@cmshahanahanif.bsky.social ‘s bill would ban storefronts & other public accommodations from using facial recognition in surveillance cameras & other biometric surveillance, creating a private right of action for violations. www.banthescan.org

Outdoor dining is coming back year round. Thanks @cmrestler.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, CM Aviles & BP Reynoso. CB6 Business Affairs, chaired by @aspishakthomas.com, backed it. So did Transportation, chaired by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @tonymelone.bsky.social, & our Full Board.

"Madison Square Garden has shown us exactly what happens when corporations are allowed to deploy facial recognition without meaningful limits: they use it to track, profile, and blacklist people they don't like." - @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social #BanTheScan #MSG #MadisonSquareGarden

“Your face should not be a tool that a corporation can use to punish you for exercising your rights. We have the opportunity to stop this abuse in New York City. It is time for the Council to pass Ban the Scan.” - @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social

NYC, this is the agenda. The NYC Council Progressive Caucus is proud to roll out our legislative priorities for the year ahead, for a more affordable, just, and safer city. Read more about our legislative priorities at 🔗nycprogressives.com/legislative-priorities-26 or in the link in our bio

MEDIA ADVISORY: @fightforthefuture.org and @stopspyingny.bsky.social are holding a press conference outside Madison Square Garden this Friday with @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social and artists who have signed our pledge to boycott venues that use AI surveillance www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...

Advisory: Coalition calls for Ban of Facial Recognition after Madison Square Garden abuses

WHO: New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif,Fight for the Future, S.T.O.P., NYC DSA Tech Action, musician/artist Cristy Roads, country musician Paisley Fields and others. WHAT: A press conference ...

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UPDATE: 143 New York elected officials, from Long Island to Rochester, are now calling on Schumer, Jeffries, and all congressional Democrats to abolish ICE. Thank you to my colleagues for signing this letter co-authored by @juliasalazar.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, and myself. 1/3

BREAKING: Following the killings of two innocent immigrant fathers, I co-authored a letter with @juliasalazar.bsky.social and @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social and signed by 100+ NYS elected officials calling on Schumer, Jeffries, and all congressional Democrats to demand the abolition of ICE. 🧵 1/6

It was an honor to meet Senator Bernie Sanders at NYC DSA's Tax the Rich rally on Sunday! New York State has the wealth to fund what we need. We need to TAX THE RICH ✊🏽

While Trump is eroding civil liberties, NYC cannot expand police discretion over when and where people can speak and organize. Today I voted against two bills that would require the police to plan buffer zones where protest would be restricted outside of schools and houses of worship.

Council Member Shahana Hanif’s March 26th Stated Remarks

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Started this week at the preliminary budget hearing for the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management. I was proud to hear about the progress in our composting program. Commissioner Lojan reports that the program has reached its highest compost collection tonnage to date.

Full update on safety at the 7th Ave and 15th St stations: council.nyc.gov/shahana-hani... Everyone deserves to travel safely and with dignity. I will continue to press every available enforcement and intervention option with our agency partners. Please reach out if you need support.

Update on safety at the 7th Avenue and 15th Street stations

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1 week left to apply to 3-K/Pre-K! Applications are due February 27 ⏰ If your child was born in 2022 or 2023 they are eligible for FREE 3-K and Pre-K. Early education helps children develop skills that will better prepare them for school and life! Enroll at myschools.nyc

Always great to be with our engaged neighbors of @bkcb6.bsky.social! Last week I updated our constituents about our upcoming snow removal hearing, Con Ed outages, and what we are doing to fight back against ICE.

Grateful to join a roundtable with some of our city’s diverse Muslim leaders to discuss confronting Islamophobia and expanding access to halal food. Always honored to show up for and alongside my community. Thank you, @speakermenin.bsky.social, for hosting ahead of Ramadan.

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone across District 39 and New York City!🧧 As we welcome the Year of the Fire Horse, may it spark the courage, momentum, and bold transformation our communities deserve. May this year bring joy, abundance, and renewed purpose.

Our office will be closed and we will be fully remote for the rest of the week. We hope to have our heating resolved and be back in person ASAP! Call us at (718) 499 - 1090 or email district39@council.nyc.gov for any concerns.

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Our office heat isn't working today so we had to close early. We're fully available remotely—call us at (718) 499-1090 or email district39@council.nyc.gov. If your heat isn't working, file a 311 complaint at portal.311.nyc.gov, and let us know!

Loved spending time with PS 179 5th graders for Career Day! Growing up in Kensington and returning to share my story––and what it means to serve as their Council Member––is an honor. I hope they know the sky’s the limit. You can be from here and make it anywhere.

Our office heat isn't working today so we had to close early. We're fully available remotely—call us at (718) 499-1090 or email district39@council.nyc.gov. If your heat isn't working, file a 311 complaint at portal.311.nyc.gov, and let us know!

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jews and the millions of others murdered by the Nazis. We remember, we mourn, and we recommit to fighting antisemitism, hatred, and fascism—so “never again” truly means never again.

Our office will be remote on Monday January 26, due to the inclement weather. We can be reached at district39@council.nyc.gov and (718) 499 - 1090 for any constituent concerns.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was murdered by ICE today. This agency only exists to terrorize us. We must abolish ICE and we must demand nothing less from those who represent us.

I was delighted to present CB7 District Manager Jeremy Laufer with a proclamation thanking him for his 25 years of service to the community! Jeremy has led one of the most engaged and effective CB’s in NYC with integrity, dedication, and commitment that has shaped our neighborhoods.

Section 3 is an essential program that ensures low income workers are being hired for federal contracts in their own neighborhood. Last wee we launched the Gowanus Model Section 3 Initiative in partnership with the National Institute for Section 3 Empowerment (NISE).

Loved getting to watch kids at PS 230 make digital beats through LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program)’s inclusion-funded afterschool digital music production program. I’m proud to fund this music program that helps kids create together and have fun! 🎶

I was so grateful to welcome my sister and mentor, Dr. Debbi Almontaser, to our Chambers as she delivered the invocation at our first Stated Meeting of the year, during Muslim American Heritage Month. Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social for working with me to make this possible!

This #MuslimHeritageMonth, I was honored to welcome my sister and mentor Dr. Debbie Almontaser to City Council Chambers to deliver the invocation at our first Stated Meeting of the year. Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social for honoring our faith and making this possible.

Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social for entrusting me to chair @council.nyc.gov's newly created Committee on Disability. I was 17 when I was diagnosed with lupus. That’s when I learned how many New Yorkers are pushed to the margins—not by choice, but by policy and infrastructure failures.

I’m thrilled that Professor James DeFillippis, a Board Member of the Columbia Street Waterfront Association, has been appointed to the BMT Development Corporation! His leadership is essential to ensuring our community’s voices are heard and reflected in decision-making.

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ICE snatched a NYC Council staffer following the law—going to a routine immigration appointment. This is an attack on due process, on our city, and on every immigrant here. Release them now.