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On September 15, 2023, the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union went on strike at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis plants, demanding pay increases, improved benefits, and an end to the tier system that gives newer workers less compensation for the same work than better-compensated workers with more seniority. Workers at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne talked to me after a week on the picket line on September 21.

On September 15, 2023, the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union went on strike at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis plants, demanding pay increases, improved benefits, and an end to the tier system that gives newer workers less compensation for the same work than better-compensated workers with more seniority. Workers at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Toledo, Ohio talked to me after a week on the picket line on September 22.

On August 14, 2023, at a hearing before New York Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio in the Richmond County Courthouse, petitioners' attorney Sujata Gibson presented oral arguments for class-action certification in DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al, a lawsuit brought by NYC Department of Education employees who were denied religious exemptions under the DOE's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Supporters rallied outside the courthouse and packed the courtroom and courthouse hallway during the hearing. Many of those attending were workers who were fired or otherwise adversely affected by mandates. I spoke with this New Yorker who was not involved in the case but just happened to be in the area during the rally. He talked with me about his views on New York City's vaccine mandates, the recent influx of migrants, homeless New Yorkers, services for veterans, and other issues New Yorkers are facing.

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On July 6, 2023, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. She discussed recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and local renewable energy projects, and took questions from constituents. AOC also congratulated the winner of the Congressional Art Competition. One local project AOC highlighted at the event was the "Reimagine the Cross Bronx" project, which is developing plans to reshape the Cross Bronx Expressway corridor. Reimagine the Cross Bronx project website: www.crossbronx.info WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://youtu.be/aiyPjzscyEM SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #newyorkcity #alexandriaocasiocortez

On July 6, 2023, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. She discussed recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and local renewable energy projects, and took questions from constituents. Although she discussed labor and civil rights issues during the town hall, and touched on bodily autonomy and economic recovery from the pandemic, AOC declined to voice support for reinstating New Yorkers who were fired under vaccine mandates that have now been lifted. Her response that reinstatement of workers to jobs that no longer have a COVID-19 vaccination requirement should depend on the sector suggests that she supports renewed mandates for certain sectors. New York City's mandates applied to all City employees and the vast majority of workers in the private sector, and many former City workers are still making efforts to get reinstated to their former employment. SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter and Instagram: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #mandate #alexandriaocasiocortez

On July 6, 2023, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. She discussed recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and local renewable energy projects, and took questions from constituents. AOC also congratulated the winner of the Congressional Art Competition. Constituents and others attending the event talked with me about their concerns while waiting to meet the congresswoman. I APPRECIATE everyone who takes the time to share their perspective with NYCforYourself! SUPPORT NYCforYOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter and Instagram: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #newyorkcity #alexandriaocasiocortez

On July 6, 2023, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. She discussed recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and local renewable energy projects, and took questions from constituents. AOC also congratulated the winner of the Congressional Art Competition. SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #newyorkcity #alexandriaocasiocortez

On June 29, 2023, the Central Queens Republican Club held a "June 27 Primary Candidates and Leaders" meeting following the June 27 primary election for New York City Council seats. Candidate Jonathan Rinaldi (District 24) voiced strong criticism of party leaders at the event and got into a heated exchange with Medical Freedom Party organizer Steve Speer. (See https://youtu.be/iszXAZhA7iY) Rinaldi comments on the incident here, striking a conciliatory tone and calling for unity among Republicans and allied parties in the run-up to the general election in November. Jonathan Rinaldi campaign website: www.jdrfornyc.com WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://youtu.be/T0W0_IBRRuY INTERVIEW with Steve Speer: https://youtu.be/qlT3cGSEGfw Central Queens Republican Club: https://central.queens.gop SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #citycouncil #election2023 #republican

