCHA has turned thousands of apartments over to private management under its PACT program, viewed as the most effective way to fund renovations quickly. But many tenants are still not sold, citing eviction threats and higher costs. via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: citylimits.org/puerto-rican...
Puerto Rican Families in New York’s Public Housing Worry Privatization Will Cause Displacement - City Limits
New York City’s public housing authority has turned thousands of apartments over to private management. While PACT may currently be the most effective way to fund renovations quickly, many tenants are...
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While PACT privatization has enabled long overdue renovations that NYCHA simply cannot afford, it has come with soaring eviction threats, leading many to question if this was just the latest ploy to drive them out for real estate interests.
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Aunque PACT podría ser, por ahora, la vía más efectiva para financiar las renovaciones de manera rápida, muchos inquilinos siguen sin estar convencidos de que represente el camino correcto. Por @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: citylimits.org/familias-pue...
Familias puertorriqueñas temen ser desplazadas por la privatización de la administración de edificios de vivienda pública en Nueva York - City Limits
Aunque PACT podría ser, por ahora, la vía más efectiva para financiar las renovaciones de manera rápida, muchos inquilinos siguen sin estar convencidos de que represente el camino correcto.
citylimits.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Aunque PACT podría ser, por ahora, la vía más efectiva para financiar las renovaciones de manera rápida, muchos inquilinos siguen sin estar convencidos de que represente el camino correcto. Por @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: citylimits.org/familias-pue...
While PACT privatization has enabled long overdue renovations that NYCHA simply cannot afford, it has come with soaring eviction threats, leading many to question if this was just the latest ploy to drive them out for real estate interests.
My latest:
My latest:
NYCHA has turned thousands of apartments over to private management under its PACT program, viewed as the most effective way to fund renovations quickly. But many tenants are still not sold, citing eviction threats and higher costs. via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: citylimits.org/puerto-rican...
Puerto Rican Families in New York’s Public Housing Worry Privatization Will Cause Displacement - City Limits
New York City’s public housing authority has turned thousands of apartments over to private management. While PACT may currently be the most effective way to fund renovations quickly, many tenants are...
citylimits.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
While PACT privatization has enabled long overdue renovations that NYCHA simply cannot afford, it has come with soaring eviction threats, leading many to question if this was just the latest ploy to drive them out for real estate interests.
My latest:
My latest:
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Hundreds rallied Tuesday, including over a dozen politicians—Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee among them—in a show of support for the striking workers, who include attorneys representing low-income tenants in housing court.
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/4f3bTQT
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Nonprofit Legal Service Employees Strike, As NYC Politics Take a Pro-Worker Turn - City Limits
Hundreds rallied in Foley Square Tuesday, including over a dozen local politicians—Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor among them—in a strong show of support for the striking workers, who...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hundreds rallied Tuesday, including over a dozen politicians—Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee among them—in a show of support for the striking workers, who include attorneys representing low-income tenants in housing court.
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/4f3bTQT
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/4f3bTQT
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SCOOP: DHS Sec. Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response organization, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Bloomberg News. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency
In a newly revealed March memo, officials proposed ways to dramatically curtail the US government’s disaster response role, such as by ending aid for smaller disasters and cutting housing funds for su...
www.bloomberg.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
SCOOP: DHS Sec. Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response organization, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Bloomberg News. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
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Justin Brannan wants to focus on constructing affordable housing specifically for city workers in a program modeled after Electchester, while Mark Levine wants to invest $2.5 billion to help developers build 75K affordable units.
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/45iTNHT
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/45iTNHT
Comptroller Frontrunners Would Invest Pension Funds in Affordable Housing, But Approaches Vary - City Limits
Justin Brannan wants to focus on constructing affordable housing specifically for city workers in a program modeled after Electchester, while Mark Levine wants to produce 75,000 affordable units by he...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Justin Brannan wants to focus on constructing affordable housing specifically for city workers in a program modeled after Electchester, while Mark Levine wants to invest $2.5 billion to help developers build 75K affordable units.
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/45iTNHT
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/45iTNHT
The two leading candidates for comptroller have some interesting proposals to leverage their role to create more affordable housing.
Read about them in my latest for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/comptroller-...
Read about them in my latest for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/comptroller-...
Comptroller Frontrunners Would Invest Pension Funds in Affordable Housing, But Approaches Vary - City Limits
Justin Brannan wants to focus on constructing affordable housing specifically for city workers in a program modeled after Electchester, while Mark Levine wants to produce 75,000 affordable units by he...
citylimits.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The two leading candidates for comptroller have some interesting proposals to leverage their role to create more affordable housing.
Read about them in my latest for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/comptroller-...
Read about them in my latest for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/comptroller-...
