Marcia Biederman
@busypencil.bsky.social
Book author, biographer, haunter of archives, white gloves refusenik in special collections. marciabiederman.com
It’s sad that 4 years ago, when the City of NY and, disgracefully, our former unions tried to force 250,000 municipal retirees off Medicare into a for-profit plan, only lawsuits filed by @nycretirees.bsky.social stopped them. Now our fate lies entirely with the next mayor & here’s how things stand:
Here’s hoping tomorrow‘s NYC mayoral debate will ask the candidates if they promise to preserve municipal retirees’ traditional Medicare. Will they support a bill to ensure this? @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social @nycretirees.bsky.social
Opinion: Birthright citizenship is more fragile than you think: Consider my CT relative www.courant.com/2025/07/13/o...
Opinion: Birthright citizenship is more fragile than you think: Consider my CT relative
A nation had stood by while she and an unknown number of other women were stripped of their birthright.
courant.com
Seen last night in downtown Brooklyn, on Atlantic near 4th Avenue.
I think @nytimes.com can defend Mahmoud Khalil’s rights without running a softball feature with this error, which I pointed out but is still there: “Ms. Abdalla hurried up to their apartment to get her husband’s green card. She reminded the officers that he was a permanent citizen.” ?????