On June 29, 2023, the Central Queens Republican Club held a "June 27 Primary Candidates and Leaders" meeting following the June 27 primary election for New York City Council seats. Candidates who were on the ballot and party leaders from the Republican, Conservative, and Medical Freedom parties spoke and answered questions at the event. District 29 candidate Danniel Maio led the meeting. Medical Freedom Party organizer Steve Speer talked with me after the event about the party's goals and 2023 City Council candidates. He also addressed some long-standing criticisms. WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://youtu.be/T0W0_IBRRuY Medical Freedom Party website: https://medicalfreedomparty.com Central Queens Republican Club: https://central.queens.gop SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #citycouncil #election2023 #republican

On June 29, 2023, the Central Queens Republican Club held a "June 27 Primary Candidates and Leaders" meeting following the June 27 primary election for New York City Council seats. Candidates who were on the ballot and party leaders from the Republican, Conservative, and Medical Freedom parties spoke and answered questions at the event. District 29 candidate Danniel Maio led the meeting. Joe Pinion, who ran as a Republican against Senator Chuck Schumer in 2022, spoke at the event as a party leader and on behalf of New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox. WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://youtu.be/T0W0_IBRRuY Central Queens Republican Club: https://central.queens.gop SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #citycouncil #election2023 #republican

On June 29, 2023, the Central Queens Republican Club held a "June 27 Primary Candidates and Leaders" meeting following the June 27 primary election for New York City Council seats. Candidates who were on the ballot and party leaders from the Republican, Conservative, and Medical Freedom parties spoke and answered questions at the event. District 29 candidate Danniel Maio led the meeting. Candidates Jonathan Rinaldi (District 24) and Samantha Zherka (District 13) voiced strong criticism of party leaders, with Rinaldi getting into a heated exchange with Medical Freedom Party organizer Steve Speer and Zherka taking aim at Bronx Republican Party Chairman Mike Rendino. WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://youtu.be/T0W0_IBRRuY Central Queens Republican Club: https://central.queens.gop SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #citycouncil #election2023 #republican

On June 29, 2023, the Central Queens Republican Club held a "June 27 Primary Candidates and Leaders" meeting following the June 27 primary election for New York City Council seats. Candidates who were on the ballot and party leaders from the Republican, Conservative, and Medical Freedom parties spoke and answered questions at the event. District 29 candidate Danniel Maio led the meeting. - Jonathan Rinaldi, District 24: 00:00 - Robert Skaretka, report on early voting and election day: 03:38 - Joe Pinion (speaking on behalf of New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox): 08:15 - Hasime Samantha Zherka, District 13: 43:00 - Ying Tan, District 43: 52:44 - Marilyn Miller, District 27: 1:05:35 - Daniella May District 31: 1:07:15 - Rusat Ramgopal District 28: 1:10:40 - Zhile Cao, District 25: 1:17:35 - Bernard Chow, District 23: 1:19:36 - Marguerite Chandler, District 34: 1:22:48 - Arkadiusz Tomaszewski, District 39: 1:23:45 - Martha Rowen, District 33: 1:26:12 - Daniel Lally, District 40: 1:29:16 - Robert Caemmerer, District 11: 1:30:00 - Elizabeth Golluscio, District 5: 1:33:20 - Robert Bobrick, District 3: 1:34:45 Central Queens Republican Club: https://central.queens.gop (Candidates Ziaul Chowdhury and Phil Grillo also spoke at this event before the video began.) SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #citycouncil #election2023 #republican

On June 4, 2023, the New Queens Pride Parade & Multicultural Festival reportedly drew record crowds in Jackson Heights, Queens. The annual event is the second oldest and second largest pride parade in New York City, and was founded in 1993. Senator Chuck Schumer, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and many New York City and State elected officials spoke and marched, along with parade founder Daniel Dromm. The festival featured two performance stages. SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #pride #queens #newyork This video was originally a livestream

On June 4, 2023, Senator Chuck Schumer, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and many New York City and State elected officials spoke and marched at the Queens Pride Parade & Multicultural Festival in Jackson Heights, along with parade founder Daniel Dromm. The annual event is the second oldest and second largest pride parade in New York City, founded in 1993. SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #pride #queens #NewYork

