@David4BK

Haitian-American 🇭🇹 Workplace organizer 💪🏾 Dad fighting for a greener world 🌱 Project Coordinator @cphs_ny & @nychange Flatbush Chapter

 East Flatbush, Brooklyn
Joined August 2021
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I wrote an Op-Ed in Democratic Left about my family’s fight with health insurance to get Francesca the services she deserves. After Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” this fight is coming for millions more. Read it. Share it. No one should face it alone democraticleft.dsausa.org/20…
David and his Wife Francesca

ALT David and his Wife Francesca

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Together with @IAM_Union, @DrivingGuild, @TWULocal100, @atu1181, @StandWithJFAW, and @KarinesReyesNYC we are going to protect drivers and our streets from driverless cars.
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Different kind of canvassing: car-door knocking. We're talking to drivers to keep Waymo out of New York. Almost everyone here at JFK are immigrant drivers just looking to make it in the city. Massive support here for the Take the Wheel Act to keep these drivers on the road!
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How the NYPD Slow-Walked and Shot Down Gang Database Reforms thecity.nyc/2026/04/28/nypd-…

How the NYPD Slow-Walked and Shot Down Gang Database Reforms

The number of people in the police gang database has fallen by half in recent years. A lawsuit says it targets Black and Hispanic youth.

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Mamdani Launches Deed Theft Prevention Office With Appointment of Activist Attorney thecity.nyc/2026/04/24/mamda…

Mamdani Launches Deed Theft Prevention Office With Appointment of Activist Attorney

The new position comes as deed theft burst into the spotlight with the arrest of Councilmember Chi Ossé while protesting a Bed-Stuy eviction.

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Big Business Fears Mamdani. Its Workers Gave Him Big Bucks. thecity.nyc/2026/04/24/mamda…

Big Business Fears Mamdani. Its Workers Gave Him Big Bucks.

Nearly 2,000 employees at member firms of the big business Partnership for New York City donated to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign — while CEOs spent millions opposing him.

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NYC's merger with Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center delayed gothamist.com/news/nycs-merg…

NYC's merger with Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center delayed

The parties are still working to get final approval for the deal, which has faced pushback from the Orthodox Jewish community.

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To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First thecity.nyc/2026/04/21/tree-…

To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First

How the plan will be funded is unclear. The Mamdani administration has not earmarked money for its tree-expansion initiative.

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Challenger’s Poll Shows Soft Support for Espaillat in NY-13 thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/espai…

Challenger’s Poll Shows Soft Support for Espaillat in NY-13

An internal campaign poll has political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier gaining on Rep. Adriano Espaillat in a fast-heating contest in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx.

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NYCHA Offers New Carrot to 24 Seniors Blocking $1.2 Billion Manhattan Project thecity.nyc/2026/04/13/nycha…

NYCHA Offers New Carrot to 24 Seniors Blocking $1.2 Billion Manhattan Project

The Housing Authority says it will find space in senior-only buildings for holdouts who refuse to be transferred out of a Chelsea building slated for demolition. Mayor Mamdani backs the plan.

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In NYC’s Brutal Housing Crunch, Finished Affordable Units Often Sit Empty for Months thecity.nyc/2026/04/10/affor…

In NYC’s Brutal Housing Crunch, Finished Affordable Units Often Sit Empty for Months

Data from a large nonprofit backer of subsidized apartments shows how red tape delays tenants from moving in.

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How the New York State Budget Works thecity.nyc/2026/04/15/alban…

How the New York State Budget Works

We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.

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Waymo’s Robot Car Testing Ends in NYC After Permits Expire thecity.nyc/2026/04/06/waymo…

Waymo’s Robot Car Testing Ends in NYC After Permits Expire

The company’s eight autonomous vehicles had been driving in the city since last summer.

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Founder of #FriendsOfSaratogaPark Bedstuy, Melissa Plowden-Norman, is the heart of all of this. Her vision turned a public park into a sanctuary of service and love. This Thank You event was really a thank you to her. Get inspired and get involved: [bit.ly/link] 1/2
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2/ Giving without ceasing, figure it out as you go along, pour into as many as you can, endure the burns and love without condition - the raison d'tre of Melissa Plowden-Norman #MutualAid #CommunityLove #CommunityService 2/2
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Thousands in NYC protest Trump administration as part of ‘No Kings’ demonstrations gothamist.com/news/thousands…

Thousands in NYC protest Trump administration as part of ‘No Kings’ demonstrations

Saturday’s protests were the third iteration of the nationwide day of protest against the Trump administration.

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Eric Adams Power Broker Says He’s the Victim in Multi-Million Insurance Scam thecity.nyc/2026/04/06/frank…

Eric Adams Power Broker Says He’s the Victim in Multi-Million Insurance Scam

Federal prosecutors charged three associates of Adams' former chief of staff Frank Carone in an alleged insurance fraud scheme. Carone, a powerful lobbyist, says they scammed him too.

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Spring is here again: You can now ride the Coney Island Cyclone gothamist.com/arts-entertain…

Spring is here again: You can now ride the Coney Island Cyclone

Luna Park is open for the reason

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Why Thousands of city Workers Could Lose NewYork-Presbyterian Coverage thecity.nyc/2026/04/03/union…

Why Thousands of City Workers Could Lose NewYork-Presbyterian Coverage

Forty thousand civil servants and their families could lose health coverage at NewYork-Presbyterian amid a bitter dispute between the hospital network and insurer EmblemHealth.

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Every small gift. Every act of love. Every neighbor who decided to give a little of themselves — that's what #FriendsOfSaratogaPark Bedstuy is built on. 10 yrs of small acts adding up to something extraordinary. Add yours: bit.ly/4bVopAU #CommunityLove #MutualAid
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ICE is at NYC area airports. Here's what travelers should know before they go. gothamist.com/news/ice-is-at…

ICE is at NYC area airports. Here's what travelers should know before they go.

Travelers at high risk of detention should reconsider flying, according to immigration attorneys.

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