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Josh Arnon

@josharnon.bsky.social

Former Assembly candidate, always Jewish autistic democratic socialist & lifelong New Yorker

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Josh Arnon@josharnon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On May Day, I was arrested with @chuckforqueens.bsky.social by the NYPD Strategic Response Group for participating in a demonstration with @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social outside the NY Stock Exchange. We called billionaires clowns and demanded they give their fair share instead of killing our planet.

Josh Arnon with Chuck Park holding a sign that reads “Wall Street is a Joke”Protestors on the left side and NYPD on the right side of the imageJosh Arnon being arrested with ziptiesJosh Arnon looking into the camera while he is taken into an NYPD van
talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chuck Park (@chuckforqueens.bsky.social) who’s running against Grace Meng (@gracemeng.bsky.social) in CD-6 is here at NYSE for May Day.

Josh Arnon@josharnon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With PACs spending $450,000 on Carl Wilson and $25,000 on Lindsey Boylan, this was very likely the most expensive Special Election in NYC history. In order to have democratic elections, we must eliminate Super PAC spending, especially at the local level.

Screenshot that reads: “Mr. Wilson also received the support of deep-pocketed outside groups headed by influential Democrats, including Greg Goldner, an ally of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who managed Mr. Cuomo's mayoral campaign against Mr. Mamdani. According to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, outside groups spent more than $450,000 to support Mr. Wilson's candidacy. Ms. Boylan received just $25,000 in outside funding, from a single group, a Working Families Party political action committee.”
Josh Arnon@josharnon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With PACs spending $450,000 on Carl Wilson and $25,000 on Lindsey Boylan, this was very likely the most expensive Special Election in NYC history. In order to have democratic elections, we must eliminate Super PAC spending, especially at the local level.

Screenshot that reads: “Mr. Wilson also received the support of deep-pocketed outside groups headed by influential Democrats, including Greg Goldner, an ally of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who managed Mr. Cuomo's mayoral campaign against Mr. Mamdani. According to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, outside groups spent more than $450,000 to support Mr. Wilson's candidacy. Ms. Boylan received just $25,000 in outside funding, from a single group, a Working Families Party political action committee.”
Josh Arnon@josharnon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

While I personally oppose both buffer bills, I am pleased that Mayor Mamdani will veto the one without a veto-proof majority. Severely restricting protests outside “any place where educational programming takes place” would have been disastrous, especially in times of rising fascism.

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · 3mo ago

NEW: Mayor Zohran Mamdani will veto a controversial bill approved by the City Council last month instructing the police department to establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools and educational institutions, THE CITY has learned. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/24/m...

Josh Arnon@josharnon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now that some time has passed, it’s easy to see what went wrong at the BAFTAs and how the BBC is at fault for what became a manufactured narrative of a divide between disabled, Black, and pro-Palestine activists.🧵

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 5mo ago

"It shows the vapid insincerity and shallowness of Hollywood. They will stand and cheer a film about Tourette's, but don't want to be around a bloke who has it." Has debate about John Davidson's N-word use at the BAFTA turned into a bullying campaign? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...