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WATCH: Sen. Padilla pushed to the ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
WATCH: Sen. Padilla pushed to the ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
If a broker you didn't hire tries to insist you owe them a fee to move into a new apartment, you can report them to @hellodcwp.bsky.social, which could lead to a fine, or to the NYS Department of State, who could suspend their license
The city will depend on renters to be proactive in reporting violations. “There’s this element of vigilantism that will be able to take place here, when it comes to holding these landlords and brokers accountable,” said sponsor @chiosse.bsky.social.
via @tareqsaghie.bsky.social: bit.ly/4l0g2GZ
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What Renters Should Know As NYC's Broker Fees Ban Kicks In - City Limits
With little capacity to investigate brokers and fines for offenses relatively low, the city will depend on renters to be proactive in reporting violations of the new broker fees law.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If a broker you didn't hire tries to insist you owe them a fee to move into a new apartment, you can report them to @hellodcwp.bsky.social, which could lead to a fine, or to the NYS Department of State, who could suspend their license
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“Labor leaders argue that farmers prefer H-2A workers, despite their costs, because they are easily exploitable.” Great reporting from @tareqsaghie.bsky.social www.palabranahj.org/archive/caug...
Caught in the Fields: The H-2A Visa Workers Who Feed America — and the System That Traps Them — palabra.
The broken H-2A visa program traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of debt and dependence while growers claim they can't farm without them. The human cost of America's food system—and why immigration…
www.palabranahj.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Labor leaders argue that farmers prefer H-2A workers, despite their costs, because they are easily exploitable.” Great reporting from @tareqsaghie.bsky.social www.palabranahj.org/archive/caug...
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If distressed properties or city land were in the hands of community groups, rather than private developers, they would be used for the benefit of the community, the bills' supporters say. bit.ly/3SzXvoZ
Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership - City Limits
The social housing proposals, known together as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If distressed properties or city land were in the hands of community groups, rather than private developers, they would be used for the benefit of the community, the bills' supporters say. bit.ly/3SzXvoZ
My first for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on a package of bills in the city council that aim to de-privatize future affordable housing by, among other things, creating a city land bank
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citylimits.org/social-housi...
Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership - City Limits
The five social housing proposals, known as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.
citylimits.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My first for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on a package of bills in the city council that aim to de-privatize future affordable housing by, among other things, creating a city land bank
citylimits.org/social-housi...
citylimits.org/social-housi...
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"Every politician talks about Mitchell Lama 2.0, but we won’t get there unless we have the authority to actually build that type of housing," said @chrismartenyc.bsky.social. "We are putting the building blocks together through these bills and resolutions." bit.ly/3SzXvoZ
Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership - City Limits
The five social housing proposals, known as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Every politician talks about Mitchell Lama 2.0, but we won’t get there unless we have the authority to actually build that type of housing," said @chrismartenyc.bsky.social. "We are putting the building blocks together through these bills and resolutions." bit.ly/3SzXvoZ
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Hundreds of thousands of workers come to the U.S. under the H-2A visa program to fill temporary agricultural jobs. While the program is essential to the country’s food supply, some workers and advocates say it can create conditions ripe for abuse and exploitation. www.palabranahj.org/archive/caug...
May 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hundreds of thousands of workers come to the U.S. under the H-2A visa program to fill temporary agricultural jobs. While the program is essential to the country’s food supply, some workers and advocates say it can create conditions ripe for abuse and exploitation. www.palabranahj.org/archive/caug...
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Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would ‘legalize oppression’, advocates say
By @tareqsaghie.bsky.social edited by @disolis.bsky.social
By @tareqsaghie.bsky.social edited by @disolis.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would ‘legalize oppression’, advocates say
By @tareqsaghie.bsky.social edited by @disolis.bsky.social
By @tareqsaghie.bsky.social edited by @disolis.bsky.social
Los trabajadores agrícolas temporales con visas H-2A, de quienes la industria depende más que nunca, ya son vulnerables a la explotación. ¿Trump eliminará las pocas protecciones que tienen o los eliminará de la fuerza laboral?
Lea mi primer artículo para @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
Lea mi primer artículo para @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
Los grupos agrícolas insisten en que los ciudadanos estadounidenses no están dispuestos a realizar el arduo trabajo del campo, y que eliminar el visado temporal para sus trabajadores extranjeros podría colapsar el sistema alimentario dozz.es/2jpj94
Los trabajadores agrícolas con visado temporal temen por su futuro ante las inciertas políticas federales de Estados Unidos
Los jornaleros extranjeros contratados con el programa H-2A tienen garantizada una paga más alta y vivienda gratis, pero esto podría cambiar
dozz.es
May 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Los trabajadores agrícolas temporales con visas H-2A, de quienes la industria depende más que nunca, ya son vulnerables a la explotación. ¿Trump eliminará las pocas protecciones que tienen o los eliminará de la fuerza laboral?
Lea mi primer artículo para @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
Lea mi primer artículo para @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
Some Republicans want to lower wages and remove housing requirements for seasonal farm workers on H-2A visas, a move advocates say would facilitate their exploitation and further decrease jobs and union power for permanent workers.
My first for @us.theguardian.com
My first for @us.theguardian.com
Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would "legalize oppression", advocates say.
