Dad to Jojo and AJ. Been called "the Dr Fauci of Caesar Salad."
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Joined March 2009
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All the haters please stop writing NYC's obituary. We survived 9/11, riots, blackouts and bankruptcy, etc. Anyone who wants to leave can go. We must grow and change and get better. Our people will demand it and it will happen. But NYC never dies. Our people won't allow it.
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Gov. @KathyHochul earning more votes than any NYGov *ever* was no accident.
A year and a half ago, her would-be opponents — Stefanik, Lawler, Blakeman, Delgado — saw easy pickings. While other incumbents stared down one challenger, we were looking at 4.
How we got here (and what Dems can learn from it)👇🏾
HOCHUL COMMS DIRECTOR SARAFINA CHITIKA EMPIRE REPORT EXCLUSIVE: Governor Everyone Underestimated Makes History @SarafinaChitika
empirereportnewyork.com/the-…
Pretty overwhelming numbers here for the good guys.
Through the first two days of Early Voting in New York City, the electorate is:
🔵 76.3% Democratic
🔴 11.2% Republican
⚪️ 10.4% Unaffiliated
🟣 12.5% Age 18-34
🟢 17.4% Age 35-49
🟠 29.3% Age 50-64
🟡 40.9% Age 65+
Significantly bluer than 2024!
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NEW: Bruce Blakeman’s hometown paper, Newsday, endorses Governor @KathyHochul >>>
“Hochul is the better choice for Long Island and to lead the state. She has made admirable progress on a series of difficult issues and deserves another term to continue that work.”
This isn’t a real issue. It’s RARE for a bill to take effect immediately. Even if one did the charter notice rules prevent the mayor from signing for 10-15 days anyway. Max delay is 2 weeks and many bills need rule making that can start internally erasing any delay.
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It’s actually not.
The law doesn’t go into effect for four weeks — so things like preparing emergency protocols for elderly when it’s a heat wave gets delayed.
Or signs informing about the NYC’s sanctuary city laws, explicitly spelling out what building ICE agents can enter.
The right thing to do ... spent too many hours on this in City Hall, glad it's finally done.
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have reached a deal to abolish NYC's horse carriage industry — a critical breakthrough in a decadeslong, politically fraught effort to ban the tourist attraction. politico.com/news/2026/10/13…
Bruce Blakeman in the homestretch of this campaign
🚨 JUST IN: Bruce Blakeman’s #NYGov campaign "appears to owe more money than it has in the bank, disclosure forms show"
"The amount he needs to refund to donors is roughly twice his current warchest."
subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
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This is dumb even by Post standards. This report card is about the city’s performance in FY 2026 ie July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026. That’s a budget that was passed and implemented by his predecessor. First full Mamdani budget will be evaluated in next year’s MMR. Talk to me then.
Mamdani struggles to deliver on key promises like affordable housing, free childcare: first report card trib.al/cVJJIB5
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Me: I’d like a deep fried Oreo
MN State Fair: yup
Me: …and a brand new Ford F-150
MN State Fair: no worries we got you
Me: also weird question but do you know where I could watch a live calf birth
MN State Fair: bro you’re not gonna believe this
Me: awesome, just need a parking spot
MN State Fair: okay that we don’t have
Jon Paul Lupo retweeted
In all the *discourse* hope folks take a second to get to meet the next Congressman from MI-13 - @DonavanMI13 is a massive upgrade for the district and the party.
(And another @justicedems win for those counting)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donavan McKinney wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Michigan's 13th Congressional District. #APRaceCall at 9:55 a.m. EDT. apnews.com/projects/election…
Did some work in Wisconsin this year. Agree with this take 100%. Fran’s base is the biggest and most committed. She might have won without this but a 3-way race makes her path much easier.
This is tough. The out year spending limit is crazy low ... functionally nothing. It really needs to be adjusted or we will continue to see incumbents opt out. (h/t to @scottmstringer who raised this to me 8 years ago when we were increasing the match, should have fixed it then)
Comparing carriages to electricity is like comparing foie gras to cheeseburgers. The public benefits of carriages & foie gras are de minimis so any reason to ban (death, health of horse, cruelty to geese) is worth it. Electricity & burgers provide vast public benefits 🍎 & 🍊
This is a data-lite hearing because there is no data pointing to a persistent danger in the industry that requires a ban. One death in close to 200 years was tragic, as we heard in wrenching testimony from Romanch’s family this morning. But under a zero-death standard, we’d ban a whole bunch of activities - including using electricity -before banning horse carriages. No previous hearing on any public safety topic has held regulators to a zero death standard.
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This campaign may be over, but the battles we took on are just beginning.
Thank you, New York. Onward.
Jon Paul Lupo retweeted
AI billionaires have spent $8,027,347 trying to beat one New York State Assemblymember.
His name is Alex Bores, and his offense was passing the strongest AI safety law in the country. I broke down who's behind it and why it's backfiring.
Please read & share: 🔗⬇️
Started with the WH announcement yesterday. Guy got boo’d when he walked out and then tries to turn a special NYC day into a weird petty fight with the Mayor. Gtfoh.
"I don't need your vote. I don't need to quote to you what happened. If you're real Knick fans you know it already"
–– New York Knicks owner James Dolan after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani recites a history of the Knicks and the past season
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This is basically THE bellwether race for whether America will assert *any* regulatory control over AI or whether AI oligarchs will simply own our entire system of government
teapawt.org/alexbores/status/20664…
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“As the digital generation comes of age, the typical baggage is being replaced by a lifetime of tweets and TikToks that are proving to be their own problem.”
@jplupo on @DarializaforNY tweets being resurfaced as she challenges @RepEspaillat
nytimes.com/2026/06/14/nyreg… via @NYTimes