On May 18, 2023, Attorney Sujata Gibson argued against a motion by the City to dismiss DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al in Judge Ralph Porzio’s Staten Island courtroom. This lawsuit was brought by 14 current and former NYC Department of Education employees who were adversely affected by the DOE’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as the organization Teachers for Choice. The case is a proposed class action lawsuit, and in the hearing, Judge Porzio set a June 7 date to deliver his decision on the motion to dismiss and, assuming the case is not dismissed, hear arguments on class action certification. If DiCapua is certified as a class action lawsuit, its outcome would apply to many current and former DOE employees beyond the named petitioners. Attorney Sujata Gibson and two of the petitioners in the DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al anti-mandate lawsuit talked with me outside the Staten Island Courthouse, after the hearing. Find more conversations with NYC workers affected by mandates and continuing coverage of this case on https://nooneyouknow.substack.com SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #mandate #newyorkcity #department_of_education

On May 16, 2023, a group of New Yorkers rallied in support of medical freedom and to protest current legislative efforts at East Capitol Park, in Albany. Members of several groups that oppose vaccine mandates attended and spoke at the event, including Teachers for Choice, Bravest for Choice, New York Freedom Rally, Educators for Freedom, and Children's Health Defense. Attorney Bobbie Anne Cox spoke at the rally about her lawsuit against the Hochul administration's 10 NYCRR 2.13 “Isolation and Quarantine Procedures” regulations, which allowed New York State to quarantine individuals suspected of having a transmissible disease. Cox won the case, and the Hochul administration is currently appealing. Learn more about the lawsuit: https://unitingnys.com Earlier the same day, some of the protesters attended a New York State Assembly Health Committee hearing, where two bills they oppose were passed by the committee: A276, which would give minors the right to consent to treatments and vaccinations against STDs (without consent of a parent or guardian) https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/a276/amendment/original A7154/S1531, which would require health care providers who administer an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to report such information to the state Department of Health https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7154 WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://www.youtube.com/live/rqZ7p5VpXW4?feature=share SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM WITH "BUY ME A COFFEE": https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #mandate #newyork #quarantine

On May 16, 2023, a group of New Yorkers rallied in support of medical freedom and to protest current legislative efforts at East Capitol Park, in Albany. Members of several groups that oppose vaccine mandates attended and spoke at the event, including Teachers for Choice, Bravest for Choice, New York Freedom Rally, Educators for Freedom, and Children's Health Defense. FDNY Captain Brendan Fogarty of Bravest for Choice spoke at the event. He was pushed into early retirement when he refused to comply with NYC's COVID vaccine mandate, but was recently able to return to work. Earlier the same day, some of the protesters attended a New York State Assembly Health Committee hearing, where two bills of the bills they are opposing were passed by the committee: A276, which would give minors the right to consent to treatments and vaccinations against STDs (without consent of a parent or guardian) https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/a276/amendment/original A7154/S1531, which would require health care providers who administer an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to report such information to the state Department of Health https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7154 WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://www.youtube.com/live/rqZ7p5VpXW4?feature=share SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM WITH "BUY ME A COFFEE": https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #mandate #newyork #fdny

On May 26, 2023, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting for constituents in Corona, Queens. Constituents waiting to talk to AOC at the end of the event spoke with me about their concerns and what brought them out to the town hall. WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://www.youtube.com/live/-oK_fqbA8PA?feature=share I APPRECIATE everyone who takes the time to share their perspective with NYCforYourself! SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #queens #newyork This video of the event was originally a livestream.

On May 26, 2023, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting for constituents in Corona, Queens. Protesters and critics challenged her on immigration, the economy, and the war in Ukraine throughout the event, while some audience members booed them and called for them to be thrown out. Questions from constituents must be submitted in advance on paper at AOC’s town halls, and not all questions are selected to be heard. WATCH THE FULL EVENT: https://www.youtube.com/live/-oK_fqbA8PA?feature=share SUPPORT NYC for YOURSELF by subscribing, liking and sharing! FOLLOW ME on Twitter: @nycforyourself BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nycforyourself #aoc #ukraine #immigration This video of the event was originally part of a livestream.

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