Trump has no plan for who will grow US food: ‘There is just flat out nobody to work’
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some Republicans want to lower wages and remove housing requirements for seasonal farm workers on H-2A visas, a move advocates say would facilitate their exploitation and further decrease jobs and union power for permanent workers.
My first for @us.theguardian.com
My first for @us.theguardian.com
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Earlier this week NYPD Commissioner described the "fairly standard" process by which the NYPD shared a 4-page report on student protester with the feds who told them they were investigating money laundering...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/07/l...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/07/l...
Criminal-Probe Pretext for NYPD ICE Cooperation Alarms Immigrant Advocates
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said providing Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia’s file to the feds was “standard” exception to city sanctuary laws as Trump administration claims it’s investigating ...
www.thecity.nyc
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Earlier this week NYPD Commissioner described the "fairly standard" process by which the NYPD shared a 4-page report on student protester with the feds who told them they were investigating money laundering...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/07/l...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/07/l...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams to reporters:
“What I’m finding surprising is the level of support you’re all displaying [for Mahmoud Khalil], but I didn’t see that support for me.”
“What I’m finding surprising is the level of support you’re all displaying [for Mahmoud Khalil], but I didn’t see that support for me.”
March 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NYC Mayor Eric Adams to reporters:
“What I’m finding surprising is the level of support you’re all displaying [for Mahmoud Khalil], but I didn’t see that support for me.”
“What I’m finding surprising is the level of support you’re all displaying [for Mahmoud Khalil], but I didn’t see that support for me.”
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Maria Torres-Springer and Anne Williams-Isom, two of Mayor Adams’ top deputies who are stepping down, both wrote in their resignation letters to him that they can't serve in city government if it doesn’t make their immigrant families “proud."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/n...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/n...
NYC deputy mayors who resigned told Adams they needed to make their immigrant parents ‘proud’
Two of Mayor Adams’ top deputies who stepped down this week wrote in resignation letters that they found themselves unable to serve in city government if it doesn’t make their immigrant…
www.nydailynews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Maria Torres-Springer and Anne Williams-Isom, two of Mayor Adams’ top deputies who are stepping down, both wrote in their resignation letters to him that they can't serve in city government if it doesn’t make their immigrant families “proud."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/n...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/n...
Israel doing everything it can to outlaw dissent, arresting the bookseller who wrote this important piece today
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/no...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/no...
Mahmoud Muna | A Bookseller and Many Journalists
I was shelving some books when the American journalist walked in. Many international reporters have come to Jerusalem...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Israel doing everything it can to outlaw dissent, arresting the bookseller who wrote this important piece today
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/no...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/no...
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Making sure everyone understands: Afrikaners—Elon Musk’s people—built, enforced, and thrived under the apartheid system they created. Not just “white-ruled segregation”—it was systemic racial oppression to keep the white minority in power.
They don’t deserve refugee status—they were the oppressors!
They don’t deserve refugee status—they were the oppressors!
February 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Making sure everyone understands: Afrikaners—Elon Musk’s people—built, enforced, and thrived under the apartheid system they created. Not just “white-ruled segregation”—it was systemic racial oppression to keep the white minority in power.
They don’t deserve refugee status—they were the oppressors!
They don’t deserve refugee status—they were the oppressors!
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Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intention to violate its disengagement agreement with Syria, as Israeli forces invaded and occupied several positions inside Syrian sovereign territory, including the summit of Mount Al-Sheikh.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/israel-occupies-new-syrian-territor…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/israel-occupies-new-syrian-territor…
Israel occupies new Syrian territory following Assad’s collapse
Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intention to violate its disengagement agreement with Syria, as Israeli forces invaded and occupied several positions inside Syrian sovereign territory, including...
mondoweiss.net
December 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intention to violate its disengagement agreement with Syria, as Israeli forces invaded and occupied several positions inside Syrian sovereign territory, including the summit of Mount Al-Sheikh.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/israel-occupies-new-syrian-territor…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/israel-occupies-new-syrian-territor…
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“It's hard to imagine anything more sordid than our disgraced former governor teaming up with Donald Trump's impeachment lawyer to defend a war criminal, but apparently this is the company Andrew Cuomo wants to keep."
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Said to be mulling NYC mayor run, Andrew Cuomo joins 'dream team' to defend Netanyahu
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz convened the team to defend the prime minister of Israel as he faces international war crime charges over Israel's actions in Gaza.
gothamist.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 PM
“It's hard to imagine anything more sordid than our disgraced former governor teaming up with Donald Trump's impeachment lawyer to defend a war criminal, but apparently this is the company Andrew Cuomo wants to keep."
gothamist.com/news/andrew-...
gothamist.com/news/andrew-...
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"Just minutes after President Biden announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached, an Israeli airstrike once again hit in the heart of Beirut," NYT reports.
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
"Just minutes after President Biden announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached, an Israeli airstrike once again hit in the heart of Beirut," NYT reports.
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."