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You know I’m not done referencing @HamCollMHock OT victory! Even talked about it with @sunypotsdam1816 @PotsdamHockey players when I was up there yesterday with @SUNYChancellor
ALT Follow me @sunyufspresident.bsky.social for official updates on the open letter from SUNY and CUNY governance leaders laying out our state budget priorities. The state budget is going into OT and this thread lays out the game plan that SUNY University Faculty Senate will be fine-tuning in the run-up to our plenary April 16-18!
I’m not still on cloud 9 from yesterday’s @HamCollMHock OT goal to take the national championship, YOU’RE still on cloud 9 from yesterday’s @HamCollMHock OT goal to take the national championship!
#LetsGoBlue @HamCollSports @HamiltonCollege #PublicGoodU
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All the best to a fantastic majority leader!
More than a dozen state lawmakers marked their final legislative session this month, several of them retiring after decades in office.
That includes key Upstate figures like Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, who is leaving Albany after 23 years in the Assembly, the last eight as majority leader. The Buffalo lawmaker missed several weeks of this year’s session as she dealt with health challenges.
The departures are an every-two-year occurrence and includes lawmakers seeking other offices.
Peoples-Stokes said she’s most proud of her work to bring business and educational opportunities to minority communities across New York, including the state’s landmark cannabis legalization.
“It set up an opportunity for Black and brown people to have a legitimate economic opportunity to grow their family and their community, and it's actually been, besides all the bumps that the agency is going through, the intent of the legislation is working,” she said.
She said she hopes Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will continue the tradition of appointing a majority leader from upstate, something to which he has not yet committed.
“New York City is a lot different than Western New York, or Rochester, or … Syracuse, and (we) really do need to hear both of those voices,” Peoples-Stokes said. “And if the majority leader is someone who represents the upstate area, they will bring upstate issues to the attention of the conference and to the attention of the speaker and leadership meetings.”
Read more at the link in comments.
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Last week, our Law Department filed an amicus brief in support of transgender New Yorkers, affirming a simple principle: your medical decisions and personal health information belong to you, not the government.
Proud to stand with trans and queer young people across New York in defending privacy and dignity for all.
May 12
NYU Langone hit with U.S. subpoena seeking info on minors receiving gender-affirming care
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"This beloved emblem, which flies above all our people of whatever creed or race, signalizes our respect for human rights and the protection such rights are afforded under our form of government.”
In President Truman's proclamation honoring Flag Day, he encouraged us to rededicate ourselves to the ideals for which the U.S flag stands—liberty, freedom, and unity.
ALT Photo of a hand holding the U.S. flag with the words "Happy Flag Day" in red and the UAW wheel logo in blue.
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Happy Juneteenth Buffalo!
It was great to be back to celebrate freedom and history with Buffalo for this year's Juneteenth parade!
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Jun 14
There are honest scholars barely hanging on working brutal 4-4 teaching loads while people with the cushiest jobs imaginable are committing bald academic fraud, and the former will mostly stay precarious and the latter will keep their jobs.
Very disappointed to see that @AramHur's latest paper in @koreaobserver has six completely fabricated citations.
Academic integrity matters, people.
A short 🧵
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Jun 14
Jalen Brunson, espousing Gramsci’s “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”, brings a championship to socialist New York City
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"You're allowed to think about the worst case scenario, but you gotta do something about it"
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Jun 13
40th Anniversary Retrospective: Highlighting HBCUs
As “Black Issues Forum” continues its 40th anniversary celebration, host Kenia Thompson and executive producer Deborah Holt Noel reflect on the program’s longstanding commitment to covering North Carolina’s HBCUs.
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Jun 14
Congrats to the Knicks. Let’s keep it all in NY this year.. 3️⃣🫶🏾™️
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We need every New Yorker eligible to vote in the June primaries to make their voices heard.
Early voting begins today, New York! Visit elections.ny.gov for more.
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Jun 12
The Koreans in Mexico are going to invent binge drinking methods that will advance the craft by decades in mere weeks
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In the Nation’s edition, recognizing America’s 250th anniversary, I wrote about how the American Dream that I have lived is out of reach for immigrants today.
Read the full piece on my immigration story: thenation.com/article/societ…
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Jun 13
🗳️ Early voting begins today and runs through Sunday, June 21. Erie County makes it easy to vote, with an early voting site in every city and town across the county. You do not have to wait until Primary Day on June 23 to make your voice heard. elections.erie.gov
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Thanks for stopping by, Team Algeria! 🇩🇿
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The University of Kansas band learned the Algerian National Anthem to welcome the team before training. 🇩🇿
Absolutely incredible…
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An endearing love story is brewing between Algeria and Lawrence, Kansas - and the footballing world can't get enough. Like every romcom, the charm is in the absurdity: they have little in common, yet the World Cup has forever linked this unlikely pair
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NEW: We've published a massively upgraded table of more than 15,000 rulings in ICE detention cases issued by judges amid President Trump's enforcement surge
Now you can sort by district, by judge, by substance, etc. — and click through to read the rulings
politico.com/news/2026/05/13…
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New York City: Early voting starts today, June 13th, for the June 23rd primary election.
Go to vote.nyc to find your poll site and what’s on your ballot. As our City proved one year ago — elections can transform our world.
Let’s get out and vote.
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Jun 13
A significant, significant development:
"New York City's Chinese population has surpassed the Dominican population in size, making it the largest immigrant group in the five boroughs for the first time." gothamist.com/news/chinese-i…
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Jun 13
In bookstores in the US on August 25.
If ever there was a time to act, it is now
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