I have been sounding the alarm about the sheer persistence of an open-air drug market in the Hub—the central commercial corridor of the South Bronx. Why should the people of the Bronx be forced to witness drug users injecting fentanyl in broad daylight, often in the presence of children? The Bronx deserves the same standard of public safety and public health as the rest of New York City.

Honored to welcome Rep. @RitchieTorres & the @ThirdAvenueBID Exec. Dir. Pedro Suarez & Program Manager Ben Engel at The Richard Pruss Wellness Center in the Bronx. They learned how our behavioral health, healthcare, & recovery services deliver integrated care to the community.

The social media account @DiaperDiplomacy brilliantly captures the infantile absurdity of American politics. As Oscar Wilde once put it, “life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” In the age of Trump, politics has devolved into perpetual psychodrama and performance art.

Climate change is as local as it is global. On August 6, 2024, the Bronx was hit hard by extreme rainfall—up to 5.4 inches in 24 hours—far exceeding the rest of NYC. A stark reminder of how hyperlocal the impacts of climate change can be.

I stood with Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Assembly Member Landon Dais, GrowNYC, and Hunger Free America to oppose Donald Trump’s proposed $300 billion cut to SNAP—the program that puts food on the table for 40 million Americans. In the Bronx, one in three residents depends on SNAP. Food is not a privilege—it is a right. Not a luxury—but a lifeline.

There is no question: @RitchieTorres has been one of the most courageous and consistent friends in Congress fighting antisemitism in all its forms. He has stood with the Jewish community time and again. To combat antisemitism, we need leaders to stand together to ensure this fight is non-partisan and inclusive of everyone who has been on the front lines with us.

Like most Americans, for whom Randy Fine is dripping with contempt, I have no college degree. I wear it not as a mark of shame but as a badge of honor. I grew up in poverty and overcame depression and substance abuse to rise to the US Congress. You call that failure. Others call that the American Dream. If you think Congress is not a real job, then why did you choose to become a Congressman? You should get a job that accurately reflects your moral and intellectual mediocrity.

The Republican Party is no longer a normal political party. It has become a cult of personality around their lord and savior: Donald Trump. The loyalty of Republicans lies not with the working people of America but with a false god.

Ratepayers in Puerto Rico pay 26 cents per kilowatt-hour—53% more than the national average of 17 cents. The people of Puerto Rico are paying the highest prices in America for an electric grid that continues to fail them catastrophically.

Randy Fine is a bloated, braindead, blithering idiot who has no business being in Congress. I would call Fine a jester who belongs in a circus but that would be an insult to jesters who have more brain cells.