September 8, 2020. New York State Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James denounced a recent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) questionnaire on Tuesday that asked New York City Council candidates to agree “not to travel to Israel if elected… in solidarity with Palestinians living under occupation.”. “I was offended by the question,” James, who served on the City Council …
Dec 10, 2021 · New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (D), a self-described democratic socialist who has solidified his trust with the movement faithful in recent years, is the most immediate beneficiary...
Mar 02, 2021 · Calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign over the sexual harassment allegations lodged against him continued to mount Tuesday, including from the Democratic Socialists of America — whose most ...
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The DSA’s New York chapter issued the statement days after Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), whose district covers parts of the Bronx and Queens, called Boylan and Bennett’s accounts “extremely serious and painful to read,” and demanded an independent probe.
We stand with Charlotte Bennet [sic], Lindsey Boylan, and Anna Ruch, who have spoken out about Governor Cuomo’s harassment,” the group said in a statement issued Tuesday, referring to the three women who have spoken out. Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump-owned building on May Day on May 1, 2019, in New York City.
He denied touching anyone inappropriately, as alleged at that point by Boylan. After Ruch spoke up, Cuomo’s office referred to the same statement, even though Ruch had never worked for the state. A billboard urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign is seen near downtown on March 2, 2021, in Albany, New York. Getty Images.
The Working Families Party also called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down on March 2, 2021. “Andrew Cuomo’s reign of fear, harassment, and intimidation cannot continue,” the group said in a statement. “We were horrified to learn of the Governor’s pattern of sexual harassment.
Meanwhile Tuesday, the Working Families Party — which backed Cuomo’s unsuccessful primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon, in 2018, only to grudgingly support the governor in the general election — also called for him to step down. The Working Families Party also called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down on March 2, 2021. POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Cuomo, now in his third term as governor, has faced bipartisan pressure to step down as the number of women accusing him of inappropriate conduct has grown to three — with two alleging that Cuomo forcibly kissed them. “In light of the multiple allegations of sexual harassment by Governor Cuomo, the NYC Chapter of the Democratic Socialists ...
The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 92,000 members and chapters in all 50 states. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.
Bernie Sanders launched a political revolution and DSA continues to build it, training our chapters to effectively support democratic socialist candidates running for local and state office while lifting up our key issues.
Health care is a huge segment of our economy and health care access is a deeply and widely felt need. In the capitalist system, you have to pay to get care or go without, but doesn’t have to be this way. In a democratic socialist system, we would collectively provide care as a society. M4A is a stepping stone towards that vision ...
The Democratic Socialists of America unequivocally condemns the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians everywhere, including the dispossession (aka illegal “evictions”) of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, the ongoing racist violence by Israeli police and Jewish settlers, and Israel’s latest bombardment, invasion, and murder of Palestinians in Gaza. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against…
Capitalism pits us against each other and workplaces are fundamentally authoritarian unless workers can self-organize and build collective power. This is why people build unions, and why employers undermine them. It is also why the capitalists as a class constantly promote narratives about unions that frame them as unnecessary, undemocratic, or ineffective. We know better, and we’re building worker power in every region of the country.
Emily Gallagher is New York's state assembly member for the fiftieth district and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. In an interview with Jacobin, Gallagher discusses how socialists led the way on calling for Gov.
In 2020, Emily Gallagher was elected to represent Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood in the New York State Assembly, defeating a forty-eight-year incumbent friendly to corporate power.