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Alexa Avilés
@CMAlexaAviles
Council Member representing District 38: Red Hook and portions of Gowanus, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach 🗽
Brooklyn, NY
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Sep 15, 2023
    🧵1/10 It’s hard to believe it’s been 21 months since I took office. Yesterday, we held a state of the district to look back on the past two years of work. From block parties, to rallies, to the chambers at city hall, my team and I have centered neighborhood voices.
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    Alexa Avilés
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    Oct 24, 2020
    On the first day of early voting in Red Hook, @NYPD76Pct officers confronted community activists handing out PPE in front of an early polling site & then seized it. This is unacceptable, the NYPD must issue clear guidelines & not escalate situations at the polls.
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    Alexa Avilés
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    Oct 24, 2020
    Replying to @CMAlexaAviles
    There must be accountability. We are one city, and there should be peaceful responses by the NYPD. Anything short than that could lead to voter suppression.
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Feb 3, 2025
    Right now, New Yorkers from across the city are gathering to rally against NYU Langone’s compliance with the Trump administration’s harmful ban on trans-affirming care. We cannot allow these draconian policies to upend our healthcare systems. Public health is public safety!
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Jul 1, 2020
    5 of 9, so more than half. Also three women, and two out LGBTQ But yes, please erase our identities to fit a false narrative this Council used to erase the identities of protesters so as to discredit and delegitimize their demands
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    Daniel Dromm
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    Jul 1, 2020
    And of those 9 no votes from the left only 3 were people of color. Interesting.
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Jun 18, 2020
    Today I am introducing a resolution calling on @NYCCouncil to express a loss of confidence in the Mayor and remove him from office Resolution⬇️ bit.ly/ResoRemove Op-Ed⬇️ bit.ly/ResoOped Video Transcript⬇️ bit.ly/ResoVideoWords vimeo.com/430416630?ref=…
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Aug 12, 2020
    This Mayor🤦🏾‍♂️- a few things (THREAD): - Sunset Park is one of the hardest hit communities by COVID-19 - Nearly half its residents are immigrants, and 3/4 people of color - It's been neglected for years by the Mayor, and now is being underfunded by the Council b/c of politics
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    J. David Goodman
    @jdavidgoodman
    Aug 12, 2020
    Mayor @BilldeBlasio says he doesn't know what is causing an uptick in coronavirus cases in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. What did the contact tracers find out? How many of the 228 positives gave their contacts? How many of those contacts isolated?
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Sep 23, 2020
    Industry City has withdrawn their application. A WIN FOR SUNSET PARK! People power has triumphed ✊🏾. Our work continues as community voice drives the growth and future of our neighborhood.
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Apr 14, 2022
    Here is some of what I shared on the @NYCCouncil floor a few minutes ago: This Tuesday, April 12th, my daughter left our home at about 8:20, headed to the 36th train station for school.
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Oct 6, 2023
    We need somebody who’s going to be focusing on finding solutions to the things we need now We don’t need a tourist to go to the Darién water gap who thinks he’s going to convince individuals not to come to New York City It’s absurd
    ‘There is no more room in New York’: Mayor Adams takes Mexico
    From politico.com
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Nov 21, 2023
    Why did you bring a gun to a college campus? You are far from an authority on the subject of engaging in good faith political speech.
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    Councilwoman Inna Vernikov
    @InnaVernikov
    Nov 21, 2023
    Replying to @nycDSA @Columbia and 6 others
    Yes yes the issue is solidarity with “Palestine” often comes with violence and always with chants calling for destruction and intifada. See the difference between Pro “Palestine” rallies vs Pro Israel rallies. Bunch of Hamas supporting clowns you are.
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Jul 3, 2022
    This is the line to get into Sunset Park Pool on July 4 weekend. Imagine if we adequately funded parks, paid decent wages and invested in job prep for youth?
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Jun 14, 2022
    I strive to be fair if nothing, and I acknowledge the advances made in this budget. Nonetheless, I cannot vote for a budget that slashes funding for our schools in the name of "right-sizing." This is not what I was elected to do.
    We are finally going to see more than one unit of appropriation for NYPD. I recognize this is a significant first step that took political will. But transparency without accountability means nothing.
    New York City schools are overcrowded and underfunded. We knew this to be true well before the pandemic. Branding cuts to schools in my district as “right-sizing” is a slap in the face.
    We are in the middle of an eviction wave. This budget fails to fully invest the full $4 billion for housing that Mayor Adams promised in his campaign. Not only that, it puts more public housing money into the hands of private developers .
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    Alexa Avilés
    @CMAlexaAviles
    Jul 1, 2020
    Today, I implored my colleagues in the Council to vote against the the City Budget
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